Thanks to Lucy and Frank, via Gerda for this one:

You know you’re addicted when:

• You keep a pair of dance shoes in your car.
• You’ve sold or moved most of your furniture to give yourself practice space.
• You make sure you never run out of breath mints or chewing gum.
• You copied all your tango music to your office computer and that’s all you listen to.
• You’ve danced with one of the biggies and survived.
• You own a tango t-shirt and wear it in public – constantly.
• You go through withdrawal without at least one tango-high per week.
• Your descriptions of tango have shifted from “unbounded enthusiasm” to “you wouldn’t understand….
• Your friends are secretly plotting to kidnap you for a week of serious deprogramming.
• You know who Carlos Gardel is.
• You wish you’d paid more attention to high school Spanish class.
• You cross state lines to tango.
• You listen to tango music when you’re not at a practica or milonga.
• You bring your ankles and knees together all the time, even in the elevator.
• You plan the rest of your social life so it doesn’t conflict with tango nights.
• You own a bootleg copy of Tango Bar.
• Your wardrobe is predominantly black.
• Ocho is more than just a number.
• Your fantasy travel destination is Buenos Aires.
• You are unable to schedule major surgery without compromising tango commitments.
• You now view the world in terms of people who tango and those unfortunate souls who don’t
• You have to work hard to maintain non-tango friendships (if you have any left).
• You’ve been dancing for a year and still don’t get bored talking tango.
• You have developed the ability to turn any conversation to tango within 2 minutes.
• You no longer have parties at your house; you host milongas.
• Before traveling, you check out the net for tango events in that area.
• You are willing to spend twice as much time driving to a milonga as you actually dance.
• You automatically do something Tango-ish whenever you navigate through a crowd.
• Your computer passwords at work are always related to tango.
• Your ear has been trained to recognize the tango possibilities in all forms of music.
• When you and another contractor are working of a move to Calo two stories above the ground, tool belts clinking.
• Your shopping cart often substitutes as your dance partner.
• You have become nocturnal.
• Your interest in shoes can easily be mistaken for a fetish.
• You constantly have bruises on your legs and feet.
• You dream about dancing with Pablo Veron.
• Tango Hugs … mmmmmm