You know you're obsessed when...

  • You and your friends decide to make your own home movie of POTC
  • You have a POTC website (or at least a layout on another site of yours)
  • You have POTC posters on your wall (or if you can't afford to buy one, you make your own, such as 4 pieces of paper taped together that say "Pirates Ye Be Warned")
  • You've seen the movie at least 5 times.
  • You have POTC-related dreams.
  • The movie's mentioned at least once in your AIM profile.
  • You have a POTC buddy icon on AIM.
  • You have a POTC desktop on your computer.
  • You see a stuffed monkey lying around in the kitchen at school (God knows why it was there) and you say to you're friend, "Look! It's Jack the monkey!")
  • You've seen the movie so many times you've even memorized parts of the credits.
  • You spend your time making a lame list like this.
  • You walk around dressed like a pirate. (thanks Katie)
  • "Savvy" and "mate" have become a regular part of your vocabulary. (thanks Cari)
  • You say the word parley. (thanks Zainab)
  • This is not meant in offence but with the bracelets that have the letters W.W.J.D. which stand for what would Jesus do, you change it to mean what would Jack do. (thanks Webhandmaiden)
  • You start moving your hands like jack when your in the middle of a conversation. (thanks KaiSai)
  • You beg your parents to get you an agent because you insist on playing the part of Emily, Jacks long lost daughter, in the second movie. (thanks KaiSai)
  • Your MOTHER has part of the movie memorized and agrees that Johnny Depp is the sexiest man alive. (thanks Afk)
  • You insist on people calling you "Captain" despite the fact you've never so much as stepped foot on a ship. (thanks Katrina Ostrander)
  • You try beading your hair like Jack Sparrow's. (thanks Greykitty)
  • You have bought/made a skull and crossbones t-shirt. (thanks Kiana)
  • You and a friend are planning on going to the premiere of the sequel dressed as Scarlet and Giselle. (thanks Kiana)
  • Your friends, family, boss, doctor, priest, teachers, co-workers, pets, girlfriend/boyfriend, construction workers, telemarketers, librarians, coach, poolboy, etc no longer find it odd that you randomly bring up Captain Jack Sparrow in conversations. (thanks Katrina Ostrander)
  • You're broke because you spent all your money on pirate stuff. (thanks Greykitty)
  • You convince your boyfriend to do his make-up like Jack's (mmm... eyeliner...) (thanks Goldberry)
  • You've gotten in trouble, more than once, for beating up that kid at school who says that Jack Sparrow looks gay. (thanks Missy)
  • You walk like Jack when you come out of the movie theater (for the 6th time). Kayla and Katie)
  • You go to the beach with your friends, make a "fire" out of seaweed, and run around it singing "Yo Ho."
  • You ask your friends if this is the way to Tortuga. (thanks Caitlin)
  • You beg your history teacher to forget the Civil War and teach about pirates instead. (thanks Captain Red Skull)
  • You've started drinking just so you can say, "Yes, but why's the RUM gone?!" (thanks Chelsea)
  • In social studies class, when the Spanish Main, Caribbean, Port Royal, and pirates come up, you can't help but smile, and start humming the main theme of POTC. (thanks KC)
  • You walk around like Jack Sparrow just to freak people out. (thanks Charleigh)
  • You shorten the whole movie title (Pirates of the Caribbean) to just plain Pirates. (thanks Charleigh)
  • You recite parts of the movie as everyday language, although with an English accent. (thanks Charleigh)
  • Your friends start to get fed up with the words pirate, Johnny Depp, Black Pearl, Caribbean, etc. (thanks ToniDepp)
  • You constantly talk about Captain Jack Sparrow and have been counting down the days until the DVD is coming out for a month now. (thanks Mindy)
  • You check the dictionary to find the word "parley" and then tell everyone about it. (thanks Steph)
  • You read this list and can't find something that does not apply to you! (thanks Amanda)
  • You buy the soundtrack and listen to it over and over again so you can imagine every minute of the movie (when you're not at the theater). (thanks Amanda)
  • Your friends disagree with you and you call them mutineers and avoid their company out of fear they will put you on an isolated island. (thanks Amanda)

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