You know you are a rower when...
- you don't mind walking in frozen bird s**t barefoot
- everything you do is "in 2..."
- you need to have a small pushy person around telling you what to do all
the time
- you can get up, get dressed and get out of the dorm before your eyes are
fully open
- the phrase "cox box" doesn't make you giggle
- you believe the world wouldn't exist without spandex
- you only recognize your friends from behind
- when you need to go anywhere, you have a sudden urge to throw your car
over your shoulder
- before you go anywhere, you are at Main 20 minutes early
- you stick water bottles in your shorts for no reason at all
- you feel naked without clothing enough for 10 people on
- you believe all authority figures carry a megaphone
- you sit in class leaning to your rigger
- half your body is bigger than the other
- you blame bad moods on "the set"
- when your play softball at your company picnic you are psyched to get old
people on your team for the age handicap
- your friends need a rowing translator to decipher your language
- you can wear the same thing every morning for a week and not think twice
- you think sleeping late is waking up at 8:30
- everything's a race: you walk quickly to class, just so you can pass
people
- when someone mentions a wake, you turn parallel and set up for it
- when you sit down in class, you look for the tie-in shoes
- you constantly check the tightness of nuts in handrails, chairs, door
handles, etc
- you think gloves are for sissies, but a nice pair of poogies is really
stylin'
- you bring up the beauty of the dawn, and people give you blank stares
- overhearing people talk about how little sleep they got causes you to
smirk, and maybe get medieval on their ass
- your vision of going away for the weekend is other people's vision of Hell
- you admire the man who wears boxers under his spandex much more than a
woman wearing a g-string under hers
- you watch videos together, and it's ok to say "She's looking really long"
- you know more than 4 brands of port-a-johns by name
- you're giving directions to a friend and you wonder why she's looking at
you funny, until you realize you just said "turn to port" instead of "take a
left"
- you dress and undress one-handed so you don't have to take your hand off
the oar
- every time you sit in a chair you are mildly surprised to discover that it
doesn't slide back and forth
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