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Annie415
Aug 30th, 2000, 11:04 AM
You know you're a Bruce fan if…

125. you refuse to go to bbq's unless they are in a parking lot and followed by a Bruce concert.
126. your reflex action was to buy 20 T-shirts at the mall just because they were less than $30.
127. you really think Clarence looks cool doing that train whistle move.("Woo!Woo!")
128. you refer to your room in your house with all the Brucelegs and stereo gear as "The Promised Land".
129. whenever you buy an electronic appliance (TV, VCR, stereo gear, etc.) you "properly christen it" by playing Springsteen on it BEFORE another artist is allowed.
130. your wife buys a new iron and "properly christens it" by ironing a Springsteen t-shirt.
131. whenever your friends hear Bruce on the radio, they think of you.
132. your E-Mail address starts with brn2run@...
133. you play guitar and you know more Bruce songs then you know other artists' songs.
134. you live outside of New Jersey and want to wave to everyone you see driving a car with Jersey plates
135. you shake your head every time you hear "Dancing in the Dark" on the radio, because they could be using that time to play "Wreck on the Highway" instead
136. you are single because you haven't been able to find a redhead named Wendy or Mary or Rosie or Sandy or Frankie(!)
137. you were laughing at the people in the parking lot after the shows that were mad he didn't play Born in the USA !!!
138. you hear the words Men in Black and the first two guys you think of aren't Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith.
139. you wish every night could be August 11, 1999.
140. the Men in Black recognize you at every tour stop.
141. you know all the words to Gypsy Woman or The Hitter
142. every time you are late for anything you proclaim, "I know it's late, but we can make it if we run!"
143. you've ever taken a ride down Kingsley Avenue looking for a bar.
144. you won't leave the car at the service station without removing your Brucelegs first.

Hidinonabackstreets
Aug 30th, 2000, 04:35 PM
Amen to #129..
I've done this for years.
Also in this catagory: When you buy a
new car, you play Bruce as you drive
it away for the first time to 'Christen it'

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Bruceness,
Bksts

Zephyrs 23
Aug 30th, 2000, 06:48 PM
I think Bruce mp3s have christened my computers too...
And just checkout my email address...

I don't know about anyone else, but I tend to read a lot of books related to bruce, high fidelity, born to run, glory days, ain't no sin, born in the usa, grapes of wrath... i've been trying to get woody gutherie: a life (by this fella named Joe Klein) for a while too... I am obsessed.

aurora
Aug 30th, 2000, 07:20 PM
annie415,

thanks for posting these. they always make me feel like as long as there are other people out there like me,then maybe my obsessive/compulsive "bruce"
disorder doesn't require medication just yet!!

PIMDBOSSFAN
Aug 30th, 2000, 07:21 PM
# 134 is great. Just last week a couple on vacation from Jersey pulled up beside me at the light and I had Bruce MSG 6/29 on the cd. Well like a 18 yo again, I held up my cd case to them, cranked the stereo, and waved like a fool. LOL

ashnoel
Aug 30th, 2000, 07:25 PM
I love these!!

I do #134 too!!!!!

JanieGirl
Aug 30th, 2000, 07:30 PM
These are too funny. 142 is definitely me. I didn't even realize that others do it too.

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We're all riders on this train ....

young again
Aug 30th, 2000, 07:52 PM
#130... uh, a wife who irons t-shirts? I mean, I get the point of the joke and all, but wow, I gotta get me one of these "wife" people, sounds like they must be handy to have around.

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No retreat, baby, no surrender

fanatic7
Aug 31st, 2000, 05:23 AM
uh-oh, young again.

We must be "handy" to have around? Just don't let us near the knives when we have PMS http://talk.livedaily.com/docs/biggrin.gif http://talk.livedaily.com/docs/biggrin.gif http://talk.livedaily.com/docs/biggrin.gif

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"Queen of the Silly Graphics"/"Thread Killer"

Hidinonabackstreets
Aug 31st, 2000, 12:38 PM
I have in my bookshelf:
'Woody Guthrie: A Life'
'The Grapes Of Wrath'
'A History of The United States'
2 copies (left cause I gave the other 15 copies away after I got 'em for $2.99 at some discount sooper-pooper store) of 'Glory Days'.

{sooper-pooper-ha ha ha}

Man, do I need a Vacation...


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Bruceness,
Bksts

Kumo
Aug 31st, 2000, 03:13 PM
#131 and #134 !!! I do that too! Grazy people are we!

young again
Aug 31st, 2000, 03:51 PM
Fanatic7 -- Whoa, put that knife down! I AM a wife, but not the type that irons. I could use a "wife," that is, someone to handle some of the domestic duties that escape me. (I'll admit it's not all that funny of a joke, and I guess it doesn't really work when one's gender isn't obvious)

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No retreat, baby, no surrender

Zephyrs 23
Aug 31st, 2000, 04:20 PM
I didn't even mention 131, and it's even worse when you're out of a really Bruce affected generation. At least once a week someone says, "hey, I heard Bruce Springsteen on the radio, and I thought of you."

beckster
Sep 3rd, 2000, 08:25 AM
#131 applies to me too!
My friend always calls when she hears Bruce
on the radio.

EstreetGirl
Sep 4th, 2000, 01:09 AM
ditto to what zephyrs said, i'm 24 so needless to say most of my friends don't "get" the whole bruce obsession...
they are constantly telling me that they think of me every time they hear bruce on the radio... me on the other hand i just don't even listen to the radio because i'm always listening to my boots!!!

PIMDBOSSFAN
Sep 4th, 2000, 12:51 PM
#135 is so right. Although I heard brn2run going to the game the other and while I was stuck in this pregame traffic jam I rolled down the windows and let it blow all our hairs back.

Muddyemms
Sep 4th, 2000, 06:16 PM
Young again, I was wondering about the whole "wife" thing that you brought up, as well, for a couple of reasons:

1) I knew what gender you were/are. (Same one both times, I hope.)

2) I do my own ironing. Sometimes, it shows.

3) Sometimes, I do Mrs. M's ironing, but it doesn't show then. (Funny how that happens.)

4) I've never ironed a t-shirt.

If there's anything else I can add that would confuse this post further, I'll be sure to add it!

Rams
Sep 5th, 2000, 10:04 AM
REASON 145:


When BTR randomly comes on your car radio, not only do you automatically crank it up, but it is absolutley forbidden to turn the song off before it is finished, even if you have already reached your destination.

146 - You drop lyrics liberally into conversation, but without attribution, just to see who "gets it" and who doesn't. which then becomes a factor for how much you like that person.

Rams
a cool rockin' daddy

Crazy Davey
Sep 5th, 2000, 10:28 AM
Rams - I am with you on the whole lyric thing. Sometimes, I throw in a quote from a show as well.

The other day, there was a thread that was titled: "It's been a while" and all I could think of was "so if your moved to clap along, please don't" (From the Christic shows).

My wife hates when I do that.

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Crazy Davey

"It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive"

Flory Days
Sep 8th, 2000, 10:31 PM
These are great, I'll have to go back and look at the others. Since I am usually (always?) late I will start using #142. I also quote from Thunder Road in the following situation:
Q: What else can we do?
A: Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair!