You're not the only one - I'll flat-out admit it. Whenever I'm working on them, I threaten them . When I'm cleaning them, I carefully grabs parts with cloths and clean and say things like "Oh you like that don't you?" as if it's a pet or something .

I know, I know - it's an inanimate object. Still, it provides me a light heart and a good laugh. Isn't that how we are supposed to enjoy our lives ?

Life is good.

No that's not normal seek help.....

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I Curse mine dur-n game play , but no sweet talk ..

Mine mostly get cussed out while playing, but also when I'm struggling to reach a lamp socket or I'm having difficulty with a minor repair.

My poor pins, they only get yelled at. If they had any self-esteem at all, they'd pack up and leave me!

+1, I seem to recall a character from a book saying "We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious."

No. You're a friggin weirdo, lol.

Of course, people who see me swearing and hollering at them probably think I'm weird too.

About four in the morning when I'm repairing a game and things aren't going good I do a heck of a lot more than talk.

Once they hear the word "dumpster", they usually start coming around.

LTG

I'm the same way during game play & repairs.

I give my TFTC the finger cuss at JP

I think my BOP is big slutty "B" and I don't think she likes me......the people I bought here from claim she had an attitude, and the wife hated her. At first I rocked her world, scoring billionaire club regularly, then her and my wife hit it off (my wife said they had a heart to heart talk), and I cannot score for jack. So yes, I call her one word names all the time...its a love hate thing. Stupid B...OP

I am serious by the way...

I talk to my stock all the time. Mostly to call them "son of a whore", but I also tell them to behave, and tell them to be good when they sell. Yes, I'm insane. I also walk my cats on a leash, if you need proof.

Isn't it funny how much of a love hate thing accompanies this hobby? One second were dropping a monster score full of adrenaline and the next we are dropping a small screw into an abyss of wires and boards cursing like a sailor. Okay, maybe that's just me.

Nope.... That's pretty much everyone in this hobby

the best is when you're playing Family Guy and one of the characters calls out exactly what you were thinking.....

Mojo,

I can't say I do that, but I sure do talk back to games like Road Show when playing them! That game, or any other funny games that I know way too well! But when fixing, or waking into the room... I can't say that I say hello. But it is inviting to go over and play any of them.

Got any plans soon?

-Aaron
Pinball League & Tournaments of Iowa

i talk to quorra and gem alot of the times when im out in the garage....

we get into alot of good roll playing fun. good times!

"Im not talking about when u drain a ball and you yell at it or give it the finger. I mean when u walk in the room or when your working on them. My Charlies must have found out that there may be a BK2K coming in, because she wasn't working correctly last night. I talked to her about being jelous of the new kid, and it would be allright. Then she worked perfectly. I hope im not the only insane one. Look for me next season on "My weird obsession" '

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that when you were typing this up, there was probably a part of your brain telling you this was one of those things probably best not shared on a public forum. That being said, it's not the weirdest thing i've ever heard. I guess if you're supposed to be on medication, you might consider taking it again or maybe run this past someone next time. It's all good....unless you're a transvestite who keeps your pins in a deep pit in the basement....

"It puts the millwax on it's playfield or it gets the teardown again!"

I don't talk to them but I keep my Sterns separate from the B/W titles so they don't attack each other when I leave the room.
I have saved hundreds in repair costs this way.

Sounds normal to me. I sing opera to them.

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Man, no need to sell crazy; we are all stocked up here .

(stolen from Jack Nicholson)

LMFAO

I think my TF has a demon inside it.

talk to them but just don't be this guy...

I talk to Homer's head on TSPP.

If I have a few that start acting up at the same time I drag a route beater into the room, rip the head off and kick the cab apart.
All credit dots magically disappear and they quit screwing with me.
When I fire up No Fear instead of laughing at me Skully compliments me on an excellent drain.

talk to them but just don't be this guy...

hahaha...... the guy that was in love with his car!! classic ep of my strange addiction. that is one great show right there. one of my fav moments was when the guy was getting "intimate" with his red sports car, almost entirely under the front end of the car carressing and kissing it! crazy stuff.

Sometimes when I have stuff to do around the house....I go down to the basement and walk into my game room area where they are all turned off....and look at my pins and smile...they make me happy I also breath in real heavy to get that great "pinball" smell....kind of wish I could roll around in it like catnip. When I walk back upstairs I always turn to look one more time before I lose sight of them....wink once...and always look behind me when I am at the top of the stairs hoping at least one had followed me up.

Siiiiigh....it never happens