You know you've been playing too much SMAC when...

[Darsnan]

27) when your wife shakes you awake in the middle of the night, demanding to know if you've been having an affair "with some woman named Deidre", and you have to suppress saying yes.

28) when the Jehova's Witnesses show up on your doorstep and the first thing you ask them is, "do you know Sister Miriam?".

29) when your kids ask you where do people go when they die, and you say, "to the recycling tanks".

30) when you start threatening your kids with the Punishment Sphere when they misbehave.

31) when your teacher says, "If you say a mindworm ate your homework again, your going straight to the principle's office".

[Alex]

21. You think The Bible is written by Velociryx

But it is...

[Chowlett]

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
20. You enrol in Maths at University, hoping to learn the Secrets of the Manifold ( BIG mistake)

Hey! Watch what you're saying (check the avatar)...

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Adalbertus
6) When you remember to have seen the same thread half a year or so ago

I saw it in '99 on the alpha.owo forums...

32) When you try to kill the worms in your garden with a flame thrower.

[Adalbertus]

30) when you start threatening your kids with the Punishment Sphere when they misbehave.

So it was you who wrote "How to Raise a Nerve-Stapled Child"

[Kirnwaffen]

33. You actually know the 'Planetary Thunda'.

34. You actually recognize that reference.

[Atlas3060]

28) when the Jehova's Witnesses show up on your doorstep and the first thing you ask them is, "do you know Sister Miriam?".

LOL

When you believe that the NRA is the foundation of the Spartans.

You try to control the grass with your mind

You freak out when you see squid, screaming "Progenitor!"

You sleep in the freezer because your cryo cell is broken

[Pandir]

Originally posted by Kirnwaffen
33. You actually know the 'Planetary Thunda'.

34. You actually recognize that reference.

Hehe

[Patashu]

39)When you try to build a Recreation Commons so that your next child won't be red(drones).

40)When you try to lower terrain in your back yard so you can have a pool, and a voice in your head goes it will cost 64 energy credits to lower the terrain here.

[Yxklyx]

There's a commercial they've been playing on AM radio (forget what it's about) and one of the lines includes the words "superior training" and it ALWAYS reminds me of Santiago's line in the game - it's said almost exactly as she says it (but by a guy).

[big_canuk]

41) When you wife thinks there is something wrong with your hard drive?!

[Clear Skies]

42. You start demanding tithes from your neighbours in exchange for their continued existence

43. When you offer your neighbours to exchange your data on House Insurance for theirs on Burglar Alarms

44. When you start saying 'Vendetta be upon you, and I guarantee I'll make you suffer!' to your enemies

45. When you start yelling 'Die you evil Hiver scum!' at everyone wearing dark blue

46. When you demand withdrawal from anyone entering your bedroom

47. When you expect bribes from Bush at the next Planetary Governor...I mean Presidential election...

[Atlas3060]

When you worry about paper staples stating "Please no more nerve staples"

You get mad at people who put Hampsters in those rolly balls because you just heard about Punishment Spheres.

You refer to the '60s/'70s era as "Gaian Times"

[aahz_capone]

51. When elections are coming up and you mention that the opposition should be nerve stapled.

52. When you hand in an essay to your professor of economics and he asks what "energy credits" are.

[Adalbertus]

53) When you write a scientific text and end each reference with ", Datalinks"

54) When looking out of the window during playing in the early evening, you discover a red light in the east and start firing back planetbusters to Miriam and Yang.