You Might be a Dragon if....
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:13 pm
Got this off Tser's Lair. Anyone know the existence of others?
You might be a Dragon...
-if you go by your Dragon name
-if you get your name legally changed to your Dragon name
-if you have to explain that your name doesn't come from a specific nationality, it's Draconic
-if you can't explain what your name means, because it doesn't translate into a human language
-if you are frequently addressed as "Dragon", "the Dragon Lady [Guy]", "Dwagin" or a similar nickname
-if you are called these nicknames by people you don't know
-if you are easily distracted by shiny pretty thingies
-if you hoard shiny pretty thingies
-if you hoard Dragon-related objects
-if you hoard anything you can get your claws on
-if you protect your hoard viciously, tooth and nail
-if you take care of your hoard as if it's alive
-if you move all your possessions into a pile in the center of the floor to sleep on it
-if you make your blankets into a nest
-if you are tempted to try to incubate large round objects
-if you find yourself getting huffy when someone spouts a common dragon stereotype or prejudice
-if you always root for the dragon
-if you hate stories where the dragon loses or dies
-if you can go for days without sleep or sleep for days
-if it takes a very long time for you to digest a meal
-if someone says your aura is "a funny shape... with weird protrusions... and a trailing... tail-thing"
-if you know all the Real Dragon hotspots in the world
-if you pouncehuggle your friends upon sight
-if you find mirrors confuzzling since they don't even depict the right species
-if you practice looking "intimidating" by baring your teeth
-if you're sure you should see scales and talons when you look down
-if you trip over your tail
-if you trip other people with your tail then laugh when they look confuzzled
-if you inquire at the salon about scale-buffing
-if you file all your nails to sharp points
-if you consider getting your teeth sharpened
-if you want to get your tongue forked
-if you've drawn scales on your skin
-if you like long warm soaks in the bath
-if you like to bask in the sun, especially on sun-warmed rocks
-if you doot regularly
-if you know what doot means
-if people ask you what doot means and you just smile at them blankly
-if you know you can fly
-if you've convinced others you can fly
-if you write dragonish stories
-if you write dragonish poetry
-if you draw dragons whether you're skilled at it or not
-if you doodle dragons when you're supposed to be listening to a lecture or paying attention in a meeting
-if you buy everything you possibly can that involves a dragon
-if you wear dragon-depicting clothing
-if you collect dragon art
-if you know your dragon statues by name
-if you've hissed, growled, snarled or roared at someone when they irked you
-if you've purred when you were petted
-if you look at reptiles and say "ohhhh, how kewt!"
-if you look at birds and feel a kinship
-if you've watched the sky for Dragons
-if you think UFO sightings are really dragons participating in a mating -flight
-if you've ever been mistaken for a UFO
-if you name all your companion animals "Dragon" in different languages
-if you've had a crush on a dragon in a movie
-if you refer to your significant other as your mate
-if you refer to your children as your hatchlings
-if you refer to humans as greggils, two-leggers, bipeds, georges, hew-mohns or "lunch"
-if you refer to your house as your lair
-if you refer to your food as your prey
-if you refer to birthdays as hatchdays
-if you refer to your nails as claws or talons
-if you use "fewmets" or "georging" as swear words
-if you peeped hungrily with your mouth agape at your parents when you -were a hatchling... er, baby
-if you feel most comfortable around lava flows, caves and other geological phenomenon
-if you try to snort smoke in indignance
-if you've tried to cook marshmellows by breathing on them
-if you lash your tail when you're angry
-if you've had to watch yourself around pies so you don't *splut* someone with them
-if you play with your food
-if you sneak-up-and-pounce your dinner
-if you invite faeries and gryphons to tea
-if you've spent entire days sleeping
-if you've spent entire days watching butterflies or growing grass
-if you know how long a dragonlength is
-if you've had the urge to cavort, bound or prance gaily when happy
-if you subscribe to Alt.Fan.Dragons, chat, #afd, participate in Alfandria MUCK, another dragon-related MU*, Draconic or various other dragon -communities across the net
-if you belong to a Real Dragon group away from the computer
-if you've been mistakenly diagnosed as insane due to your draconity
-if you're a member of the Real Dragons list
-if you haveve IRC set to hightlight and "beep" whenever anyone says "dragon"
-if you have your claw prints rather than footprints on your hospital birth certificate
-if you're known to be a dragon by other people
-if you know you are a dragon
You might be a Dragon...
-if you go by your Dragon name
-if you get your name legally changed to your Dragon name
-if you have to explain that your name doesn't come from a specific nationality, it's Draconic
-if you can't explain what your name means, because it doesn't translate into a human language
-if you are frequently addressed as "Dragon", "the Dragon Lady [Guy]", "Dwagin" or a similar nickname
-if you are called these nicknames by people you don't know
-if you are easily distracted by shiny pretty thingies
-if you hoard shiny pretty thingies
-if you hoard Dragon-related objects
-if you hoard anything you can get your claws on
-if you protect your hoard viciously, tooth and nail
-if you take care of your hoard as if it's alive
-if you move all your possessions into a pile in the center of the floor to sleep on it
-if you make your blankets into a nest
-if you are tempted to try to incubate large round objects
-if you find yourself getting huffy when someone spouts a common dragon stereotype or prejudice
-if you always root for the dragon
-if you hate stories where the dragon loses or dies
-if you can go for days without sleep or sleep for days
-if it takes a very long time for you to digest a meal
-if someone says your aura is "a funny shape... with weird protrusions... and a trailing... tail-thing"
-if you know all the Real Dragon hotspots in the world
-if you pouncehuggle your friends upon sight
-if you find mirrors confuzzling since they don't even depict the right species
-if you practice looking "intimidating" by baring your teeth
-if you're sure you should see scales and talons when you look down
-if you trip over your tail
-if you trip other people with your tail then laugh when they look confuzzled
-if you inquire at the salon about scale-buffing
-if you file all your nails to sharp points
-if you consider getting your teeth sharpened
-if you want to get your tongue forked
-if you've drawn scales on your skin
-if you like long warm soaks in the bath
-if you like to bask in the sun, especially on sun-warmed rocks
-if you doot regularly
-if you know what doot means
-if people ask you what doot means and you just smile at them blankly
-if you know you can fly
-if you've convinced others you can fly
-if you write dragonish stories
-if you write dragonish poetry
-if you draw dragons whether you're skilled at it or not
-if you doodle dragons when you're supposed to be listening to a lecture or paying attention in a meeting
-if you buy everything you possibly can that involves a dragon
-if you wear dragon-depicting clothing
-if you collect dragon art
-if you know your dragon statues by name
-if you've hissed, growled, snarled or roared at someone when they irked you
-if you've purred when you were petted
-if you look at reptiles and say "ohhhh, how kewt!"
-if you look at birds and feel a kinship
-if you've watched the sky for Dragons
-if you think UFO sightings are really dragons participating in a mating -flight
-if you've ever been mistaken for a UFO
-if you name all your companion animals "Dragon" in different languages
-if you've had a crush on a dragon in a movie
-if you refer to your significant other as your mate
-if you refer to your children as your hatchlings
-if you refer to humans as greggils, two-leggers, bipeds, georges, hew-mohns or "lunch"
-if you refer to your house as your lair
-if you refer to your food as your prey
-if you refer to birthdays as hatchdays
-if you refer to your nails as claws or talons
-if you use "fewmets" or "georging" as swear words
-if you peeped hungrily with your mouth agape at your parents when you -were a hatchling... er, baby
-if you feel most comfortable around lava flows, caves and other geological phenomenon
-if you try to snort smoke in indignance
-if you've tried to cook marshmellows by breathing on them
-if you lash your tail when you're angry
-if you've had to watch yourself around pies so you don't *splut* someone with them
-if you play with your food
-if you sneak-up-and-pounce your dinner
-if you invite faeries and gryphons to tea
-if you've spent entire days sleeping
-if you've spent entire days watching butterflies or growing grass
-if you know how long a dragonlength is
-if you've had the urge to cavort, bound or prance gaily when happy
-if you subscribe to Alt.Fan.Dragons, chat, #afd, participate in Alfandria MUCK, another dragon-related MU*, Draconic or various other dragon -communities across the net
-if you belong to a Real Dragon group away from the computer
-if you've been mistakenly diagnosed as insane due to your draconity
-if you're a member of the Real Dragons list
-if you haveve IRC set to hightlight and "beep" whenever anyone says "dragon"
-if you have your claw prints rather than footprints on your hospital birth certificate
-if you're known to be a dragon by other people
-if you know you are a dragon