Hardcore Fan Test

Find out how devoted of a fan you truly are!

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You own a Switchfoot CD

You own between two and four Switchfoot CD’s

You own all of the Switchfoot CD’s.

You own all of Jon’s EPs

You own several copies of Jon’s Eps, digital and physical

You’ve listened to your CD’s more then once

More then 5 times

More then 10 times

More then 20 times

More then +50 times

You know all the lyrics to all their songs

You quote lyrics throughout your day

You own all the DVD’s (even the Dual Disc of NIS & Beautiful Letdown)

You’ve seen them more then once

More then 5 times

You can quote parts of the DVD’s

You saw the Happy Is A Yuppie Word video before it came out

You know what Etc. is

You’ve heard a song from Etc.

You’ve heard the whole album

You own the whole album

You know what Switchfoot Friday is

You celebrate it

You consider it a National Holiday

You know who Willis Chin is

You know what “The Cheat” is

You know which Switchfoot album Jon and Tim’s mom sang on

You know what KIND of guitar is on the cover of a Beautiful Letdown

You know who designed the Nothing Is Sound cover

You know who designed the Oh! Gravity cover

You knew that Chad Butler’s Dad was in a band

You know the name of the band

You know which Switchfoot album has 2 different covers

You know what CDs Tim designed

You’ve heard the rare songs like Monday Comes Around and Old Borego

You’ve heard the rare RARE songs like Wide As A Grave and The Story of a Man Named Pride

You know the original lyrics to the chorus of Lonely Nation

You knew that there were different lyrics to the chorus

You know what lowercase people is

You own the only lowercase people magazine that was actually a magazine

You know Switchfoot song includes the lyrics ‘lowercase people’

You know the guys’ first, last and middle names

You know their nicknames

You know their birthdays

You know who can jump over a car

You know what “Switchfoot” means

You are shocked when some one DOESN’T know what Switchfoot means

You know the titles of the other songs they were considering for Nothing Is Sound and Oh! Gravity that never made it to the album

You know what the Tim Kwan Do bass defense program is

You know what is so funny about grilled cheese sandwiches
You know why Canadian Idol is so funny

You know the which members of Switchfoot have produced CD’s for other artists

You know what ‘Socratic Dialog’ is

You know how many show’s Switchfoot did before they got signed

You know lots of random facts about Switchfoot songs (like where Jon was when he wrote Fatal Wound and on what song they tried the jazz pre-chorus)

You write reviews of Switchfoot CD’s (giving 5 stars of course)

You can do the Timmy Shimmy

You sing Switchfoot songs in the shower

You draw the Switchfoot sign on notebooks, bags, journals, scrap paper, etc…

You can’t watch ‘Game Plan Fontamillas’ on the Nothing Is Sound Dual Disc without laughing… even though you’ve seen it 10 times

You tried running down a bowling lane and knocking over the pins like Tim

You’ve tried the ‘Jon Wash’

You want to take up surfing

You routinely say “Sorry I’m awesome!”

You read the ‘Thank You’s', credits, and legal stuff in the CD lyrics

You’ve practiced jumping like Tim

You can stagger around just like Jon does

Whenever you listen to American Dream you pause it and do the American Dream freeze

You practice your climbing skills

You have at least one Switchfoot poster

You own Switchfoot merchandise other then a poster (shirt, hoodie, stickers etc)

You blurt out podcast quotes at random moments.

You catch your family (who aren’t even Switchfoot fans) singing Switchfoot songs because they’ve heard you listen to them so much

If you are playing a game like Catch Phrase or Taboo you relate everything to Switchfoot (“Okay on Switchfootage 2 Jon says Jerome and Tim sound like a…” “Boys choir!”)

You encourage all your guy friends to dress like Switchfoot

You want to go to the Switchfoot Ultimate Frisbee Academy

You wish Jerome was your life coach

You signed up for the cowbell contest

More then once

More then 10 times

You signed up for it so many times the guys know your name

Your Christmas Wish List is always filled with Switchfoot items

You’re in the We Are One Tonight Fan Video or one of the Podcasts

You’ve gone to Switchfoot’s Annual Bro-Am surf contest

You’ve gone twice

You’ve gone three times

You’ve gone to all four Bro-Am’s

You watched the webcam

In 2006 and in 2008

You watch the cam every day

You have over a 100 screen caps from the webcam saved on your computer or photobucket

Over 1000

You know who Ghostie, Plaid Guy, Frobie and Cap’n Gary are. You also know who Smurfy, Gandalf and Mac Lad are.

You helped come up with their nicknames

You stayed up till the early hours of the morning watching the webcam

After you finally went to bed the first thing you did in the morning was to turn on the webcam

You know the significance of field trips

You know the Gone webcam song

You helped write the Gone webcam song

Your dream vacation would be a Switchfoot concert in San Diego

You have a harmonica

You read celebrity magazines just because there might be something about Switchfoot in one of them

You take up the guitar, keyboards, bass or drums

You compare every band you hear to Switchfoot

You write on your hand

You’ve named one of your pets after one of the Switchfoot guys (“Come here Tim! Good puppy!”)

Your screen name has something to do with Switchfoot

You have a Switchfoot wallpaper or picture on your desktop

You have a Switchfoot screensaver

You’ve written Switchfoot

Whenever you are driving and listening to Switchfoot you turn them up REALLY loud because someone might hear and become a Switchfoot fan

You find yourself saying ‘das’ a lot

You’ve started to use Switchfoot lingo like “rad” “jumpoff” “big cool” and “stay classy”

You’ve had dreams about Switchfoot

Your calendar is marked with Switchfoot related dates (Tour dates, Bro-Am, talk show appearences etc.)

You see words like “human” or “butter” and automatically think “New Way to Be Human” and “Butler”

You see a word like “for arm” and think ‘If I added an e and replaced the r with a n, I’d have Foreman!’

You have the strange ability to bring every single conversation back to Switchfoot (“The weather is nice in Texas you say? Hmm…I remember when Switchfoot was there and it was really cold! They had to play an outdoor show and they were all wearing coats and hobo gloves!”)

You can play Switchfoot songs on a musical instrument

You scream ‘SWITCHFOOT’ whenever a Switchfoot song comes on the radio or you see their music videos on TV

You think that the name “Jon” becoming more popular must be directly tied to Jon Foreman

You’ve added all the Switchfoot names (example: Switchfoot, Fontamillas) to Microsoft Word’s dictionary so it won’t tell you you’ve misspelled them

”Switchfoot” is an everyday word for you

You use abbreviations like SF, NIS, and O!G in everyday conversation and are surprised when people don’t know what they stand for

You go nuts if anyone confuses Tim with Jon

You sometimes glance at pictures in magazines/newspapers and have to do a double-take because you thought you saw a Switchfoot picture

You watch Walk to Remember just because Switchfoot has some songs on there

You watched the Walk To Remember Audio Commentary just in case anyone mentioned Switchfoot

You know the title of the first movie Switchfoot was ever on (You know it WASN’T A Walk to Remember)

You’ve seen the first movie Switchfoot was ever on/in

Whenever you see a Switchfoot poster you spend a long time looking at it

You’ve spent hours admiring all the Switchfoot merchandise at the Switchfoot online store

You get really excited whenever they put out new merchandise

You own the photobook or the poster book

You look for Switchfoot CD’s in bookstores and are insulted when they don’t have it, even though you weren’t planning on buying it

You’ve gone into stores and moved Switchfoot CD’s to the Best Sellers section

You’ve looked through the lyrics to your Switchfoot CD’s so many times they are falling apart

When Switchfoot announced they had recorded four albums instead of one, you felt a joy akin to Christmas, finding money, getting a great grade etc.

Before their new CD’s come out you make a countdown chart and paste in on your myspace, facebook, blog etc.

You buy Switchfoot CD’s the day they came out

You preorder them

You spend a long time mentally refuting critics’ complaints about Switchfoot (“Jon can’t hold a tune to save his life? HOW DARE THEY!”)

You spend an even longer time mentally refuting critics’ complaints about Switchfoot songs (Someone said Oh! Gravity was cheesey?!? ARE THEY INSANE? They CLEARLY missed the deep questioning of the song!)

You write reviewers who give their CD’s a bad review a comment defending Switchfoot

You take lines from the CDs/DVD’s and twist them to suit your own purposes (like saying to the kids you are babysitting “I dare you to move… upstairs and go to bed” or “Oh! gravity I dropped my plate!”).

You’ve asked someone if they like Switchfoot before you’ve asked their name

You make friends more easily with Switchfoot fans

Your friends and family members are sick of your bugging them to listen to Switchfoot

People who diss Switchfoot in your presence should run for their lives

Whenever someone starts talking about Switchfoot, you immediately mentally rattle off about twenty facts about them

You rattle off the facts out loud

You have seen Switchfoot in concert

More then once

You’ve been to so many shows the guys know your name

You’ve waited in line 3+ hours so you could have good seats

You’ve waited in line 6+ hours so you could have good seats

You’ve brought homemade posters to the concert with you (Do “We Are One!” “Switchfoot Rocks My Socks!” or “Play Chem6a!” sound familiar to anyone?)

You started to check ticket sellers months before a concert so you can make sure to get tickets before they sell out

You keep all your ticket stubs from Switchfoot concerts

You checked ‘The Daily Foot’ everyday for updates

You are devastated when the tours end because that meant no more “Daily Foot”

But you still check it because they MIGHT update even though they aren’t on tour

You check everyday for a new podcast

Whenever a podcast comes out you find yourself in a really good mood for the whole day

You make your family/friends watch the podcasts

You start to get irratable if they haven’t put out a podcast in a long time.

You know who Andy Barron is

You’ve been a SF fan since the BEFORE “The Legend Of Chin”

You’ve made a Switchfoot wallpaper or banner

You’ve made a Switchfoot website

You’ve made a Switchfoot Myspace or Xanga layout

Almost all your bookmarked sites are Switchfoot related

You check them all almost daily

Switchfoot sites are the first things you check when you get online

You use your image software to paste yourself into a Switchfoot setting (“Yes, that’s me surfing with Switchfoot”)

You save any article about Switchfoot you can find

You have a scrapbook of Switchfoot clippings

You have Switchfoot’s autographs

You have one or more of the Switchfoot Christmas Packages

You enjoy swamping any online poll that includes Switchfoot-related choices

Switchfoot songs have been played more times than any other songs on your playlist

Your top 25 songs on your iPod are mostly Switchfoot songs

Your top 25 songs on your ipod are ALL Switchfoot songs

You listen to songs you would never otherwise listen to just because the bands toured with Switchfoot

You call in to radio stations and request Switchfoot songs

You’ve done it so often the DJ’s recognize your voice

You scoff at how easy “How Much Do You Know About Switchfoot” quizzes are

Bands who come ahead of Switchfoot on countdown charts have your eternal scorn

You want to play a Switchfoot song at your wedding

Most of the people on your friends list have Switchfoot-related screen names.

You use examples from Switchfoot songs to justify your political views

You’re annoyed when people with opposing political views use examples from Switchfoot to justify their opinions

You feel superior to all those lowly fans who really don’t know half as much about Switchfoot as you do

You are a Foot Solider

You are horrified if someone doesn’t know who Drew is and subject them to a 10 minute lecture on his awesomeness

You are a member of several Switchfoot boards

Your myspace is completely ‘Switchfootified’ with pictures, layouts, songs and videos

You spend a long time on google searching for Switchfoot pictures

You have 100+ Switchfoot photos on your hard drive

You have 200+ Switchfoot photos

300+

500+

1000+

You were on the official boards when they were brown

You spend a lot of time on the Switchfoot message boards.

Most of your online friends are Switchfoot fans

You own a Switchfoot Bootleg

You’ve been a fan for more than a year

You know why “hair” is a bad word

You knew songs like “Hello Hurricane,” “Yet,” and “Vice Verses” before they’ve even been released

You know who The Real SeanJon/Fiction Family are

You download Switchfoot ring-tones for your cell phone

You spend a long time on YouTube watching Switchfoot videos

If someone gets a Switchfoot lyric wrong, you HAVE to correct them

Not only do you correct them, you quote the whole next verse

You’ve screen-capped your favorite scenes from the Switchfoot DVD’s & Podcasts

You’re suspicious of any band who has a song with the same title as a Switchfoot song

You know the story of the Christmas cards

You know what song Switchfoot was thinking about releasing for a single after the Oh! Gravity single

You know it wasn’t Awakening

You were thrilled when the Awakening video reached over two million hits on YouTube

You suddenly developed a keen interest in chick-fil-a freshly brewed ice tea

You check out all the bands that Switchfoot likes

You try to indoctrinate your younger siblings with Switchfoot

You know why words like mit and werd are special

You’ve spent time figuring out words like the ones above

You know what Switchfoot guy you’re most like from all the quizzes you’ve taken

You’ve made a Switchfoot personality quiz yourself

You’ve made a Switchfoot knowledge quiz

Whenever you see someone wearing a Switchfoot t-shirt you run over to them and tell them you love their shirt

You get mad when someone writes John Foreman instead of Jon Foreman

You’ve made a Switchfoot t-shirt

You’ve made Switchfoot jewlery

Your acquaintances think you’re weird because you like Switchfoot so much

Your friends think you’re weird because you like Switchfoot so much

Your family thinks you’re very weird indeed for liking them so much

You’re amazed that anyone might think you can listen to Switchfoot too much

You want to score well on this test

You’re sure you’ll score well on this test

You’ve exaggerated on some questions so you’ll get a better score

You’ve thought of a dozen or so more items that should be added to this test

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