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---You know someone is into Airsoft when...----------
...you keep finding little white balls all over their house/flat/apartment.
...every time there is an action movie on TV, they keep pointing out things like "Oh, that's an MP5 K, that is" or "See that gun that bloke's using? Well I've got one of them."
...there is a room in their house/flat/apartment with the word 'ARMOURY' on the door
...you mention you are going paint-balling and they look at you disapprovingly.
...they always manage to turn the subject around to "Skirmishing".
...there are little white balls stuck in the tread of their footwear.
...they pretend to throw a grenade before they enter a room.
...there is a stick of camo-cream in their bathroom.
...there are a box of tiny screwdrivers, permanently open, on the coffee table.
...there is a copy of 'The Art Of War' by Sun Tsu next to the screwdrivers.
...their hoover-bag is full of little white balls.
...whenever you visit, somewhere in their house/flat/apartment, there is a battery on charge.
...there is a small machine-pistol under their bed.
...their girlfriend/wife unexpectedly leaves them and they don't seem to care.
...their new car is an armoured personnel carrier.
...they wear camouflage to mow the grass.
...there are never any pigeons in their garden.
...their fridge is full of C-rations.
...they walk around their home with the lights off, wearing night-vision goggles.
...their cat has moved in at your house.
...they have a satellite photograph of your garden.
...they can be seen walking around their home with a wet beret on their head.
...they will only ever enter your home through the window.
...they look at themselves in the mirror for hours trying to perfect the 'thousand yard stare'.
...they have dozens of small red welts all over their body.
...they "Stand To" at 0600 hrs and 1900 hrs daily.
...their garden has more trenches than 1918 France.
...they have a garage made of sandbags.
...you take a stroll down their garden and targets keep popping up.
...there is a red flag flying by the door to indicate the hallway-come-firing-range is in use.
...you enter their house and the metal detectors go off.
...they come to your house they ask for a "SITREP" on the coffee.
...their "Beware of the Dog" sign has changed to "Caution: Mine Field!"
...they can field strip a 9mm autoloader, but have never fired the real thing.
...they can tell you what country any given soldier is from by a 3 sec. glance at the cammo pattern and webbing.
...they dive under the nearest table/bush at the sound of an electric sewing machine.
...they check out your new house for approaches and fields of fire.
...they constantly scan upper windows/trees for snipers.
...they think a 1" group at five yards is good.
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