My friend who told me about this website said I need to get some green paint chip things from home depot to put on my stuff.
I don't get it. She said it is a Disboards.com thing, but she was confusing about it.
Is she nuts or am I?
Won't home depot stop me from grabbing all the green piles anyway?
Confused!
Shelley
Well technically since you both post here, you are both nuts!
But in that great Disney way so you are among friends!
A few years ago some DISers were trying to figure out a way to identify other random DIS board members at the parks. It was decided that Lime Green would be a great color because at that time it was very rare to see. People would tie lime green ribbons to their bags or make tags or wear a lime green t-shirt in hopes of seeing other DISers in the parks and saying Hi.
Then Home Depot began carrying the Disney paint and the swatches were in the shape of Mickey heads. The color Alien Green is the "unofficial" color for the DISboards and people began using those as an easy way to make tags for their fanny packs, backpacks, lanyards, shirt pins, window decorations and just about anything you can imagine. Usually we write our username on it or other sayings--my kids wear ones that say "future DISer" on them. And of course, these days lime green is a hot color so you can't just assume that anyone with a lg t-shirt or hat or bag is a DIS member. So the LGMH sets us apart.
When you see someone with that on their bag or stroller or person then you know they are a DISer and want to meet others so conversations ensue. Sometimes just a "Hi" sometimes a short conversation or more. One of the first DISers I met this way, in the food court at All Star Movies, I am still friends with and in fact she came all the way out by me on a family vacation with a priority of us going out for dinner.
Now I can' promise you that your HD won't object to you taking them. I don't ask and I don't take ALL of them. I generally just walk by and take a few anytime I am in. I have other colors also that I have used. But I also have repainted and needed the paint swatches so I don't feel to bad about it! Generally we don't ask, we just take a few (you want extras for your bags in case you lose them or mess one up). If you don't want to use those you can also just cut out Mickey heads in lime green from craft foam ( much more durable), or construction/scrapbook paper, or any other material. There are some patterns floating around here on the DIS. You might check in the Creative DISigns board found near the bottom of the main forums list.
Funny story, when we were in Disney last year they were selling these keychains with small Mickey Heads much like an antenna topper at the registers of the stores. They were all different colors, but finding the lime green ones was really difficult. One CM asked me if she could help while I was digging through and I told her I was looking for green. She said, you know, it is really weird but the green ones are always the first color we sell out of when we put them out! And then at another store, same thing but the CM just looked at me when I said I was looking for green and said "Oh, you are a DISboard member, aren't you?"
I hope this answers all you need to know about these LGMHPC (lime green mickey head paint chips) Let me know if you need more help--or the number for DISers Anonymous!
to both of you! This is a great site to be a part of! The only thing is that it's addicting!!!!! I can't go a day without checking out the new posts. 
). I thought that is what everyone is talking about but I was not completely sure!
