"You might be a toy soldier addict if.." (1 Viewer)

[Currahee Chris]

Over the past couple months, I have observed several members discuss varying levels of dimentia or paranoia or concern over becoming addicted to this hobby- they seem to be trying to rationalize that they are not. As a public service courtesy to my fellow collectors I am going to create this thread in the hopes that we can all benefit from answering these simple questions as a litmus test to see if we are really "Addicted"

This thread is going to follow the tradition of the "You might be a redneck" set forth by the timeless Mr. Jeff Foxworthy.

So, here we go

You might be a toy soldier addict if

you move your mother's urn down to the basement to free up an extra square foot of diorama space on the fireplace mantle

You might be a toy soldier addict if

you race to get home before your wife so that she doesn't see the UPS box sitting on the porch

You might be a toy soldier addict if

you see a toy soldier falling from it's position in your diorama and you heroically dive under it to shield it from hitting the floor with your body

You might be a toy soldier addict if

you name your son or daughter William or Andy in honor of the famous creators.

You might be a toy soldier addict if

you wonder if the Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower or Sears Tower are really to true 1:1 scale

You might be a toy soldier addict if

you cannot walk up three flights of stairs without loosing your breath but consider Patton's 3 day march on Bastogne a "marginal achievement at best."

You might be a toy soldier addict if

you refuse all personal hygiene to save more money for future purchases at Treefrog Treasures

You might be a toy soldier addict if

you root through your neighbors garbage to find enough scraps to reduce the costs of feeding yourself and your family so that you can spend more at Treefrog Treasures

You might be a toy soldier addict if

you are coming up with yet another nonsense thread on the Treefrog treasures forum while your wife is looking at you griting her teeth because she is all dolled up and you are supposed to be taking her out because it's your 13th wedding anniversary!!! Glad I can type fast!!!!

STANDS ALONE!!
CC

 

[sage742]

That was awesome Here's mine:
You might be a toy soldier addict if while on a vacation your wife redecorated the bedroom and found your stash of empty toy soldier boxes under the bed . Now where am I going to put them?
You might be a toy soldier addict if while at bike week in Sturgis S.D. you manage to find a toy soldier to take home as a souvenir.

 

[Leadmen]

You might be a toy soldier addict when your closet wardrobe consists of empty soldier boxes and one Disco Leisure Suit for special occasions. Leadmen

 

[maddadicus]

You might be a toy soldier addict if:
1) your pill bottles contain lead replacement parts for your figures...
2)you have a diorama on your bed and your wife actually looks really hot that night...
3)you go to Gettysburg and tell the renactors that they do not look anything like the paint scheme on your ACW collection...
4)when you are explaining football to a kid in terms like retreat, flank attack, frontal assault...
5)when Brad or Louis suggests you buy something and you deduct the purchase ,under legal advice.....

Michael

 

[fishead19690]

LOL Nice thread chris!
You might be a toy soldier addict if you can no longer hear your wifes voice while surfing the treefrog site!

 

[Leadmen]

Neat thread. You might be a toy solder addict if:
You take the wheel weights off your car to melt into figures.
You lurk around construction and recycle locations looking for Diorama
material.
Take part of daughter's wedding veil to use for tank camo netting material.
Bring hand strainer up to Straights of Mackinac shoreline because they
have pebbles perfect for dioramas.
Leadmen

 

[Louis Badolato]

Great thread! Here's mine:

You might be a toy soldier addict it you had the contractor renovate your toy soldier room before your Kitchen, Living Room, Master Bath or Dining Room (and are already campaigning to do the garage as an annex before the rest of the house is renovated).

 

[Capitolron]

You might be a Toy Soldier Addict if .....you can actually come up with things to say several times over for this thread

 

[Currahee Chris]

You might be a toy soldier addict if

You show up to work exhausted because you were up all night on the TreeFrog forum arguing with some dude halfway across the globe about some battle that took place 800 years ago.

You might be a toy soldier addict if

You can carry on conversations with people and the only words they understand are LAH,WS, SF, EA, AK, DD, AR, MK, and FOV, QQ,JJ and WB.

You might be a toy soldier addict if

you can forgive a complete stranger for sleeping with your wife but would choke the life out of your mother if she knocked one of your toy soldiers onto the floor.

You might be a toy soldier addict if

you forget names, dates and your own social security number but can cite closing prices on every retired piece that has been sold on ebay to include dates, amounts and bid reference number

You might be a toy soldier addict if

your wife asks for a divorce and all you can respond with is "Why did Andy have to retire that piece!!"

 

[Robert E. Lee]

You might be a toy soldier addict if you know the middle names of generals but not your relatives