...you call Garth Brooks "Garf".

...you name your pets and/or children Ty or Tyrone (or Tyla...LOL!).

...when someone mentions Wranglers you automatically think of Ty.

...you watched Garth concerts to see Ty's butt.

...you buy whole magazines for the one little tiny picture of Ty in them, you cut out the picture, and throw the rest of the magazine away.

...you run out of film at a Ty concert before getting any pictures of his face.

...you lie to get off work to go see Ty until you have no relatives left, according to your boss.

...you spend hundreds of dollars to get to Fan Fair only to see Ty...and if he doesn't go, you don't think it's worth the money.

...you have a two or more volume scrapbook of Ty stuff.

...you go all the way to Oklahoma to just be in the same city as Ty.

...you stay up 'til 3 in the morning exchanging Ty pictures with someone on the internet.

...you stay up 'til 3 in the morning chatting on AOL about Ty.

...you will go anywhere to see a Ty concert, no matter how much it will cost, but it's too expensive and too much work to go visit relatives.

...you go through withdrawls already on the way home from a Ty show.

...you go insane and start writing things like "You Might be a Ty-nut if.." jokes after a year or more without Ty!

...you buy Garth's Double Live CD set just because it has Ty on the cover.

...you think Garth must be pretty smart to put Ty's butt on his live album cover because it will definately help the sales.

...your "This is Garth Brooks" video is worn out only on the part right before Friends in Low Places. *G*

...all your friends know Ty's life story even if they hate country music or they don't care.

...when someone you don't know IMs you on AOL, the first thing you talk to them about is Ty.

...when your radio station has a contest between two songs, and one is Ty's, you make all your friends call in and vote for it under penalty of death and you program your computer to say it so the DJ won't know it's the same person calling 20 times. (true story!)

...your Windows background on your computer is a Ty picture and a Ty WAV plays every time your computer comes on.

...you call Ty Herndon "the fake Ty"

...you have over 100 pictures of Ty downloaded on your computer.

...you were in Ty's fan club before you ever heard him sing.

...you call Ty "His Tyness". (gee, who would do that?..LOL)

...you have converted at least 5 people to be Ty fans when they had never heard of him before they met you.

...you have Ty pictures plastered all over your walls.

...you buy a life-size stand-up of Ty and take pictures of it and you everywhere you go on your vacation....and when you get home you carry on conversations with it and invite it to dinner....and even decorate it for Christmas.

...you have framed pictures of Ty on your nightstand or desk instead of your family, kids, or husband.

...you do your term paper for English on Ty.

...you have a picture of Ty's behind on your mousepad.

...the only time Ty's CD's come out of your CD player is when you go on a trip.

...you have two or more copies of each of Ty's albums.

...you still remember the exact date each album was realeased because you anticipated that day for months and, when it came, you got up very early in the morning to get it.

...you almost run your car off the road when you hear a new Ty song on the radio for the first time.

...you never had a favorite brand of jeans until Ty.

...you use up 5 rolls of film at a Ty concert during his first 4 songs...then you wish you would have bought more film.

...you own one of the many camera flashes that go off when Ty turns around.

...you went to a Garth concert and ended up with more pictures of Ty than Garth.

...you wonder how cool it would be if Ty had gotten a record deal 10 years ago and Garth was in his band.

...you call your radio station so much to request Ty that all the DJ's know you by your voice.

...your e-mail address has Ty in it. (submitted by Angela Wolf)

...you think Ty's birthday should be a national holiday.(submitted by Maddy Hwang)

...you look for "Tyland" on a map.(submitted by Maddy)

...your entire family can recite Ty facts on demand.(submitted by Maddy)

...you know the birthdays of Ty and everyone in his family but not everyone's birthday in your own family. (submitted by Angela Wolf) ...you sell your tickets to see Garth to go see Ty in another state.

...your license plate has Ty's name in it.

...you have frequent flyer miles on more than one airline.

...you have Ty on your answering machine...