i was on hold with United Healthcare for 45min, gomen ne...

YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING TOO MUCH RANMA:

	if someone says Shampoo and you immediately
start looking for Chinese Amazons.

	if a stray animal shows up at your house and
you splash it with hot water, just in case.

	if you read an article on saints and start scanning
for the name Kasumi...

	you go up to Japanese tourists and ask "Furinkan,
koko wa doko da?" (i've done this...also "Nerima, koko wa doko
da?" when the tourists are puzzling over this, wander off in 
odd directions... also use "shimata" and "(insert any name) 
no baka")<1>

	you find yourself saying one of the following phrases
frequently: "_____ no baka", "oh my", "ara~","aiyaaaa","itaiii",
"kawaikunee otemba"

	you are disappointed that the local Japanese fast food
places do not carry okonomiyaki.

	in a curio shop you immediately look for wishing swords,
Jusenkyo water, or Nichieju treasures that Happosai may have
pawned.

	if you hear about underwear being stolen, you immediately
start looking for Happosai.

      you pull large blunt objects out of nowhere <2>

<1> i was working at B.Daltons at the time. it has been the
only time in my life i have seen someone facefault. looked
painful.

<2> not THAT kind of object, you hentai!. besides, i said
out of nowhere...sheesh.

PS: I AM NOT TOLTIIR! Toltiir@aol.com is an old gaming buddy,
     who has described me as being a "male Kasumi" (i forgave him)
     in NO WAY is Toltiir an SI character. don't e-mail him for comments
     on my fics. thank you.

gregg