You know you're addicted to UO

[Gandalf]

 
You know you're addicted to UO when: a bird lands near you and all you can think about is the 25 feathers
You know you're addicted to UO when: a guy in a powerful car passes you on a highway and you think "wish my connection was faster."
You know you're addicted to UO when: a person starts a fight with you and you ask him what kind of duel he wants.
You know you're addicted to UO when: all your IM programs have screen names to match your UO character and the entire "buddy lists" for those programs is made up of UO buddies.
You know you're addicted to UO when: as you finish a meal you say "After eating the food you feel much less hungry."
You know you're addicted to UO when: in real life you say "LOL" instead of laughing.
You know you're addicted to UO when: in RL you say LOL instead of laughing.
You know you're addicted to UO when: its cold outside, you try to recall off your car keys.
You know you're addicted to UO when: leaving your house unlocked because you think all the things inside are locked down or in a secure container.
You know you're addicted to UO when: One day you go to your kitchen to cut some bacon with a cleaver and all the sudden you freak out and drop the cleaver and then yell out "GM Swordsmanship!"
You know you're addicted to UO when: saying I wish to secure this in your home, you think that noone can steal it any more.
You know you're addicted to UO when: someone breaks into your house and you say "I BAN THEE!!!"
You know you're addicted to UO when: someone pisses you off and your first thought is of a long spear and that *ching* sound.
You know you're addicted to UO when: someone says bless you and you say trammie is better
You know you're addicted to UO when: the rude cashier smirks at you and you tell her she is lucky that you are not carring your spellbook.
You know you're addicted to UO when: when you get to a new town, you stand near the ATM with an open wallet or purse and say "Gaurds help move the vendor to the bank and all follow me to raise anchor."
You know you're addicted to UO when: when you go to buy some furniture, you stop to think if you have the required lock down space for it.
You know you're addicted to UO when: when your UO house is better decorated than your RL one.
You know you're addicted to UO when: while at walmart you have the uncontrolable urge to snoop the handbag of the lady in front of you.
You know you're addicted to UO when: while running errands in your car you pass an empty lot with a large rock in it and say "This house cannot be placed here due to an obstacle of some sort."
You know you're addicted to UO when: while you're getting jumped you say "GANK."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you actually know what an ingot is.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you are  in a really boring meeting at work and think "I wish I'd built up my stealth skill enough to get out of here."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you are cooking an egg and burning it, and think "d**n I need to raise my cooking."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you are drunk and you *hic* often.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you are hungry and you want fresh food, and you fumble through the crap around your desk looking for your spell book, garlic, ginseng, and mandrake root
You know you're addicted to UO when: you are late for work or other engagements because you have to find a safe place to log out.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you are listening to someone who bought a diamond ring and when they said they payed 6,000 dollars you laugh at them and tell them they were scammed.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you are mowing the lawn and wish you had your "yard wand."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you are watching the news and wondering why RL murderers dont get killed when they come into towns.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you are with your non-UO playing friends and they don't understand you half the time.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you brace yourself for an explosion every time you open a briefcase, drawer, etc.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you break into your neighbors house looking for things that aren't locked down.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you break into your neighbors house looking for things that arn't locked down.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you build your dream house to look like your UO house.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you buy a sword in real life and consider youself a GM swordsmen.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you call your jacket "Robe."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you consider flying to the Carribean for holidays with a ship in your backpack to place it on arrival.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you cry when someone beats you in PvP *or pk's you.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you cut someone off in traffic and yell out the window "You got pwned!".
You know you're addicted to UO when: you do not find what you were looking for at the store you switch to another vendor at the same counter hoping he would have different goods to sell.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you don't get provided with a list of wares in a shop when you said "vendor buy".
You know you're addicted to UO when: you don't know where to place a bandage on somebody who's poisoned.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you Dream that you are your UO character.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you dress up as a UO character for halloween or you try to look like your character every day.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you drive past a field full of goats and think "ooh all those hides, must get my tailor down here."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you expect to see peoples names above their heads when they come into your line of sight.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you feel an urge to flame strike your boss (or gate him to the exploding mushrooms).
You know you're addicted to UO when: you fetch all the spider webs aroud the house and store them together with hundreds of garlic and ginseng capsules you just bought at the pharmacy.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you get a little nervous upon remembering that none of it is real and will in no way help you in life. 
You know you're addicted to UO when: you get drunk at a party and instead of saying "wow I'm pretty buzzed" you say "asterisk hic asterisk."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you get drunk at a party and instead of saying "wow I'm pretty buzzed" you say "asterisk hic asterisk." 
You know you're addicted to UO when: you get in a fight and start shouting "An Ex Por."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you get in a fight, and on their first punch you say "You hit like a newb!"
You know you're addicted to UO when: you get in your car, and start yelling "raise anchor back turn left forward forward"
You know you're addicted to UO when: you get into a real fight, and mutter spells.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you get into the house on horseback and try to feed your mount with grapes.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you get offline and find out it's friday, and you got on wensday.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you go for a walk in the mountains and think "if I'd only brought along my pickaxe I could check them for colored ore."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you go for a walk in the woods and want to equip your kryss.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you go for a walk in the woods and wonder why there were no regs spawning on the ground.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you go into a bar and are surprised to see people in there.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you go on vacation to a town you've never been to and can't fight the urge to ask people "Your Pardons, which way to the bank?"
You know you're addicted to UO when: you go to a drug store and immediatly buy out all the garlic and ginseng.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you go to the bank and are shocked to learn that you don't have 300k.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you greet people with "Hail" as your left hand does the motion of ctrl-b.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you hang around outside banks talking to people.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you honestly believe you can mine 200 iron ingots, and the bank will store them for you.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you insist that any black rag is more valuable than a pink Versace.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you keep your wallet or purse in your backpack, hidden under your robe.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you kill 4 people and think "it's all right as long as my murder count stays below 5."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you kill everybody that comes into your house. 
You know you're addicted to UO when: you learn and write frequently in the Ultima Alphabet
You know you're addicted to UO when: you leave school after the first lesson, because your power hour is over.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you live on a strict diet of cooked fish and never crave anything else.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you look at your roof and think Rel Por and then kick yourself because you don't have any bloodmoss or mandrake root.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you lose your shoes and ask anyone if they have seen your "sandals.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you make a quick sidestep as a rather large man walks towards you and thank god you didn't hit a lag pocket.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you meet a bear walking through the woods and are not afraid of it.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you meet a geek and you call them a trammy.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you need to walk a short distance, and start to think if you should waste regs on teleport.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you order your new car in metallic blue, to make it look like Valorite.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you pass a field of sheep, and all you can think of is shearing them and making bandages.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you refer to "Placing" a house rather than "Building" a house.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you refer to a black horse as a nightmare.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you refuse to go to school because you have bad lag today.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you say to your sibling, "Welcome to Britannia", when he/she wakes up.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see a dead tree and avoid it thinking its a reaper.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see a flock of birds overhead and brace yourself for the lagstorm all the "a bird" words will create.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see a hospital and wonder why the healer doesnt apply a bandage and make them all better.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see a lamppost and consider stealing it.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see a pair of black sandals on the bedroom floor and wonder if the owner knows how rare they are.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see a small horse and wonder how the hell they got the saddlebags off.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see a theif, and yell "Guards!"
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see a tree outside and wonder is there is still wood on it.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see a tree with leaves on and some flowers and think: hey, I must be in Trammel.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see birds land in the yard , and think "there's 25 feathers."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see blue text and wonder what skill just raised.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see police cruisers and think, "this must be a guarded region."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see someone doing something stupid, and yell "NOOB!"
You know you're addicted to UO when: you see someone doing the same thing over and over and ask them if they are macroing.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you start referring to yourself as Lard British
You know you're addicted to UO when: you start telling your pets "all stay" and "all go."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you start yelling "I BAN THEE" at your mother in law when she comes for a visit.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you tap people with your mouse finger to find out their name and title.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you tap people with your mouse finger to know their name and title.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you tell a person he has no skill and should Quit UO! When they aren't even playing it.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you think about *squelching* your at work because they woulnt stop spamming in caps.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you think it is only natural to have a bunch of guys on horseback on the roof of the bank.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you think it's weird why you can't make a plate mail in 5 seconds.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you think of items, dead plants, ect. decaying instead of having to be cleaned up, or decomposing.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you think to yourself "If only I could steal that nice electronic device once they get out of the guard zone."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you throw rocks at animals and say "corp por"
You know you're addicted to UO when: you try to buy a horse so you don't have to run around everywhere.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you try to eat an entire chicken leg by double-clicking it (tapping it twice).
You know you're addicted to UO when: you try to go upto a random animal at the zoo and try to tame it.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you try to log out of the real world.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you try to remember which key is the macro for ironing.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you try to ride a horse without reins.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you try to sell what you don't need to vendor at shops.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you try to set your real plants to decorative mode.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you turn down every female you meet because they don't have the same physique as the female in the character window
You know you're addicted to UO when: you walk into a store and start screaming buy. Then read the cashiers name tag and it says bob and say "bob buy" then u say "bye" and go to next cashier .
You know you're addicted to UO when: you walk into a tailor shop and ask if they have any BoDs ready.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you walk into the pond while going fishing, because you just assumed you'd stop when you got to the edge.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you walk into your bank and yell out "balance".
You know you're addicted to UO when: you want to name your kids after your characters.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you want to say  "I wish to secure this" at your wallet or door and the offending family member would be unable to open it.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you wish you had a rune to mark in your girlfriend's room so you can come visit whenever you please, but then ask yourself what you were thinking because obviously the anti-magic field would block the spell
You know you're addicted to UO when: you wonder if your hungry or not, because you've not seen any messages saying "You are Starving."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you wonder why buying a house in real life is much easier than getting one in UO.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you wonder why your cat can't fetch your backpack.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you would rather own a llama or horse than a car.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you would rather watch your character macro instead of TV.
You know you're addicted to UO when: your beach cooler is full, and you tell people, use another cooler its at its item limit.
You know you're addicted to UO when: your current girlfriend is jealous of your PC.
You know you're addicted to UO when: your Ex-wife started playing to spend time with you.
You know you're addicted to UO when: your neighbor asks you why you're saying "I always wanted a Cat like you" "Good Cat" to his cat, you respond with "I'm trying to raise my taming skill"
You know you're addicted to UO when: your spouse pisses you off and wont SHUT UP , you daydream about "invising."
You know you're addicted to UO when: your UO account outlasted a marriage.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you're getting hit in city limits and yell "GUARDS MURDERER HELP BANK."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you're late for work and you start asking around for a gate.
You know you're addicted to UO when: you're walking toward a group of young males with a bad attitude and you think "You can't seem to hide here."
You know you're addicted to UO when: you've tried to figure out a way to AFK macro math.

[jojo]

*notes the plagiarized lines from chat*

=oP

[Gandalf]

If you must know I just got those off the good old www. I never claimed they were mine, just wanted to share them with everyone. So, WATCH IT when accusing people of things.

[jojo]

neener neener! =oP

[sami]

Wow, Now I feel really bad for the people who can relate to this..

[Mistymoon]

You know your addicted to uo when: You were mining before logging off and dream your mining.
Or that you were making tailor items and dream you are making those items ...to wake with your fingers inthe air like typing on the keyboard.

[darwin]

hmm never had uo dreams.. have however had Halo dreams.. used to have those alot

[Roh]

I've dreamed about UO once or twice...
But my game-related dreams are very strange...
It's like being in a virtual reality console, only you still have a controller or keyboard in your hand.
Makes for a very confusing morning.

*opens eyes*
"...What the %&$@#?"

[mystic]

Haha, yes i also have dreamed about UO once or... umm lets see a million times lol. In all my dreams i dream about MU and how much progress we have made.




MU Always- Mystic

[Tchrspest]

I've dreamed about ou once. I was riding a horse on a bout surrounded by seaserpants and krakens getting my but whooped cuz i couldnt mage with my spellbook in my bank.

[Mistymoon]

We just had a fun time with this in chat tonight. To prevent a repeat of word for word or considered spam...add your stuff to here. And the starter of this covered a lot of ground.
No offensive ones please.

[Mistymoon]

You see several hundred feet of fence full of birds and start to count feathers.

[trancet]

You know your addicted to uo when..
(these are all made up by me)

You feed your dog once and stuff him in a closet for a week waiting for to bond.

A person breaks in to steal your jewelry and you yell "I Ban Thee"

[LoA]

lol very cute addict... so true

[phantas]

my addict-thoughts ^^ :
So you know your addicted to uo when
... a Friend talks you deaf and you look for the Ignore Button
... you try to get rid of your trash by just waiting 3 Minutes
... you try to ride a horse in Home, Banks, Restaurants....
... you step in front of your Bank and yell BALANCE from outside
... you ask your Boss how much more Skill you need to get Legendary
... i post more when i remember them *gg*