your girlfriend’s parents want to stay at a B&B with GASP NO PC!
When your signature line includes quotes from other BBers, whether the quotes were from COTH convos or private emails or IMs!
“It’s not getting what you want; it’s wanting what you’ve got…” -Sheryl Crow, Soak Up the Sun
You don’t know Portia’s real name, but sit behind her for the dressage at Rolex whispering, “Portia, Portia, Portia …” and she responds!
Joliemom recognizes you in the food vendor area at Rolex because of your chemically-enhanced white teeth.
When you meet face to face with BB’ers, you squeal like pigs and give each other big bear hugs!
Robby
You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
Here’s one that was pretty touching…
When one of the first phone calls you get after September 11th is a conference call from Colin, Moesha and VTRider to be sure that you are doing okay. 
You know the significance of PETF, baby quiches and fromage abuse in general…
You know who thinks they are codespeak about him…
You wonder if Hilary will EVER dump Bill for Alan.
You know what type of wine to bring to the Dog Park.
You try to type “:rolleyes:” in an e-mail
[Rant/off] is a part of your vocabulary…
[I]"You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty. "
…You’ve received email death threats from COTH BBers for not sending B+J’s coupons out when you said you would… 
Really, it’s not my fault! I’m the product of an over crowded public school system. 
"The cowards won’t start and the weak will die along the trail."
– Kit Carson
Lord please save me from those trying to save me!
I must hang my head in shame… for missing the YSOD reference opportunity (me, of ALL people!) 
[I]"You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty. "
I thought I was the only one who did that. I can’t begin to tell you how much this BB has cost me in the last 2 years.
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Erin:
…You get harrassed almost daily by some crazy lady in Utah, just because she once saw you in your pajamas. 
…You remember the good old days, when said crazy lady in Utah was banned from the BB! And you even remember the episode that got her evicted. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Muuuaaahhhhhh!!! That was my very best work! Poor so sleazy…oh my!
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by CAH:
Or, when you are standing at the in gate and realize the announcer just introduced the entry as someone you know who posts on the board (hi Heather Dobbs - Woodedge June show) 
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
WHich reminds me. HN73 did you show sidesaddle this past Saturday at Warrenton?
Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Jeannette said:
Or, if you’re her student and can’t locate her phone number, you give a “Jeannette Call Me” yell across the board.
When you force your family to take a family vacation at the same place and time of WEF, just so that you can meet some BBers.
Ironic, isn’t it?
That you check this thread compulsively to make sure that you haven’t missed out on anything.
Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute
How about when you visit a city you haven’t seen in forever and all you can think about is meeting fellow BBers with photos…and all they can ask when you meet is “Where’s the bar”…
Thanks to Bumpkin and Hoopoe for smoothing a short business related visit for a stranger in a strange land.
I Grok.
The Horse World. 2 people, 3 opinions. That’s the way it is.
Ahem… mylilpony, didn’t someone get a limit set on his/her/its/their alters? I’m counting at least a couple roaming around out here.
Robby, we know WAY too much about you!
(Although I think my all-time favorite recent thread was the one about setting your Blunnies on fire. )
Another touching one…
MAD shows up at a charity jumper show at your barn to meet you and see your trainer – who was her next door neighbor growing up. Then once MAD and Duffy have proof that AHC and her spotted mare jumped the liverpool (seeing it for MAD, a photo for Duffy) they both generously contribute money to support the cause of the show – ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) research.
So many times, BB friends have come through when we all have needed them… Says something pretty good about horse people, I think.
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dragoon aka Branagh:
You’re STILL waiting for your hat .
_- “Don’t look at your horse…I’ll tell you if you fall off.”
Or, if you’ve been here long enough to have bought a hat during the first sale (like my beloved khaki COTH cap), lose it (or, possibly, have it stolen - like my beloved khaki COTH cap), that you now whine with fair regularity about the dearth of COTH caps and pine for a replacement khaki COTH cap.
=^+^=
I just haven’t been the same since that house fell on my sister.
ohhhhhhhh Erin, don’t forget VA Trainer and the virtues of the tack noseband!!!
Also, you should at least vaguely remember the Porch.
You get extra points if you know who the human behind the Urchin is, and what he does for a “real job”… although at this point I think the jokes have sort of morphed into a being of their own.
You do a search on your screen name after you haven’t seen the board in a few days just to see if someone is talking about you
You stay an hour after work when on client site in FREAKIN HOT AS AN ARDVARK’S BUTT FLORIDA just to read the BB and find out NO ONE is talking about you. 
You have a Kevin Bacon-esk experience every time you meet a new person, because within 6 degrees, they know someone who knows someone who knows someone from the BB. (and Colin - I haven’t even mentioned the fact that you and I used to work together in FFX and you’d recognize me from the elevators - as well as Mosby’s where I did some hard time with my old roomie who lived with a certain COTH BB Webmaster who didn’t work for the COTH then, but the roomie did work at the COTH at the time and we hung out with a certain trainer that Colin apparently converted to playing for the home team… phew (and if we start on the HN73 connections - this post will take up another whole page)
C
Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that. It’s called EVERYBODY, and they meet at a bar. -
Your COTH friends know more about you than your own mother.
You snail mail a BBer, realize you don’t know her last name, so you write her screen name on the envelope instead.
You’ve completely replaced your show wardrobe because a post on the hunter/jumper board revealed it was passe.
You respond to your screen name faster than your real one.
The colors light yellow and white together give you a peculiar sense of contentment.
You’re completely unsure of how to express yourself on paper without the aid of graemlins.
You run up and check the boards during commercial breaks.
You make odd typing motions in your sleep.
You’ve had a dream about more than one COTH member.
Family members of your COTH friends know who you are.
You’ve considered naming your dog after a BBer.
You’ve acquired a horse or a pet through another BBer.
… Most people get therapy for this kind of thing.
~Erin B #1
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Has it ever occurred to you that there might be a difference between having an open mind and having holes in one’s head?
…you not only remember the Porch, but know it’s different parts and who sat where, and have received a virtual baling-twine sweater knitted by Schoolmarm
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