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To: soup who wrote (1282)2/8/1997 7:29:00 PM
From: soup   of 213176
 
"You Know You Are Addicted to the Internet When...

From MacSurfer (the link expired.)

* You find yourself typing 'com' after every period when using a word processor.com
* You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
* Your start introducing yourself as 'John at I-I-Net dot com.'
* Your wife drapes a blond wig over your monitor to remind you of what she looks like.
* All of your friends have an @ in their name.
* You can't call your mother - she doesn't have a modem.
* Your phone bill comes to your doorstep in a box.
* You laugh at people with 2400 modems.
* You move into a new house and decide to Netscape before you landscape.
* You refer to going to the bathroom as [downloading].
* You tell the cab driver you live at: 123.elm.street
* Your spouse makes a new rule: 'The computer cannot come to bed.'
* You ask a plumber how much it would cost to replace the chair in front of your computer with a commode.
* You start tilting your head sideways to smile :-).
* You turn on your computer and turn off your spouse.
* Your spouse says communication is important in a marriage, so you buy another computer and install a second phone line so the two of you can chat..."
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