You might be Christian Reformed if...
- you hear "tulip" and think "Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement...."
- you visit another church and the second question you're asked is, "Are you related to...."
- "voices" aren't something you hear, but read and write.
- when you hear the word "King," you think of peppermints.
- you can't think of any use for peppermints outside of church.
- you know what a Psalter Hymnal is - and why it's called that.
- you think you go to a contemporary church because they use the new gray Psalter Hymnal.
- you know someone who has left the CRC because of the new gray Psalter Hymnal.
- you've heard of a guy named Dooyeweerd.
- you think kids who go to public school are strange.
- the biggest decision of your life is between Calvin and Dordt (or Trinity, or Redeemer, or King's).
- you have at least one relative in an independent Reformed church.
- you think RCA is a "liberal denomination," not a brand of electronic equipment.
- a church picnic isn't the place to find Ms. or Mr. Right - because everyone's related.
- you get agitated and start looking at your watch when the minister says, "And my 4th point is...."
- you're sure that 'klompen' is the Dutch word for 'shoe,' not someone's last name or the sound heard in church at the end of a service.
- you know that Calvinism is not a daily habit of reading the comic strip, 'Calvin and Hobbes.'
- you have your house fumigated because termites were found in your wife's souvenir wooden shoes.
- you develop a craving for ham buns.
- you know that on Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. are the times when church should begin.
- churches are radical if their evening service starts at 5 p.m.
- you became depressed when the Banner began to arrive in your mailbox every other week, instead of weekly.
- you decided to form a study committee to add items to this list.
- your study committee submitted a majority and minority report.
- someone mentions Pastor John DeVries, and you have to ask which John DeVries that is.
- you think copper wire was invented by two Dutchmen fighting over a penny.
- you get a sun burn when you read under a lamp.
- you consider 30°F in the winter is warm.
- you take off your shoes before entering the house
- your last name begins with "Van"
- you think the Arminian flower is the daisy ("He loves me, He loves me not, He love me, ...")
- you get excited at the thought of salted licorice
- you don't think twice when someone mentions their Oma
- you insist on singing the Dutch words to Ere Zig Gott
- you have the comics from The Banner taped up on your door and actually laugh at them
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