ARE YOU A HARDCORE SWITCHFOOT FAN?


The Hardcore Fan Test

Think you are a true hardcore Switchfoot fan? Take this test to find out!

Before taking this test, please note that when you come to a question such as "You've watched
the Switchfoot Podcasts", it implies that you've watched each podcast once.
However, if for example you've watched the podcasts more then ten times,
you should check "You've watched the Switchfoot Podcasts", "More than
twice", "5+ times", AND "10+ times" since all apply.
Now, before proceeding there are three things you should now.
1. This test is LONG. Get comfortable.
2. There are no 'right' or 'wrong' answers. Just answer honestly!
3. This is all in FUN! Don't take this too seriously, it's just for a fun little thing we cooked up to amuse you guys.

Also, we would like to thank everyone who has contributed, mostly unwittingly, to this test!
Thank you to The Geek Test for the code; to all the LOBH boardies whose dedication and
love of the band inspired many of these questions, to everyone who submitted
to our You Know You're a Switchfoot Fan When list, and lastly to all the
obsession lists around the web from which we got some material.

Let the testing begin!


  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 Do You Only Love The Ones Who Look Like You
  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 thre 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地 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壇 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
  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
  Your Switchfoot CD's are scratched beyond recognition because you listen to them so much
  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?)
  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 are constantly trying to get your friends to listen to Switchfoot
  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 understand why this quiz has 241 questions


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