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The *ORIGINAL* YKYARMFW list

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Okay, here it is:

You know you're a Richard Marx fan when...

1)...you have all his albums available in your country & all the other foreign copies

2)...you search the web for recordings you don't happen to have.

3)...you have more than 5 posts a day on the posting board

4)...a family member starts blurting out "Touch of Heaven" out of the blue.

5)...your e-mail address ends in "@RepeatOffenders.com".

6)...you go across the country for a concert.

7)...you're at the store the minute it opens on the release date of a Richard recording.

8)...you were lucky to get a Richard recording a couple of days before the release.

9)...you have his singles even though you have the albums.

10)...you have every little compilation album he has appeared on.

11)...you get very angry and upset all because a show he was going to appear on didn't come on your local station.

12)...your car only has Richard albums in it.

13)...the home page on your browser is the posting board.

14)...you have a photo album where every single picture is of Richard.

15)...the amount of Richard video you have is more than the amount of hours in a day.

16)...you're listening to Richard as you read this.

17)...you buy a new CD player because your 6 disc player won't accommodate the 7+ cds's that have Richard Marx on them.

18)...you read or hear a phrase that is also in a Richard Marx song & start singing the song from that point on.

19)...you don't like anything in the flavor of grape, but you eat grape Pop Tarts anyway just because they are Richard Marx's favorite. (Miranda)

20)...you recorded retro-commercials off T.V. Land that have Richard singing on them when he was a child.

21)...you type "offender" when you mean to type "offended."

22)...you are talking about another subject & accidentally out of your mouth comes the name "Richard."

23)...you have every foreign & domestic album that Richard did some work on for other artists.

24)...you pay $14 dollars for a sheet music book you can't read all for a poster.

25)...you watch a video by Richard and see your face in it instead of the people in the video.

26)...you can spot people you know from a Richard Marx special.

27)...you have Richard Marx video parties.

28)...you want a jeep just like the one in "Angelia."

29)...you have the flu, and you just took some Nyquil but you were at Media Play at exactly midnight to get the GH cd the day before it's released.(Laura)

30)...you want a 1964 1/2 Mustang like the one in "Endless Summer Nights." (Laura)

31)...you consider a release date of a Richard recording a national holiday. (Laura)

32)...an RM song comes on the radio you call another fan at work to share the moment...and if that fan isn't there, you leave a voice mail with the song on it. (Sandie & Timre)

33)...you write five poems in one day about him. (Laura)

34)...the only CD's programmed into your CD-ROM are Richard's.

35)...you have multiple copies in one medium (or more) of one Richard Marx album. (Sandie)

36)...you've been out of work for 6 months and broke but you still go out and buy FOUR copies of Flesh and Bone just for the bonus CDs and bonus songs. (Gina)

37)...you take your whiskey in a "Repeat Offenders" shot glass. (Majid)

38)...people at work call you, "That guy who's always listening to Richard Marx." (Majid)

39)...you become clinically depressed when you're deprived of your RM CDs for more than 48 hours. (Majid)

40)...the record store guy greets you with, "No, no new Richard Marx CDs today." (Majid)

41)...every time a Richard Marx song comes on the radio, you yell, "Shut up or I'll wrap duct tape around your worthless lips!" (Majid)

42)...you suddenly start liking a song you hated just 'cause Richard covered it. (Majid)

43)...your barber asks you when you're going to meet Richard again. (Majid)

44)...you count off the days 'til you can hear new RM music. (Majid)

45)...you spend ten minutes coming up with "You know you're a Richard Marx fan when..." lines. (Majid)

46)...you get a computer at home just so you can "chat" on Thursday nights. (Janet)

47)...you buy extra Richard Marx CDs and give them as gifts to your friends and family. (Janet)

48)...you kindly offer to rearrange the CD bins in your local store so that Richard Marx CDs are in front of every row. (Janet & Jim)

49)...you don't know when you'll get married or to whom but you do know that your wedding song will be Richard Marx. (Janet)

50)...you travel 15 hours from home to spend a RM weekend in Atlanta with 50 other crazy people. ;-)(Missy R)

51)...you buy CDs of RM singing in foreign languages though you have no clue what he is singing about. (Missy R)

52)...you have seen more than 10 RM shows (not me, unfortunately!). (Missy R)

53)...you send RM birthday and Christmas presents. : ) (Missy R)

54)...you can guess the song for almost any RM lyric Maj can think of. (Missy R -" ;-) hee hee")

55)...you hear a RM song on the radio while sleeping and wake up as if that's your alarm. (Missy R)

56)...you sell your most prize possessions to fly 2000 miles to see him in concert and you would do it again and again. (Cynde)

57)...you're driving and a certain song is playing and you actually take your "hands off the wheel." (Janet)

58)...Repeat Offenders have specially made items ... shot glass, shirt, etc. (Janet)

59)...your way of childhood rebellion is singing "Streets of Pain" at the top of your lungs in the middle of a church ceremony. (Jo)

60)...you walk into a room and are greeted with: "If you say one word about Richard Marx, I'll burn all your albums!" (Jo)

61)...if you think about buying a CD of his GH album only for seeing what he wrote about every song and to see the new pictures ... although you have no CD-player (Melli)

62)...if you think about traveling from Europe to the U.S. to see Richard live in concert (Melli)

63)...you can name that RM tune in two notes! (Cindy)

64)...you have a cabinet full of custom made RM coffee mugs and you don't even drink coffee. (Leandra)

65)...you love it when people don't know who he is so that you can tell them ALL about him. (Leandra)

66)...your husband insists on going to the concert with you, to make sure you behave yourself. (Leandra)

67)...you don't sleep well (or dream) unless you are sleeping in a concert tee-shirt. (Leandra)

68)...you see a tour bus, and think "you know, Richard Marx could be in there!!!!!!!!" (Miranda)

69)...you style your hair the same way as his (this isn't bad now, but 10 years ago....=)). (Miranda)

70)...your welcome mat says "you may not enter if you aren't a Richard Marx fan." (Miranda)

71)...your license plates on all of your cars have something to do with Richard Marx. i.e., RMRXFAN, RMFAN1, 1RMFAN, RM4U, etc..... (Miranda)

72)...you constantly pester your local radio station about "not playing enough Richard Marx". (Miranda)

73)...you brag to everyone that you share his same middle name. (Miranda)

74)...you watch "Coach of the Year" just because he's in it. (Miranda)

75)...all of your letters are signed with a line or title to a Richard Marx song. i.e., Now and Forever (your name); Until I find You Again (your name). (Miranda)

76)...your kids know all of his songs by memory practically before they learn their ABCs! (Fanny)

77)...you don't hang his posters on your wall (unless you have more copies), because they might fade due to sunlight. (C10A)

78)...your mother recognizes his songs and even comes running up 2 stairs carrying a radio to let you hear his song is on the radio. (C10A)

79)...you, while waiting at the phone, start designing RM logos on everything that is in your reach. (C10A)

80)...you think the DJ said 'Richard Marx' instead of 'Worlds Apart', and wait 30 minutes in vain for the song to come although you really need to use the rest room. (C10A)

81)...you have a picture of Richard Marx on your desk at work instead of your husband. (Cynde)

82)...you print out all the digests. (Jim)

83)...you change your last name and use the pen name "Marx" (Miranda & Jim)

84)...immediately after a CD or single is released you start asking everyone when the next one will be out. (Jim)

85)...every time you go to any store that sells music you check the cd's hoping that there may be another RM song/CD out that no one on the internet knows about. One that might have slipped through the cracks. (Jim)

86)...a complete stranger in a grocery store is wearing a RM shirt and you talk for an hour in the middle of the aisle. (Colette)

87)...your heart starts to beat fast, you become short of breath, and you suddenly feel very weak when for a split second you can't find Richard's GH CD under all your papers. (Christy)

88)...you're suppose to write an essay for English class on something you can't throw out, and you end up writing about the great writing inspiration Richard has been in your life. (Laura)

89)...you start giving h%*$ to the record store employee because he has no idea who Richard Marx is. (Pete)

90)...you get a headache when you can't listen to Richard.

91)...you go through your CD collection and realize half of your collection is bought because Richard is on it. (Kim)

92)...you pay $10 for SKB during a radio fund raiser just because you find Richard cute.

93)...your husband is ready to let you walk home because all you listen to in your car is 'The Man', and you're an hour's drive away. (Tiffany)

94)...you watch VH1 hoping they'll play any Richard Marx video. (Tiffany)

95)...you tape that GH commercial so you can watch it whenever you feel like it. (Tiffany)

96)...you are able to say a little tidbit of info about the currently playing songs, but your friend next to you has heard it all before and is ready to have you committed. (Then you could play Richard's music for a whole new group of people! Ha Ha) (Tiffany)

97)...you bake a cake and celebrate HIS birthday with YOUR family (Colette)

98)...friends start calling you "Richard Marx" instead of your real name, and you respond to it (happens to me :) (Maryati)

99)...you become creative and have Richard Marx pictures on your mug, T-shirts, calendar, in your wallet, in your files, e.t.c. (Maryati)

100)...you see him live two nights in a row and then still complain that you never get to see Richard Marx in concert. (Missy B)

101)...you know all the words to all the songs on an album that hasn't even been released in the US yet. (i.e. F&B) (Missy B)

102)...you can't wait till you, too, have a repeatoffenders.com email address. (Missy B)

103)...you buy the Anastasia soundtrack even though you already have the ATB single. (Missy B)

104)...you have a big smile on your face every morning when you wake up to see a nicely framed pic of you and RM. (Missy B)

105)...your dream to end all dreams is to hear Richard Marx knocking on your door someday saying, "Congratulations, you've been chosen to write a song with me!" :-) (Missy B)

106)...you hear that Richard is going to be in town so you stare at every person in every car that whizzes past you, hoping...... :-) (Missy B)

107)...your friends and family never want to ride in your car because they claim they've "had enough Richard for today" and because when Richard's in town, you stare at everyone that whizzes past you..... :-) (Missy B)

108)...you spend more time doing these lists and posting to the digest than you do on your homework all semester.......and that doesn't even bother you!! :-) (Missy B)

109)...your co-workers won't ride in your car when you are going to lunch because they say they have heard enough Richard Marx coming from your cubical all morning and they know that is all you play in your car. (Cynde)

110)...you can't go to bed and wake up in the morning, without listening to his songs. (Dolly)

111)...you speak about him wherever you go and can't stop talking about him even to your clients. (Dolly)

112)...you go hunting for his GH album in every record store when you are overseas. (Dolly)

113)...your friends who have not heard of him, now knows everything about him because you tell them about him every chance you get. (Dolly)

114)...you are shopping and hear his songs being played and stay on to listen till the whole F&B album finished playing even though you have finished shopping. (Dolly)

115)...you talk about him to friends and family, well, like he's friends and family. (Sandy)

116)...you visit with your internet friends more than you do your close proximity friends because the C-P friends don't know anything interesting or new about RM. (Sandy)

117)...you play 'Hazard' non-stop while you are writing. (Sandy)

118)...you check the posting board about ten times a day just to make sure you haven't missed anything. (Sandy)

119)...all your kids but one starts to moan and run when you even make a move toward the CD player. (Sandy)

120)...you stay mad at your husband for an entire afternoon because he said something mean about one of Richard's songs. (Sandy)

121)...your husband says, "I bet you wished I looked like Richard Marx," and you disagree strongly with him, but in your head you're thinking, well, maybe if you did just a little... Ha!! (Sandy)

122)...you can hear a Richard Marx song playing a "quarter mile away".

123)...you are wondering what Richard is doing at this very moment. (Jewel)

124)...you automatically write Richard Marx instead of the name you're supposed to write. (Jewel)

125)...you read this list and shake your head in approval on at least 80 of them. (Jewel)

126)...you can't wait to show your friends the list so you can prove that you're a RM fan. (Jewel)

127)...you're a Repeat Offender (Mailing List Member). (Jewel)

128)...you spend more money on Richard Marx CD's and videos than on stuff you really need..but you feel like you need Richard more. (Cynde)

129)...you carry his pic in your wallet. (Eis)

130)...you deleted all the bitmap pics in your PC and replaced them with RM's pics that you got from web pages. (Eis)

131)...you experience a Touch of Heaven when holding the GH in your hands. (C10A)

132)...you drive everyone you know nuts for months saying "That was greaaaat!" the way Richard did in concert. (Karen)

133)...you drive between 90 and 100 mph to get to the next Richard Marx show in time. (Karen)

134)...a concert venue is one of the most breathtaking sights you've ever seen (Chastain Park, Atlanta--coming out from backstage right before the show) (Karen)

135)...you have no worries about sharing a hotel room with complete strangers because they're Richard Marx fans. (Karen)

136)...you're almost late to school for a week trying to win tickets to a Richard Marx concert. (Karen)

137)...you wait for nine years (or more) to get your chance to finally meet Richard. (Karen)

138)...you're in shock for a week (or longer) after hearing Richard's cover of "Can't Help Falling In Love" on the radio. (Karen)

139)...you spend most of your summer vacation trying to win tickets to a Richard Marx concert.

140)...Richard appears in your dreams.

141)...your major dream is either being his backing vocal or doing a duet with him. (Eis)

142)...you are part of the greatest group of fans in the world. (Fanny)

143)...you manage to arrive early at work so you can get in touch with WONDERFUL FANS of Richard's. (Eis)

144)...you wish him all the best. (Eis)

145)...you buy the house of which you found out that it has "RM" in its postal code. (C10A)

146)...you start to like baseball, because you love the Take This Heart video. (C10A)

147)...you seriously consider skipping class just so you can watch the Anastasia Premiere that you taped the night before. (Laura)

148)...you lock up the store you work for, 15 minutes early, to race home and be with the ROer's on the chat lines and hope your boss doesn't find out about it. (Peter)

149)...you actually travel from Germany to the US (TWICE!!!) to see RM live in concert! (Astrid)

150)...run like a madman across the office to the only radio that is playing really low because you heard over the typical office noises the voice of THE MAN. (Astrid)

151)...you put any CD of RM in your portable radio and can't get it out so you go into kill mode and destroy your radio to get the CD back. (Greg)

152)...you accidentally call one of your guys friend "Richard," and he says he'll never forgive you for it. (Laura)

153)...you have to stay to the very end of Anastasia just to see his name on the big screen and though you decided you weren't going to buy the soundtrack since you had the single, right after the movie was over, you go out and buy it! (Angie)

154)...you buy a vinyl album cover without the album. (Laura)

155)...you perk up a little when you hear a song with his backing vocals.

156)...you try to get your best friend to use a RM song or two in *her* wedding. :)(Missy R)

157)...you are still trying to chat with the ROers while doing 5 other things! ;)(Missy R)

158)...you put your car in reverse at a stoplight just to get better reception when an RM song is on the radio. (Mel)

159)...you try to "dance" in the car to "Touch of Heaven." (Missy R)

160)...the only friends you have on the internet are RM fans. (Jim)

161)...the only part of your hard drive you back up is the part that has RM related items on it. (Jim

162)...you stop the car in a middle of a road trip to stay in the range of a RM song.

163)...you want to reach out and control the antenna of the car radio to receive the one station out of the two stations with the same frequency that is currently playing an RM song.

164)...you are very happy to see Richard's name on a web page devoted to your love of Beanie Babies!

165)...you're running late on a trip but will stay an extra few minutes at the rest area to hear "Right Here Waiting."

166)...you sing along with an RM song that is played at a dance recital.

167)...your co-workers walk by you singing... "I will be right here waiting for you." (Cynde)

168)...you stay in your office until late at night every day to work out a campaign to get Richard in Europe. (C10A)

169)...your boss changes from the moment you start working for him within 3 months from a "Who is Richard Marx?" into an "almost fan". (C10A)

170)...you're asking your boss to play the RM tapes you brought while driving together to a meeting. (C10A)

171)...you manage to get your boss taking his kids to Anastasia. (C10A)

172)...the first thing your boss tells you when coming in is: "I've heard Richard Marx on the radio yesterday." (C10A)

173)...you call everything a "Touch Of Heaven" after your favorite song. (Pam)

174)...you buy albums by other artists you know Richard has contributed vocals to, just so you can find out whether or not you can hear him. (Jaymee)

175)...your first internet chat is an RM chat (C10A)

176)...when you use a posting board for the sole purpose of finding others as devoted as yourself so you don't feel so alone. (Helen B.)

177)...you sing his songs in your sleep. (Helen)

178)...you've made artwork of him. (Ada)

179)...you send an application to Northwestern University partly because Richard was once offered a place there. (Ada)

180)...you learn to sing and play "Hold On to the Nights" at the piano, and you practice the song daily for several years. (Ada)

181)...you get a great big smile on your face whenever you play back an interview you taped. (Ada)

182)...you keep asking your local music store if you can have their Richard Marx promo posters when they get taken down. (Ada)

183)...you join the staff of your university's newspaper just so you can write and publish a rave review of Richard's latest album. (Ada)

184)...you only have a two plug outlet in your kitchen and you have to decide whether to defrost dinner in the microwave or wash laundry because unplugging the CD player that's playing RM is totally out of the question. (Heidi)

185)...your sister wants to strangle you because the first words you teach her kids are "Richard Marx." (Laura R.)

186)...your mother knows the sound of a Richard Marx tune so well from your constant playing, you didn't have to tell her the "This I Promise You" was the Richard Marx song on *NSYNC's new album!

187)...just a month after getting married, you leave your groom at home to attend not one, but two Richard Marx concerts. (Tammtamm)

188)...after you believe you misplaced one of your tickets for one of those shows and have to buy another, you arrive home to find that your new groom was trying to help you out by attaching it to the side of the refrigerator. (Tammtamm)

189)...you get a "new" car that originated from the Orlando area and wonder if it could have been Richard's rental car one day.

This is the Original list that started about Nov. 1997 as a joke by Peachy and many fans have contributed to the list. Names are by lines not created by Peachy. Thanks to those who ideas are on this YKYARMFW pages. This page could not be done without you. If you have an idea for the list, please e-mail me. Please put in the subject YKYARMFW and please put your first name or a name you'd like to go by so I can give you credit. I do review these lines on this site before they are posted. Lines not listed on this site are not controlled by me. If you have a problem with them, contact the webmaster of the page the lines are on.