Da li ste stonoteniski EJ (Equipment Junkie)?

[ivan]

(preuzeto sa www.tabletennis.about.com):

Gotta have it! I think we all know someone who always has the latest bleeding-edge technology in his computer, or who has a garage full of near-new power tools, all sitting there untouched.
Well, ping-pong players are not immune from the 'more power' syndrome either - although we call sufferers from this disease 'Equipment Junkies', or 'EJ's' for short. And if you think this is a weird name, just ask yourself why we call the sellers of ping-pong equipment dealers?!

While it is easy to spot other equipment junkies among your fellow table tennis players, it's not always so easy to tell if you are afflicted. So here are some tell-tale warning signs that you might be a fully fledged EJ. If you answer 'Yes' to 5 or more of these questions, hand over your credit cards to your spouse and seek professional treatment!

Top Signs That You Are An Equipment Junkie

Rubbers
Do table tennis manufacturers use your speed/spin/control rating charts for rubbers?
When you play a tournament, is there is a crowd following you around, waiting to get the latest rubbers you have just tried and are about to throw away?
Do you think that the 'God Favored' rubbers are rubbers endorsed by you?
Do you have more rubber in your bag than a tire factory?

Blades
Have you got more table tennis blades in your bag than the number of tennis rackets Roger Federer carries on court during a Grand Slam?
Does Don Iguana refer other people to you for information about blades?

Balls
Can you can pick the difference between a DHS training ball and a Nittaku Premium 3 star ball just by listening to it bounce on the table with your eyes shut?
Can you reach into your bag full of all different types of balls, and pull out your favorite Stiga Optimum ball just by feel?

Clothes
Do you own more table tennis shirts than work shirts?
Do the birds in your neighborhood wear sunglasses when you put out your washing after a tournament?

Shoes
Do you have more table tennis shoes than Imelda Marcos had high heels? (Or Paris Hilton for younger readers!)

Glue
Have the ITTF ever got you to fill in when their illegal solvent sniffing machine breaks down?
Do you buy your speed glue in the 5 gallon super economy size?
Do you find that it is still only a month before you run out of glue?

Catalogs
Can you quote word for word from the latest Butterfly catalog?
Can you still do this for the Japanese version?

Table Tennis Forums
Do you only go to table tennis forums to read the equipment folders?
Do other people go there just to ask you questions about the latest equipment?
Have they set up a folder on the forum just for you to sell your second hand equipment?

Miscellaneous
When you read on a ping-pong forum about a new rubber, do you automatically reach for your wallet? (This is called the 'Pavlovian Ping-Pong Programmed Response')
Do you have a VIP membership to all the distributors websites?
Do you have a Stiga credit card instead of a Visa?

Automatic Confirmation of Equipment Junkie Status
If you answer 'Yes' to the question below, consider yourself to have a terminal case of 'equipment junkitis'!
Have you have spent many thousands of dollars on equipment, but refuse to pay $30 per hour for lessons on how to actually use it properly?

[Pedja]

vidim,pratiš Grega...izgleda da ja lično nisam...ALI,znam ko izgleda jeste

[Vladojica]

Have you have spent many thousands of dollars on equipment, but refuse to pay $30 per hour for lessons on how to actually use it properly?

Pavlovian Ping-Pong Programmed Response'

PPPPR

hahahhaha

[ivan]

vidim,pratiš Grega...izgleda da ja lično nisam...ALI,znam ko izgleda jeste

Ovo je dosta staro, a nisam citao Grega bar 3-4 godine, a mislim da nije ni dodavao nista u tom periodu, slucajno sam naleteo na ovo trazeci nesto o kamerama.

[djordjestanic]

Ima i ovde dosta zavisnika.