Top signs you're obsessed with the Titanic film
Dan Wright
A Titanic web page started collecting these "obsession signs". Readers
send them in. The feature apparently became so popular the webmaster
has a hard time keeping up. Here is a selection of some of them.
I find them to be endearing. The web page is:
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/2277/titanobsess.html
You are obsessed with 'Titanic' if...
* You are the webmaster of a 'Titanic' page
* You go through the newspaper/magazines every day to find articles
relating to 'Titanic'
* You think about the movie for more than an hour a day (Emmitt)
* You buy the soundtrack just so you can sit in your room and cry
(Melanie)
* Your CD player spits the Titanic CD out because it does not want to
play it for the 1 millionth time (Anthony Kordi)
* You try and re-enact the sinking of the Titanic in your pool
* You have five subjects of homework this weekend, but you still go to
see the movie (AGAIN) on a Saturday afternoon -- prime study time
(Christina and Diane)
* You pull an all-nighter just to look up pictures of Leo
(Christina and Diane)
* You neglect your boyfriend to look up pictures of Leo
(Christina and Diane)
* You feel a very, very strong need to fall in love like Jack & Rose.
(Abbas)
* Your WHOLE FAMILY is sick-and-tired of hearing about Titanic from you.
(Abbas)
* You and the ticket guy for Titanic are on a first name basis. (Abbas)
* At least three times a day people say to you, "You're obsessed with
that movie, aren't you?" (Abbas)
* You go through withdrawal if you haven't seen the movie for like two
days.(Marlena)
* You take cold showers just to feel how cold the water must have been.
(Marlena)
* You take up sketching just so you can feel like you have a connection
with Jack. (Marlena)
* You dig through the dumpsters behind the theater just to see if there
is a Titanic poster. (Marlena)
* You have to substitute a Titanic website for your loved one because
they just DON'T get it (Dawn)
* You scan passenger lists to see if anyone related to you was on the
real Titanic.(Erin and Christie)
* You print out all the Titanic pictures that you can find, and put them
up on the wall in chronological order. (Steph)
* You take lessons on etiquette and dress up for dinner. (Kelly)
* You go to the bookstore and buy 6 books on the ship Titanic and read
them nonstop (Mary)
* You go to the Queen Mary ship in Long Beach and try to go to the bow
(which is blocked off by about 5 feet - UGH!!) with your husband - then
go and see the movie for the 2nd time and hold hands with your husband
(Mary)
* When ordering food at Arby's and 'My Heart Will Go On' comes over the
radio, you can't order. Your eyes well up with tears and you stand in a
stupor until the song is done (Mary)
* You take an audio recorder into the movie & tape all of the good
quotes. (Alexis)
* Every day many people ask you "So HOW many times have you seen it
NOW?" (Alexis)
* You continually are on a Titanic web site even though you have the
slowest computer on the face of the planet (Edward)
* You refuse to go swimming unless they put a piece of driftwood in the
pool first. (Drew)
* You go to see it again and you realize you're the only one who can
quote every line. (Ashley)
* When your boss suddenly stops by your cube, you panic and try to
minimize the four browser windows you have open to Titanic pages.
(Daniel)
* You spoil your wife's impression of Titanic by talking about it too
much, so she refuses to go see it with you and decides to wait for it to
come out on video. (Daniel)
* As a Priest you give a sermon on the meaning of 'true love', telling
the people at mass to go and see 'Titanic'.(Fr. Pat.)
* You make up new reasons to your family why your going to see the movie
another time, proclaiming that, "You wouldn't be asking me why I've seen
it so many times if you had seen it yourself." (Jeff)
* You call up friends you haven't talked to in years just to ask them to
see the movie with you. (Jeff)
* You are another one of that crowd of people who go to the cinema alone
to see Titanic. (Xavi)
* You have a collection of Titanic ticket stubs. (Kelly)
* You search high and low for a butterfly comb just like Rose's.(Erin
and Christie)
* You take a camera w/ you when you see titanic the 3rd time. (Melanie)
ChR BlkStr
Gee, I didn't know that my boyfriend would be featured here. Except, he talked
and lived Titanic and White Star stuff WAY before the movie. (We've been going
out four years!)
Tina McGill
Fort Myers, FL
P.S. - Now he's got my son stuck about Aquatania
Brian K. Garrett
Dan Wright <dan...@mindspring.com> wrote:
: A Titanic web page started collecting these "obsession signs". Readers
: send them in. The feature apparently became so popular the webmaster
: has a hard time keeping up. Here is a selection of some of them.
: I find them to be endearing. The web page is:
: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/2277/titanobsess.html
: You are obsessed with 'Titanic' if...
Some guy cuts you off in traffic and you yell "Hard a-starboard!"
You have a seriously crappy day at work and think "I'm gonna write a
strongly worded letter to the White Star line about this..."
You check your swimming pool every night for icebergs.
You take a cruise with your SO just so the two of you can "fly" on the bow
of the ship.
Brian
asch...@mailexcite.com
You are obsessed with Titanic if...
- you log onto the internet at least 2 times a day (or more) and check
this ng at least 10 times before you get offline.
- you start calculating just how much money you would have to save to
buy items they were selling from the Titanic movie set.
- you have to create a special bookmark folder for all the Titanic
related web sites you've visited so they will all fit on your screen.
- you start calculating (and saving) money for the "ultimate" Home
Theater system so you'll be ready when Titanic comes out on video.
- you download pics from the movie, frame them, and put them on your
desk at work.
- you haven't seen another movie, except Titanic, since Dec. 19, 1997.
- you start considering trying to get a job at the local movie theater
(where Titanic is playing of course!)
Lisa
On 1 Feb 1998 17:19:45 GMT, "Brian K. Garrett"
Jennifer Swearingen
You're asked to attend a formal dinner on a fancy river boat, but you flat out refuse using the excuse..."It's February...we'll hit an iceberg!"
:-) I'm silly, what can I say?!
~Jen
--A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets. ~Rose--Titanic
Fisherman's Friend
In article <34d52b8e...@news.earthlink.net>, asch...@mailexcite.com
babbles...
>
>
> You are obsessed with Titanic if...
>
> - you log onto the internet at least 2 times a day (or more) and check
> this ng at least 10 times before you get offline.
>
--
FF
________________________________________________________
"If we all work together we can beat this reality thing"
IT'S ME
You go to the towns Hobbie shop so you can buy a 6 foot model of
TITANIC to build. (like I did last week).
-- You look up at the stars on a clear night, around 2:00am in the
moring and say to your self while looking North East(i am in chicago
by the way), and say to your self "Hey, it is around this time of
night, that they were going under, and gosh, how must it have felt",
while listening to "My heart will go on".
-- You begin making plans to stay up all night on APRIL 12, to walk
around outside, and remind yourself of the movie, and TITANIC.
-- Everything you look at remids you of TITANIC.
-- You wake up in the middle of the night kissing your pillow singing
"Come Josepene In my Flying machine", while your mother walks into
your room wakeing you from sleep asking who in the hell are you
talking too"
-- You set up your dinner tabel with a shit load of forks, knives, &
spoons and go out to buy cavier just so your dinner table looks like
the first class table in the DINNER SCENE of the movie.
-- You go out to buy a spinning top at the dollar store to re-inact
the Top spinning scene, and the guy at the store gets mad cause
everybody is comming in there complaing that there are no more in
stock. So the man says, "Well, we have a couple of battery powered
DRADELS, left, if those will do".
P.S. that last statement really happened.
-- You begin to study the STATISTICS about how much the movie is
making, and see it is making 25,000,000 a week, and hope that it keeps
making the same because it is "YOUR MOVIE", that is making that money.
Every one I had talked to say that TITANIC is their movie.
CJ
IT'S ME <hun...@food.com> wrote in article
<34d62d3f....@news.supernews.com>...
> You go to the towns Hobbie shop so you can buy a 6 foot model of
> TITANIC to build. (like I did last week).
Anyone know who makes this model and what it costs? The largest I was ever
able to get was about 30in long!
Colm
Rene Bostelaar
IT'S ME (hun...@food.com) writes:
> -- You go out to buy a spinning top at the dollar store to re-inact
> the Top spinning scene, and the guy at the store gets mad cause
> everybody is comming in there complaing that there are no more in
> stock. So the man says, "Well, we have a couple of battery powered
> DRADELS, left, if those will do".
>
> P.S. that last statement really happened.
Hehehe.. know why Cameron included the top picture? One of the few surving
photographs taken on board the titanic looked just like the scene in the
movie.
A young priest, whos name escapes me, was on the titanic for the start of
her voyage before getting of at Queenstown. He was an early camera bug and
he took many fine pitures on board, as well as the final picture of the
Titanic ever taken.
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Jules
And mine?? :)
Jules
IT'S ME
I purchased a 6 foot model at the Hobie shop near my house, it was
$475 & It will probobly take me a year to build. I dont recammend
it to anyone who does not have patience. I am a collector and I have
models of LUSITANIA, QUEEN MARY, SS INDIONAPOLIS, an old german
U-BOAT. an AIR-CRAFT CARRIER,
The name of the shop is STICHES IN TIME, and they have old relics,
medevil times garments, models, and The gentlemen olny had one of the
models, I can as him the name of the supplier who had the peices of
the model,. I think it is some company over seas, that is why it was
so much. But I am a die hard OCEAN LINER collecor, and I love ships.
It is a MAJOR hobbie of mine. Apparently he has had this model for a
long time. But He only had one of these, and will not be getting any
more. I saw it, and asked the price and I knew it was expensive, but
HAD TO HAVE IT. I went to the bank and took out a $500 loan, and I
got it. This was a once in a life time opportunity to get the titanic
model AT THIS SCALE.
I will try to find out where he got the peices, and if they still make
it.
By the way, the model is 6'ft long, and you can take the starboard
side off so you can see the internals of the ship. It has all of the
decks, from top to bottom. ALL OF THE BOILER ROOMS are like the real
titanic, with mini boilers. IT EVEN HAS A GRAND STAIR CASE WITH A
DOME made of plastic of course. AND YES THE WATER TIGHT BULKHEADS ARE
ACCURATE going no higher than E-DECK.
The price was originally over $1500 but nobody has bought it. So
he let me have it for $475. Like I said, a once in a life time
deal. I will try to find out if the peices are still being made.
asch...@mailexcite.com
On Mon, 02 Feb 1998 20:44:30 GMT, hun...@food.com (IT'S ME) wrote:
>You go to the towns Hobbie shop so you can buy a 6 foot model of
>TITANIC to build. (like I did last week).
You go out to every art supply place in town and buy charcoal pencils,
sketching pads, and learn to draw books. (And teach yourself to
sketch left AND right handed... <g>
>
>-- You look up at the stars on a clear night, around 2:00am in the
>moring and say to your self while looking North East(i am in chicago
>by the way), and say to your self "Hey, it is around this time of
>night, that they were going under, and gosh, how must it have felt",
>while listening to "My heart will go on".
>
You think with all the rain lately that "gee someone must have left
the water running..."
>-- Everything you look at remids you of TITANIC.
You make sure you have a whole bunch of Titanic stuff around so that
everything you look at will BE Titanic....
>
>
>
>-- You set up your dinner tabel with a shit load of forks, knives, &
>spoons and go out to buy cavier just so your dinner table looks like
>the first class table in the DINNER SCENE of the movie.
That was a GOOD one!! ("Are all these for me? J - "Just start from
the outside and work your way in". M)
>
You start practicing the "fine art" of spitting.
>-- You begin to study the STATISTICS about how much the movie is
>making, and see it is making 25,000,000 a week, and hope that it keeps
>making the same because it is "YOUR MOVIE", that is making that money.
>Every one I had talked to say that TITANIC is their movie.
>
Now if we could just buy STOCK in it!!
Lisa
asch...@mailexcite.com
You are obsessed with Titanic if...
- you start a text file to download the alt.movies.titanic newsgroup
messages so you can print them off to read them to stay current.
- you make sure not more than one friend who hasn't seen the movie yet
goes with you to it per weekend. (That way you have someone else to go
with the next weekend!!)
Lisa
"Ascherie"
asch...@mailexcite.com
Nah, just "normal behavior" for a Titanic-aholic!! <g>
Lisa
"Ascherie"
On Tue, 03 Feb 1998 13:48:35 +1100, Jules <jule...@cheerful.com>
wrote:
>And mine?? :)
>Jules
>
>Fisherman's Friend wrote:
>>
>> In article <34d52b8e...@news.earthlink.net>, asch...@mailexcite.com
>> babbles...
>> >
>> >
>> > You are obsessed with Titanic if...
>> >
Dan Wright
Once upon a time, hun...@food.com (IT'S ME) wrote (in part):
>I purchased a 6 foot model at the Hobie shop near my house, it was
>... He only had one of these, and will not be getting any more...
>... the model is 6'ft long, and you can take the starboard
>side off so you can see the internals of the ship. It has all of the
>decks, from top to bottom. ALL OF THE BOILER ROOMS are like the real
>titanic, with mini boilers. IT EVEN HAS A GRAND STAIR CASE WITH A
>DOME made of plastic of course. AND YES THE WATER TIGHT BULKHEADS ARE
>ACCURATE going no higher than E-DECK.
>
>The price was originally over $1500 but nobody has bought it. So
>he let me have it for $475. Like I said, a once in a life time
Once in a life time deal? Have you considered the fact that demand for
big cool Titanic models is at this moment increasing exponentially?
That in response to the demand, hobby-manufacturers will likely
introduce several new Titanic models in the near future?
Rafael Martinez, Jr.
> - you download pics from the movie, frame them, and put them on your
> desk at work.
-you download the screensaver and cry looking at the pictures
--rafael
TTWalton
When you stand out on your deck in the middle of the night , freezing no doubt,
just staring at the stars
Thomas
Karenna
All the clocks in your house are stopped at 2:20
You decide to remodel and *must* have a grand staircase.
You start wearing big feathered hats.
You develop an aversion to drinks with ice cubes in them
K
Robert Elford
Hi
I just read your post about the 6 ft model of the Titanic you are planning
to build. I must say it sounds quite fascinating! If you run across the
address or phone number of the shop that sold it to you, could I trouble
you to pass it on to me? Thanks in advance, and good luck with the model!
Rob Elford
Dana
You know you obsessed with Titanic when:
You break your toes trying to do Rose's ballet position.
You start to practice spitting.
You check to make sure that your life jackets under your bed before you go
to sleep.
You spend hours watching MTV so you can record 'My heart will go on' (Yes, I
actully did this!)
Dana
Michel Morin
> Fisherman's Friend wrote:
>>
>> In article <34d52b8e...@news.earthlink.net>, asch...@mailexcite.com
>> babbles...
>> >
>> >
>> > You are obsessed with Titanic if...
>> >
>> > - you log onto the internet at least 2 times a day (or more) and check
>> > this ng at least 10 times before you get offline.
>> >
-you quit your job,start building a model of Titanic made of mud,leaves
and twigs in the middle of your living room floor.
--
"I looked upwards-we were right under the three enormous propellers.For an
instant,I thought they were sure to come down on top of us.Then,with the
deadened noise of the bursting of her last few gallant bulkheads,she slid
quietly away from us into the sea". -Jack Thayer,Titanic survivor-
Giles Moss
In article <6b2arh$obr$1...@news1.teleport.com>, "Brian K. Garrett"
<b...@user1.teleport.com> writes
>: A Titanic web page started collecting these "obsession signs". Readers
>: send them in. The feature apparently became so popular the webmaster
>: has a hard time keeping up. Here is a selection of some of them.
>: I find them to be endearing. The web page is:
>: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/2277/titanobsess.html
>
...You spend half your maths lesson typing quotes from "Titanic" into
your graphics calculator.
...You print out every page related to the Titanic that you found on the
Net.
...You start composing songs in the style of Horner with your MIDI setup
...You read the script of the film (that you just printed off from the
net) whilst listening to the soundtrack at large volumes, to try to re-
create that feeling of 'what it must have been like that night'
...You walk around with your arms held like Jack's as he waited for Rose
before the dinner scene.
...You have designed a Windows sound sceme with quotes and sound-clips
from the film
...You have a quote from "Titanic" in your .sig file
Giles Moss
e-mail: gi...@mossy.demon.co.uk
WWW : http://www.mossy.demon.co.uk/gus/page1.htm
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Rose: I believe you are blushing, Mr. Big Artiste. I can't imagine
Monsieur Monet blushing.
Jack: He does landscapes.
-Titanic
Robert Williams
You put a clanger bell where your riew view mirror used to be and
use it while driving......
clang clang clang - "stop light right ahead!"
> >: You are obsessed with 'Titanic' if...
>
>>>>>snip
IT'S ME
I am going to do my best to see if I can get intouch with the maker of
the parts for the 6'ft model. I dont even know if they make it
anymore. The shops name STICHES IN TIME, told me that they can no
longer get it from the manufacturor because it does not exist. But
there has to be some place out there that can do it. I know it is
expensive as hell for most people to pay for this model but I tell you
the truth, I have started to take the peices out, and WOW!!!!! I
realized this is going to take me an awful long time. And If I break
any of the parts, I am SCREWED. But I know that there are people out
there who are just as interested as I about models. I WILL KEEP
POSTING TO LET YOU KNOW IF I FIND ANYTHING.
Oh, and by the way, my e-mail is:
dgri...@theriver.com
..you build your OWN 10' model of TITANIC with popsicle sticks and
toothpicks..and it's historically accurate!
dg
B
Susan Bartholomew wrote:
>
> Dana wrote:
> >
> > You know you obsessed with Titanic when:
> >
> > You break your toes trying to do Rose's ballet position.
> >
> were strictly warned that if we tried to stand en pointe without
> wearing ballet slippers, we'd break every bone in our foot. So let's
> be careful out there! :)
>
> Has anyone out there done this without wearing slippers?
I tried to do that one day, I couldn't! How funny!
B
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Shaybird1
You know your obsessed with Titanic if:
You read and collect all of the statements about being obsessed with the
Titanic!
Michael Minery
I'm obsessed with Kate Winslet!!!!
Michael Minery
Orange, CA
U.S.A.
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