You say "I'm sorry" to your wife and her first question is "How many this time?"...

You're a ThingFling forum addict when -

. . . you tell your kid to stop playing with his Melmo doll . . .

. . . you see a Volkswagen Beetle or Microbus and the first thing out of your mouth is veedubkid ! ! . . .

. . . when you go to a garage sale and look at glassware and wonder how much you can get for it on eBay . . .

. . . you get accused of defending your position on shipping charges, while talking in your sleep . . .

. . . you think that the TF community is smarter than our electorate when it comes to drug policy . . .

. . . there's a noise in the attic and you think it is an angel . . .

. . . your kid wants a pet so you get him a gecko . .

I'm sure I could come up with a ton more . . .

Like when you go to a dinner party and the woman in the middle of the room just won't shut up and you tell your wife she's a Melmo . . .

PLEASE DO NOT take that the wrong way Melmo . . . but it did happen (before I knew you better) . . . I laughed my****off all night - they must have thought me on drugs. Wait, I am on drugs . . .

You know you're a ThingFling addict (ordering) when . .

You wonder what time the next Fling starts . . . and you wonder this during sex . . .

Your wife hides your credit card . . . then uses it to order a Fling . . .

It is midnight and you just checked woot! and your wife says you'll sleep on the couch if you check ThingFling also . . .

The UPS man drops off something for work and your son calls him the Flinger . . .

You are driving and get cut off and the wife says "don't give him the finger" and your son from the back seat says "what did you order this time?" . . .

You put your laptop in the car and go sit down the street where there is a wifi hotspot to check the DoD sites in peace . . .

Your kid gets more of your mystery box items than you do . . .

The mailman has to back up your driveway to unload packages because he says "It'll strain my back to carry them all". . .

You have to give a box of Omaha Steaks to the neighbor for accepting all the packages for you while you're not at home . . . because everytime (everyday) they walk one over you think they want a tip . . .

I know I'M an addict because...


I sit there with my opened mystery box pulling stuff out scratching my head saying to myself.."what the heck is this used for".. and then check to see if there's yet another mystery box up for sale so I can order another one thinking the whole time as I click the "fling me one" button... again.... "this antique dealer will some day learn about modern technology and I'll have it ALL when I do (insert sinister laugh here)!"