My U2 obsession led to unexpected things

[CatDubh]

OK, I can't even believe it myself, but check this out. This weekend we went to a trip up to the mountains, with the company, for a so-called team training. On the last day we got a questonnaire that could help to find out what co-workers think about each other. So, what I had to do was to put my name on the top and then pass it forward, so eventually I would get it back. The paper was also divided vertically. One column said: Go on with..., one said: Stop... and the last one said: Start...

Now what I got!!

In the stop column there was one who said nothing, but U2, and my boss wrote: "Umm... there is one U2 album I'm really fed up with!"
And in the "Start" column was one who said that I should really START to listen to other bands, and one who said - I'll quote her - : Start forgetting Sparky!!

Am I really that helpless??

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[MissZooropa]

LOL

Yes you are darling!!!

Love ya anyway, you know that!!

HUGS!

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"U2 on it?s own is a very interesting group and all. But U2 with it?s audience is a culture" - Bono

"Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast and Stockholm, YEAH! " ~ Bono in Stay, Sthlm 9th july 2001

 

[WildHonee]

Letter to Bono:
"I love you because I need to
not because I need you"

I love that song.
Bono! Behold the torment I have put up in my love for you:

"Is that NSync or the Backstreet Boys?" ~Mommy

"Isn't [Bono] gay?" ~Becky from school

"That must be [Mona's] desk. There's a picture of U2." ~Ally from school

"Didn't he die? Or was that Sinatra?" ~Brother #3

"Larry has man cleavage. That's U2 porn!" ~brother #1

"Who's that? Bob Dylan?" ~My dad, on seeing my hot mofo Bono shirt

"What does the 'U' stand for? And what does the '2' stand for?" ~friend Justine

"Who's THAT? Is that Richard Gere?" ~mommy, on seeing the Edge

"Why does he talk like that?" ~Brother #3

"It would have been really hot and crowded right up close [to the stage]" ~Brother #2
"But we could have touched Bono's hand!" ~Sisterinlaw

"I like when Bono does that howling thing" ~Julie

"Why is dressed like the devil? I thought he thought he was God or something" ~Brother #3 on seeing MacPhisto

Love,
MONA!

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~*Mona*~ / ~*Moaner*~ / ~*MonaPhisto*~
Bono Rep. of the Ambassadorship of the World for L.E.A.T.H.E.R.

"Joe Houdini" ~Charlie Brown~

"Thank you all for letting me rub up against you" ~BonoBaby~

"I feel like trash. I AM trash! Recycle me, baby!" ~MonaPhisto~

 

[blueeyes]

LOL Mona,
My mom thinks Edge looks like Richard Gere too!
Freaky...do we have the same mom, better check.
-bluey

 

[Ana]

Originally posted by blueeyes:
LOL Mona,
My mom thinks Edge looks like Richard Gere too!
-bluey

NOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!

Richard Gere??

I don't think so, yuck

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If you know someone with Bono's nose: Contact me!

 

[Crzy4Bono]

Originally posted by WildHonee:
"Is that NSync or the Backstreet Boys?" ~Mommy

"Who's that? Bob Dylan?" ~My dad, on seeing my hot mofo Bono shirt

"Who's THAT? Is that Richard Gere?" ~mommy, on seeing the Edge

Good grief! Who did your parents listen to when they were younger? LOL

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She's gonna dream up a world she wants to live in / She's gonna dream out loud.
Visit my web page at www.u2page.com

 

[MissZooropa]

Originally posted by WildHonee:

"Who's THAT? Is that Richard Gere?" ~mommy, on seeing the Edge

Had a friend over last night and he said the exact same thing!! LOL Who has ever seen Richard Gere in a black headthing??


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"U2 on it?s own is a very interesting group and all. But U2 with it?s audience is a culture" - Bono

"Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast and Stockholm, YEAH! " ~ Bono in Stay, Sthlm 9th july 2001

 

[FishNeedsABicycle]

I had a picture of MacPhisto on my computers desktop for the longest time, and eventually my dad saw it, becasue I heard my parents discussing it...

Dad: Honey should I be worried that my daughter worships satan?
Mom: What?
Dad: The picture of the Devil she has on her PC, normally it is of people she is infatuated with.
Mom: Oh no dear, that is that Bono(pronounced like Sunny Bono) guy she likes from UB40 or something like that...
Fishy: *sigh* close mom, close...I guess I should give her points for trying...

MacPhishto <><

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Fishy
The Bedazzled Merch-Maid and Fashion Chair of Orgasmatron
and
The Original Hot Potato of LAYS

You put on the leather pants and the pants start telling you what to do. -Bono

 

[doctorwho]

If I were you CatDubh, I would have wrote "start listening to more U2" on everyone else's form!

 

[WildHonee]

Originally posted by blueeyes:
LOL Mona,
My mom thinks Edge looks like Richard Gere too!
Freaky...do we have the same mom, better check.
-bluey

lol *is misunderstood by family*

"Edge is scary" -friend Erin

"Larry wears tearaway pants -- I think -- just because he wants you to tear them and to see his....well..." -friend Erin

"What's the rugby story?!" -Erin again! We dropped hints to her about the rugby picture

wooooooo

"When's the guitar guy coming back?" -my mom, lol.

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~*Mona*~ / ~*Moaner*~ / ~*MonaPhisto*~
Bono Rep. of the Ambassadorship of the World for L.E.A.T.H.E.R.

"Joe Houdini!" ~Charlie Brown~

"Thank you all for letting me rub up against you" ~BonoBaby~

"I feel like trash. I AM trash! Recycle me, baby!" ~MonaPhisto~

 

[Giant Lemon]

Richard Gere?!? Eew. Poor Edge!

 

[WildHonee]

I think it's in the eyes....Mr. Gere is kinda frumpy though

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~*Mona*~ / ~*Moaner*~ / ~*MonaPhisto*~
Bono Rep. of the Ambassadorship of the World for L.E.A.T.H.E.R.

"Joe Houdini!" ~Charlie Brown~

"Thank you all for letting me rub up against you" ~BonoBaby~

"I feel like trash. I AM trash! Recycle me, baby!" ~MonaPhisto~

 

[FallDownJulie]

when you know just how obsessed you are...

today in class:

mona&i: blah blah U2 blah U2! U2! blah U2 blah blah! blah! U2! (x an hour)
friend katie(sitting infront of us): *turn to chastize us for not shutting up about U2* *wagging finger* YOU TWO....!!!
mona and i: *look at each other* BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

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~MoonPhisto*

Bedevere: What makes you think she's a witch?
Peasant: Well she turned me into a newt!
Bedevere: A newt?
Peasant: I got better.
Crowd: BURN HER ANYWAY!
~Monty Python and the Holy Grail

 

[WildHonee]

Originally posted by FallDownJulie:
when you know just how obsessed you are...

today in class:

mona&i: blah blah U2 blah U2! U2! blah U2 blah blah! blah! U2! (x an hour)
friend katie(sitting infront of us): *turn to chastize us for not shutting up about U2* *wagging finger* YOU TWO....!!!
mona and i: *look at each other* BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

lol!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember that!!!!!!! That was hilarious! AT lunch Justin was talkin to Sarah and was like "you two...."
and I was laughing like a moron


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~*Mona*~ / ~*Moaner*~ / ~*MonaPhisto*~
Bono Rep. of the Ambassadorship of the World for L.E.A.T.H.E.R.

"Joe Houdini!" ~Charlie Brown~

"Thank you all for letting me rub up against you" ~BonoBaby~

"I feel like trash. I AM trash! Recycle me, baby!" ~MonaPhisto~

 

[ultraviolet299]

- "you wake up early and wait all day to see 'Bono', you dont even wake up early to go to school!" -dad

- "you're crazy, you know that?"- dad

- "Bono isnt even good looking" - some non u2 friends

But I have learnt to take these comments and discard them like trash! I dont care who thinks im crazy. Im not crazy Im just determined about something I love. That should be seen as a positive quality, not negative. Im a musical person, and I connect with the music and the people who play the music. Its not a crime.

 

[WildHonee]

Originally posted by ultraviolet299:
- "you wake up early and wait all day to see 'Bono', you dont even wake up early to go to school!" -dad

lol my dad thinks u2 is the group that does 'red red wine' or whatever. That's UB40!

Well, it has a U.


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~*Mona*~ / ~*Moaner*~ / ~*MonaPhisto*~
Bono Rep. of the Ambassadorship of the World for L.E.A.T.H.E.R.

"Joe Houdini!" ~Charlie Brown~

"Have you been to church? This is church." ~Bono~

 

[scatteroflight]

I don't really talk about U2 all the time, I have to admit I have more of a reputation like that about Sting. I recently met a guy who I think likes me and I think he sees Sting as competition

But as far as U2 and family, before I went to the Vancouver show with my brother, my parents and him and I were just sitting around talking at his apartment. My brother used to make jokes in the 90's about how enormously fat Bono is. He read something somewhere in the early 90's saying that Bono had gained ten pounds or something and he's never let me forget it. So at some point my brother goes "Bono? Oh, he weighs about 300 pounds." My dad went "REALLY?!?!" like he was really shocked and concerned--like, poor Bono, carrying all that weight around!! So I quickly disabused him of that notion! I know he has seen pictures of BOno and seen him on TV a few times and so on, but maybe he thought he'd gained a whole lot of weight recently

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Be a world, child, form a circle
Before we all go under

 

[Winter Halcyon]

"Why all the women like Old men?" My brother when he saw a Bono's pic in my wall...

"What do you like that Mono he is not even handsome".. My ex-boyfriend..

"Will you stop to talk about U2?".. My ex-boyfriend again.. (and after that I got rid out of him..

)

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Winter Halcyon
U2 in ELEVATION

Bono LEATHER Club
www.leather-club.8m.net

[This message has been edited by Winter Halcyon (edited 10-13-2001).]

 

[FallDownJulie]

Originally posted by ultraviolet299:

- "Bono isnt even good looking" - some non u2 friends

!!!
Mona and i have heard this one, haven't we?

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~MoonPhisto*

Bedevere: What makes you think she's a witch?
Peasant: Well she turned me into a newt!
Bedevere: A newt?
Peasant: I got better.
Crowd: BURN HER ANYWAY!
~Monty Python and the Holy Grail

 

[AM]

Originally posted by CatDubh:

Now what I got!!

In the stop column there was one who said nothing, but U2, and my boss wrote: "Umm... there is one U2 album I'm really fed up with!"
And in the "Start" column was one who said that I should really START to listen to other bands, and one who said - I'll quote her - : Start forgetting Sparky!!

Am I really that helpless??

nah, you?re pretty normal, sis. It?s a family thing, you know

Last week we got a new teacher and he asked to what kind of music we?ve been listening to (we get to listen to music while we?re studying). And the whole class said like one, rather ammoyed: U2...

see, it?s a family thing, Cat, but family sticks together, right

SPARKY LOVE



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"The bass player's got it. The bass player's fucking got it." Bono, Boston 6-9-01