You Know You're A Christian Homeschooled Speech and Debate Kid When...

(For the record, this is a direct rip off of Blimeycow's You might be a homeschooler... I'll try to make up in the creativity department for the lack of originality.)

You know you're a CHSADK when you have specific pens for all the stock issues.

You know you're a CHSADK when you spend hours trying to decypher judge handwriting.

You know you're a CHSADK when you start wearing suits for fun.

You know you're a CHSADK when the word 'parametrics' is more than random letters put together.

You know you're a CHSADK when you start impact calculating what food you should order at McDonald's.

You know you're a CHSADK when you have a mini panic attack because a speech and debate legend just started talking to you.

You know you're a CHSADK when the Heritage Foundation is in your top ten most visited sites.

You know you're a CHSADK when 'breaking' is a good thing.

You know you're a CHSADK when you have to explain the difference between 'expos' and 'extemp' to your non-CHSADK friend... for the twelfth time.

You know you're a CHSADK when you accidentally walk in on a meeting of the LD Secret Society.

You know you're a CHSADK when you witness the deepest theological debate you've heard outside of apologetics finals.

You know you're a CHSADK when you end up stalking your ex-debate partner's current debate partner's brother's ex-debate partner after ten minutes on speech ranks.

You know you're a CHSADK when you get trampled in the race for postings for the third time this tournament.

You know you're a CHSADK when you quote your debate partner in the 2NR.

You know you're a CHSADK when you crowd into duo finals and end up sitting under the judge's table.

You know you're a CHSADK when you lash out at someone for calling impromptu 'improv.'

You know you're a CHSADK when you've spent hours watching speeches on Youtube.

You know you're a CHSADK when you say words like permutation and tabula rosa just to confuse your non-CHSADK friends.

You know you're a CHSADK when you come close to burning your ballots because the judge voted on your dinosaur socks and not the flow.

You know you're a CHSADK when you stopped reading the first part a long time ago.

You know you're a CHSADK when you start writing your platform five months before the first tournament.

You know you're a CHSADK when you give more speeches to walls and stuffed animals than you do to people.

You know you're a CHSADK when you've started quoting your duo.

You know you're a CHSADK when you know the best ways to avoid the timer lady.

You know you're a CHSADK when you come up with nicknames for tournaments.

You know you're a CHSADK when people start glaring at you because of your amazing penguin analogy.

You know you're a CHSADK when you can effortlessly speak in public.

You know you're a CHSADK when you accidently end a prayer with 'thank you for judging.'

You know you're a CHSADK when you end every blog post with 'vote affirmative.'

You know you're a CHSADK when you do vote affirmative.