How does a DS fan know when they're too old....

[Connie]

...When they turn on This Old House thinking they're gonna see Barnabas.
Ha ha 

Ya know, thinking of David Selby's birthday yesterday......Jeez - 65.  That's kind of old.  I think they should come up with a new series:
This Old Quentin.

I'd sure as hell watch it.


-Senile on silly pills   

PS More show ideas:
  Leave It To Quentin
  Quentin Knows Best
  I Love Quentin
  My Little Quentin 
  Make Room For Quentin
  Little Old House On The Prairie 

[ghostowl]

Are you sure you wern't looking at the painting? 

[Midnite]

Welcome, ghostowl!  

[petofi]

A DS fan is too old when they refer to the mud room in their house as "the foyer."

They're "getting on" when they mistake the thanksgiving turkey log for the Head of Judah Zachary.

They're somewhat diminished if they refer to the back yard gravel pile as "Eagle Hill."

They're beyond "eccentric" if they spend all their time drawing pentagrams on the floor to protect them from the family dog.

They're in need of home care if they start "summoning" their spouse/partner by thinking, "I neeeed yooouuu!"

They're downright senile if they refer to their mobile home as "The Great Estate."

They're beyond the pale when they consult the local junior college liberal studies professor about being bothered by some "Dream Curse."

They're ready to be carted away if they start seeing a "parallel universe" on the other side of the shower curtain.

They're ready for the boneyard if they start referring to their bedroom as "the coffin room."

They're too far gone if they find lime green frocks strangely irresistible.

Petofi

[Sandor]

We know we're getting old when Bathia Mapes and Ezra Braithwaite seem hotter than Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt in our weary eyes...

[Connie]

You know you're too old when you find yourself talking to the TV out loud -- making remarks to characters during a lull in dialogue or whatever.  Either you're too old, or you're nuts.
I actually found myself making comments to Quentin about half an hour ago. 

 

(this must end before it becomes a habit)

[Elmont]

  If your still alive, your not too old.  Elmont...

[Raineypark]

You know you're too old when you find yourself talking to the TV out loud -- making remarks to characters during a lull in dialogue or whatever.  Either you're too old, or you're nuts.
I actually found myself making comments to Quentin about half an hour ago.

Uh-oh......I grew up in a household where yelling back at the television was the norm.  My Dad always treated TV-watching as a participatory event.  Especially while watching the News.  I still do it.

I think you're never too old for DS....until you're nothing but a dark shadow yourself.......

[Barnabas'sBride]

If I'm really into a show, I often talk to - and sometimes scream at - the TV. I remember doing that often through Buffy the Vampire's Slayer's run. I've done it a few times with DS.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

They're beyond "eccentric" if they spend all their time drawing pentagrams on the floor to protect them from the family dog.

   

I probably shuouldn't admit this, but back when I was 12 during the Quentin Haunting/Introduction of Chris storyline, a friend owned a huge gray dog (I'm not sure what the breed was, but I swear it weighed at least 200 pounds) and he also had a huge wooded back yard. Can you guess where this is headed? Yup, that's right.    We used to pretend the dog was the werewolf and have it chase us around the yard. More often than not it caught us - and then we'd pretend we were being ripped to shreds. The poor dog (not to mention my friend's parents  ) must have thought we were insane. Though on the plus side, I swear I haven't done that for close to 40 years.    And I also swear I've never drawn or even been in a room where a pentragram has been drawn on the floor.

[Gothick]

And I also swear I've never drawn or even been in a room where a pentragram has been drawn on the floor.

My dear! I do feel your pain.

G.

[Raineypark]

Huge and gray sounds like an Australian Sheep Dog......but if it looked like a wolf, it was probably an Alaskan Malamute.  Siberians have the wicked pale eyes, but they tend to be smaller.

As for the pentagram on the floor.....well, what's so odd about THAT? I do it all the time......

[Gerard]

When your recollection of storylines and episodes derived through FDSMS (False Dark Shadows Memory Syndrome) begin to appear better than the original plots and episodes.

Gerard

[BuzzH]

I probably shuouldn't admit this, but back when I was 12 during the Quentin Haunting/Introduction of Chris storyline, a friend owned a huge gray dog (I'm not sure what the breed was, but I swear it weighed at least 200 pounds)

Could have been an Irish Wolfhound!  They are 6 feet tall when standing on their hind legs!  

[Maria_Merriweather]

You know you're old when you see things depicted on DS that are mostly obsolete (such as phone booths and coffee percolaters) but you can clearly remember them.