You know you've spent too much time on the EDF when:

[katie1997]

your response to a long chain of opinions in a work email is 'Wot X said'

things become noticeable locally but only after you've read it here first (aircraft noise, mice invasions, dog pooh, no fucking Waitrose for miles) ;-)

Any others?

[Ladymuck]

When shopkeepers say to you: "are you by any chance xxxxxxx from the EDF?"...because you sound just like her:-S!

This has happened to me 3 times now. And all have been spot on! Weird!

[sophiesofa]

Ladymuck, do you roll around on the shop floor laughing before the recognise you?

[????]

I hope LadyM doesn't wet her knickers throughout SE22's retail premises

[citizenED]

....you get your P45.

[Brendan]

Is that the one that takes 2-and-a-half days to get the Streatham?

[Ladymuck]

Oh VERY funny SS and Quids!

*keels over with laughter*

[katie1997]

Ladymuck Wrote:

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> When shopkeepers say to you: "are you by any

> chance xxxxxxx from the EDF?"...because you sound

> just like her:-S!

>

> This has happened to me 3 times now. And all have

> been spot on! Weird!

thats incredible LM....

Very funny comments above but I'm sure I have never seen anyone rolling around on the floor laughing in an ED shop*

*apart from the ones where they charge a ridiculous amount for an eeeensy teensy slice of cake perhaps

[Saila]

... you refresh the page and there are no new red 'new's... the dark side of maternity leave

[HonaloochieB]

When you start to have a bit of a 'man-crush' on Brendan.

[northlondoner]

When your girlfriend bans you from using your iPhone ( or itwat as she dubbed it) for fear that you'd be on the edf rather than paying her proper attention. We broke up.

[Pickle]

When your 2 year old starts every sentence with "when you're finished on the forum Mummy..."

[citizenED]

If your 2 year old starts every sentence with "when you're finished on the forum Mummy..." then you've got a child genius on your hands!

[????]

Sitting anywhere in the environs you start thinking "I wonder who in here posts?"

[Brendan]

HonaloochieB starts to get a crush on you.

[PeckhamRose]

It is certainly true that I have recognised 2 EDFers from here, one was Legal - um, whatever her name was when she changed it from ChavWivALawDegree.

And true when I am in the park or Lordship Lane I often wonder how many are. I am thinking of making a badge saying "I am an EDFer, can you guess which one?"

[paragon]

Someone should agree a code. Could be a like a little green sticker on shoulder or something like that. No-one not in the know will wear one and if you see someone with one on then you go up to them and say

"Paragon, I presume"

If you are wrong their response is

"You must be mistaken" and you part company without another word spoken.

If you correct then the response should be

"Pleasure to make your acquaintance" and then you walk off without another word said (or reveal yourself)

[paragon]

Follow-up to clarify;

Reveal your forum moniker not your penis.

[????]

There was one. Michael P is your man for the 'code'

[SteveT]

You know you've spent too much time on the EDF when.........

you feel you know the anonymous poster's on the forum better than your own family.

[KalamityKel]

::o

[SteveT]

:-$

[PeckhamRose]

It's a good idea a green sticker.

I'm gonna go out wearing a green sticker on my jacket.

Let's see who notices when I am wondering around ED!