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When you say you learnt about (insert subject here - geography/history etc fact) from Tintin comics and you're family thinks you need to get out more because of it!

You know you're a Tintin fan when you're sitting on the couch, bord out of your misery because your Dad is watching the Saturday night football. THen, when you hear the commentators call out, 'Thompson has the ball!' you look at the TV and expect to see a guy in a black suit and bowler tripping down the feil with a football in one are and a cane in the other... 0.0 I've done that...

You know you're a Tintin fan when you're willing to wear a shirt in public that's several sizes to small just because it's the only tintin shirt you have.

When you start learning French to be able to read everything related to Tintin.

Lol. I say "Snakes!" and "Blistering [whatever is annoying]!" regularly now. I can't help it!

-When you bring a Tintin book along to try to attract someone of the opposite gender.

you know you're a tinti fan when...
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When you own all the books, some even in different editions.

You own some of the guides/fact books about Tintin or Hergé.

You dressed up as Tintin at Halloween, twice.

You often relates what ever to something from the books.

You uses Haddockiana when you get upset.

You really want to visit Brussels just to check various Tintin related stuff out.

Ponder about the Tintin universe almost daily.

Hey this is getting scary, I better go get some life real quick ;-)

...if someone asks you to identify the Three Wise Men, you respond: "Caspar, Balthasar, and ALCAZAR!!!"

Whenever you are overseas, the first thing you do is hit the local markets to see if you can find any tintin stuff.