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[Millcreek47]

"when you give someone a ride, upon arrival, you tell them to "Push down and pull up on the lap bar and exit to the right of the vehicle.""

Howcome this sounds too familiar?

[RollerManiac]

If the margins of your notebooks are full of doodles of coaster layouts.

If the smell of popcorn and ice cream remind you of a day at the park.

If you get excited when you see an 18-wheeler carrying stacked, metal cargo... It might be a flat ride.

If you dream about riding in an elevator, and the elevator always drops when it reaches the top.

All of these!

[Old_Hag]

When you list and rank the coasters you've ridden when you're bored in study hall, then create a color coded scale.

[da master826]

When you think the sine wave would make a great ride, and the Cosine wave with it would make an awesome dueler.

When in art class you find a way to make every picture a roller coaster.

When you know the roller coaster in your math book from a small 3x5 picture that shows 1 segment of track.

When your desktop background is a roller coaster.

[CCI]

^lol^ mine is. Actually it's just pictures I've taken at Carowinds and Kings dominion.

[The Stig]

If you take the back-roads on your way to school because you get more airtime.

If you frequently pedal your bike backwards because you like the clicking sound the chain makes.

If you can't read the word 'flags' without thinking about roller coasters.

If you wish your ring-tone could be a full train of screaming people.

If you enjoy the sound of compressed air being released.

If you've ever snapped a Flyer.

[Coaster105]

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If you enjoy the sound of compressed air being released.

This one made me lol.


if you plan on making a looping backyard coaster out of pvc.

if every single electronic device you own, has a roller coaster background.

[CCI]

^^ yes to all.
If you ever loose sleep over which parks to go to next year.

[The Stig]

If you measure a vacant area by the size of coaster you can build in it.

If the first 15 minutes of Final Destination 3 made you laugh.

If you're willing to wait in a 2 hour line for a 20 second coaster.

If you've defended your honor in a heated debate of 'Intamin vs B&M'.

If you consider the partial removal of I305's hill 'exciting news'.

[The Stig]

If you boast about the number of grey rods you own.

If you want to paint your room the colors of your favorite ride.

If you're in queue for a ride, and you discover that you're the only person watching the train go around.

[TheSUCKCrew]

sorry for bumping this but...

if you are in a SAD every winter because rollercoaster-season is over

if you read rollercoaster-magazines while hiding them behind a playboy

if you look at a road and think: Hey, there's a sharpspot!

if you learned how to speak english from a rollercoasterforum

if you seriously consider to use a song in one of your videos, just becaus they say the word "rollercoaster" one time

if you get in a fight over a girl working at a theme-park

if you can combine rollercoasters and religion (gumpism)

if your graffity-name is "I305"

if you have a sign on your door, saying: Construction-zone. Only rollercoaster enthousiasts allowed

if your password to your computer is a rollercoaster name

if you are dreaming about marrying a park-operator just to get free tickets

-Suck.

[reaperdoctor]

^Its fine to bump game threads...

If you have music from a theme park on your iPod.

If you know what heartlining means.

If you shout excitedly when you drive past a theme park.

If you are 20 years old and still get excited about riding a kiddie coaster.

[Jumpge]

You know your a coaster fanatic when...

On your English exams, there is a question that says "define the work Flashback" and you think of Six Flags Magic Mountain's Flashback coaster

When you ride a rail sled, hit rocks creating a loud noise, and think that this is what a coaster's brakes sound like

Whenever your on an airplane and you are taking off, you think about Kingda Ka or Top Thrill Dragster

[The Stig]

Almost forgot about this thread.

...When your dad tells you about a LA-based firm called Magnum and you think, "...XL-200"

[commando]

..When you name the name model and make of every coaster at your local theme park.

[Aaron]

...When you are sitting down and you move around pretending to be on a roller coaster.

[Jumpge]

Your a coaster fanatic when...

When you pass a theme park and start to name off every coaster in that park when no one cares

When someone says that the Vekoma boomerang coasters are the scariest coaster ever made and you correct them by naming some other rides that are scarier

When you see a coaster in a Science text book and name the coaster's name and location to the class

[TheSUCKCrew]

When you are trying to explain what the difference between a batwing and a pretzel-knott is to your friends (Who dont really care at all) and then suddenly think up there's a good example in your french textbook 0_o

[The Stig]

...When you draw a diagram of a shuttle loop coaster to describe the Passive Transport process of cell membranes.

[commando]

^???????? I have no idea how a shuttle loop would show that......