Top Ten Ways You Know You've Been Watching Too Much "Blue's Clues"

10. You hum the mail song and start wagging your rear whenever you see the postal delivery van coming.

9. You spot an orange Clemson tiger claw decal on a car and shriek aloud, "It's a clue! I see a clue!" And then, before you realize it's actually a college athetics logo instead of a pawprint, you wonder why it's not blue.

8. You can't recall the last time you voted in a state or local election, but you've engaged in at least one heated argument over who's better... Steve or Joe.

7. Even though you're happily married and well beyond your adolescent years, you've secretly visited at least one Steve Burns or Donovan Patton fansite.

6. You plan your child's playdates, naps or meals (or all of the above) around the "Blue's Clues" television schedule.

5. On more than one occasion, you've been known to watch "Blue's Clues" by yourself (e.g., when your child naps or now that your child is in junior high and no longer cares for the show), and you try to figure out the clues on your own.

4. On weekends or evenings, you get shaky without your daily "Blue's Clues" fix, so you watch Steve clips on Youtube.com.

3. You've spent concentrated mental energies pondering what the deal is with the snail.

2. You actually know about the snail.

1. You found this website and totally get this list!

Top Ten Ways You Know Your Child Has Been Watching Too Much "Blue's Clues"

10. He insists on wearing his green-striped Steve shirt, even though it is two sizes too small.

9. He has skiddooed into a wall (down the stairs, off the couch, etc.)

8. He only writes in green crayon.

7. He refuses to eat anything with salt or pepper on it, because he thinks that would be cruel.

6. Whenever he meets someone named Steve or Joe, he is aghast and insists that it cannot be.

5. When asked what he wants to be when he grows up, he says a "pajamanaut."

4. He cannot understand why his nightstand and alarm clock won't talk back to him.

3. He makes you sing "We just got a letter" every time you open a piece of mail.

2. He owns not only the discontinued Steve notebook, but the Joe notebook, the Nighttime Notebook, the Birthday Notebook, etc. (And for some reason, you can't stop searching for other handy dandy notebooks on Ebay to buy him!)

1. At this very moment, he is about to have a meltdown if you don't stop reading this list and put in another "Blue's Clues" DVD!

Top Ten "Blue's Clues" Conundrums You Shouldn't Think Too Long About

10. How did a Salt and Pepper shaker beget Cinammon and Paprika?

9. Who are Steve's parents?

8. Why is it that only the dogs in Steve's neighborhood cannot talk?

7. Is there something going on between Steve and Miranda (see the "Magenta Gets Glasses" episode)?

6. Why does Sidetable Drawer have a face only when she talks to Steve (see the beginning sequence of every episode)?

5. Does Steve ever write letters back to his friends? (And come to think of, how is he making all these friends in the real world?)

4. Who is changing all the pictures in the frame in Steve's living room? (Is it Blue? So does that mean Blue knows what the game will be before we play it that day? And doesn't Steve notice? Madness!)

3. Why was Steve able to find clues by himself when he was a boy, but can't find a clue on his own as an adult (see the "Blue's First Holiday" episode)?

2. How does Sock Puppet spend his spare time when Steve isn't around? (Is he planning to free the other socks?)

1. Why hasn't Steve come home from college yet? (Why, oh why, oh why?)

Top Ten Reasons Moms Love Steve


10. He spends a lot of time at home. In fact, you have a hard time remembering the last time he left his animated backyard.

9. Unlike the average guy who refuses to ask for directions, Steve is man enough to regularly admit he's really gonna need some help from your child to find a clue!

8. You can count on him to be organized and remember important details... I mean really, is this a guy who would forget your birthday when he's got a handy dandy notebook and a green crayon?

7. He's persistent. He never gives up until he finds that last clue.

6. He's patient. After all, he likes to relax, kick back in his thinking chair, and "thiiiink" for a while.

5. He's well-traveled... he's skidooed to outer space before!

4. He's not overly complicated. Okay, who are we fooling? He has a hard time with shapes and colors. But at least he never comes across as a know-it-all!

3. Who else can pull off a green striped shirt and khakis with so much style?

2. He sings, plays the guitar, juggles, does a killer Elvis impersonation, and makes you laugh at least once a day.

1. It's hard not to like the guy who your child is crazy about.