You know you're obsessed with LOTR when ...

[peonydeepdelver]

-When you say to your cousin's cat: "Have I ever told you the tale of Frodo Nine-Fingers and the Ring of Doom?"

When I was up to the lake with my obsessed friend and her family and cousins, her 8-year old brother was walking around singing over and over "Frodo Nine-Fingers and the Ring of Doooooom!!!" I think he might have gotten it from the animated ROTK, but I wouldn't know since I've only seen the Bakshi one.

When the dog you're pet sitting does something really stupid (like runs into a wall for example) you say "You fool of a Took-Ruddy-Dog!"

I often say stuff like that to my dog, but I say stuff like, "Fool of a beagle!" and "Fool of a dog!" and "Fool of a Bernie!" smilies/biggrin.gif But my rabbit's name is Pip (after Pippin) and I also say to him "Fool of a Took!"

-You walk to your friend's house barefoot, ignoring the scaldingly hot pavement and rocky backroads... *I'm gonna have blisters tomorrow*

We did that at the lake when we were in the woods looking for maple saplings to roast marshmallows with, and my friend's cousin who likes LOTR was saying "ow..." like every 5 seconds, and my brother says, "What's wrong?" She says, "My hobbit feet haven't grown in yet!" It was quite funny.
But now I walk my dog barefoot all the time, and the pavement doesn't burn my feet anymore. It's starting to get scary...

-You get your mom to do the wave for Boromir the disco king. *I couldn't help myself! They were playing disco on the radio!*

I did that too... heheheh...

~You're obsessed when sunsets look like Mount Doom erupting. (Once there was a sunset where this cloud was sorta triangular, and the sun was sitting right on top of it, and it looked like Mount Doom! smilies/tongue.gif )

~You're obsessed when every time the windows or mirrors are fogged up when you get out of the shower, you write "DO THE WAVE FOR BOROMIR THE DISCO KING!!!" (I do it all the time....)

~You're obsessed when you and your friend are hiking up a mountain and you're waaaay behind everyone else because you're stopping and exclaiming, "Mushrooms!" at every one you find and pocketing it.

[Maikadurwen]

i swear you guys are stalking me

[Tinuviel of Denton]

In one day, I have proved my obsession beyond a shadow of a doubt.
This morning, my sister and I went shopping for notebooks, pencils, etc, in preparation for school which starts next week. We then went to lunch. So far, I seemed to all observers to be a normal teen .

At Wal-mart, I saw a vest that was very elvish and I bought it, sacrificing my lunch for almost two weeks as I spent most of my lunch money on it.

One of the things on the menu at the restaurant was Wheat Grass. Among other things, about a tablespoon of wheat grass has the nutritional quality of two pounds of vegetables. I immediately compared it to lembas, mentally at least.

When we left, I called 'Namarie' to the server.

This afternoon, I spent about an hour and a half, cutting sleeves off of an old skate dress and attaching them to an old sleeveless shirt so that I would have an elvish type shirt to wear under the vest I bought this morning.

[Elennar Starfire]

But now I walk my dog barefoot all the time, and the pavement doesn't burn my feet anymore. It's starting to get scary...

Yeah, after you get blisters a few times it stops hurting.

yesterday I was at the store with my mom, and we went past the electronics section, and on all the TVs they were playing TTT!!! Naturally I stopped to watch for a while, and even though there was no sound I knew what people were saying. (It's very strange to watch Theoden getting de-Sarumaned on at least twenty screens)

[the guy who be short]

I pretend sword fight all the time. Why I did it just a few hours ago with a rolling pin as a sword and the sofas as orcs. smilies/smile.gif

When you see your gran taing a blue pill and imediately think of Elrond. (Blue pill - Matrix - Hugo Weaving.)
That was scary.

[Maikadurwen]

swords rock

[Amarantha_Daisy]

When we left, I called 'Namarie' to the server.

Hee hee! smilies/biggrin.gif What was the reaction? Did you get a funny look? I love getting funny looks. It always happens. Especially when I speak Elvish to my friend's parents. My friends are used to it by now...

-You buy contacts that look like the Eye of Sauron. *My mom wants to make me get contacts...I want purple ones!*

-You write in Tengwar with chalk on friend's driveways. *I wrote my name smilies/wink.gif *

[the guy who be short]

You go to your friends house, pretend to be Gollum, hiss and scare him. Alot. He wouldn't sit near me for ages!

You see a book called Beastslayer. You miss the "B" and think: Easyslayer = Romendakil, it's a biology!

[ElenCala Isil]

hissing and pretending to be gollum is fun... fun fun! ^^
You know you're obsessed with LoTR when you have a Part III thread because you couldn't finish discussing all the ways you're obsessed in part I or part II (huzzah for Roman Numerals)

[Meela]

I covered my room in Tengwar script and spent hours recreating the White Tree of Gondor onto all my storage.

Not the most obsessive, but my room is a lot more Lotr-ish now.

[ August 19, 2003: Message edited by: Meela ]

[ElenCala Isil]

Hmm, I've marched around places singing My Favorite Things- the LoTR version smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Raindrops in Ent-beards
And whiskers on wizards
Bright Rings of Power
And boiled orc-gizzards
Black-mantled Nazgûl
Who’re owned by their Rings
These are a few of my favorite things.

Hobbits on ponies
And lembas with noodles
Gollum, and Gimli
And oodles and oodles
Of heated discussions
About Balrog wings.
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white armor
Who fight in the masses
Mad old Denethor
Who burns into ashes
Rohirrim warriors
That fight while they sing
These are a few of my favorite things

When the knife bites
When Shelob stings
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don’t feel so bad.

heh... *scurries back to dark corner where all is safe and fiddles with sword*

[Tinuviel of Denton]

ElenCala, I love it.

Yes, to whoever asked on the other thread, I did get a weird look when I told the server 'Namarie.'

Today was the first day of school, and I wrote many LotR things all over those 'getting to know the students' things that the teachers give out. I even did a little Tengwar.

[ August 19, 2003: Message edited by: Tinuviel of Denton ]

[Amarantha_Daisy]

Yes, to whoever asked on the other thread, I did get a weird look when I told the server 'Namarie.'

That was my question smilies/biggrin.gif Weird looks are fun!

I wrote in Tengwar with chalk...all over my friend's driveway... And scraped it into the wood in a little cabin thing, and scratched it in the dirt and... heh heh... The only thing I can write is my name though, so it got kinda boring. It's just "Daisy Daisy Daisy" everywhere. And that's not even my real name; it's my hobbit name. Oh well...

-You're obsessed when you've read the two other threads on this topic and still have things to say on the third... smilies/wink.gif

-When you tape a picture of the Eye of Sauron in the middle of your bullseye and practice your 'Elven' archery.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Aaahh, part three! smilies/biggrin.gif

-I tried the clear rubber bands on the ears thing a while ago. That hurt!

-I can type my entire elvish name faster and more accurately than my entire real name (and the elvish one is mush longer than the real one!).
smilies/smile.gif

[elfearz1]

Oh good! I have a million. Hopefully I'll remember them

you bring your elven cloak in for show and tell (yes, we still have show and tell)

Today was the first day of school, and I wrote many LotR things all over those 'getting to know the students' things that the teachers give out. omg!!! your stalking me, because when the thread closed I wrote those exact words on my arm. that's so scary. I swear it was those exact words.

you go by your elvish name (yay! I finally had the chance to do this)

today I was asking my choir teacher something and I meant to say "F" but I accidently said "elf" my friend is still making fun of me for it. smilies/biggrin.gif

you have a heart attack when this thread is closed for a while.

You see a book called Beastslayer. You miss the "B" and think: Easyslayer = Romendakil, it's a biology or you get Mallorn out of "Marina" and others that I forgot

*sigh* I forgot most of mine... smilies/frown.gif

[ August 19, 2003: Message edited by: elfearz1 ]

[the guy who be short]

You are not afraid to crawl around on all fours and hiss and roar for your Gollum impression.
Your friend says your Gollum impression is really good and realistic.
Said friend gets scared when you do your Gollum impression.
You tell everybody you meet about the Gollum-in-the-Simpsons. You even act out scenes for them.
You were giving directions but got distracted by a Two Towers DVD Poster (with Gollum!) and you ended up going the wrong way.

[The Elusive Spirit]

While driving around Germany you sit in the back of the car and recite lines from LOTR
to entertain your self. (My sister got annoyed really quickly and turned on her CD player.)

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

you have a heart attack when this thread is closed for a while.


Yep. I thought "They closed 'You know you're obssessed'? Why?!?!? They can't do that!"

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[Naz]

You know you're obsessed whewn you act out weird little LotR situations... in front of someone even (which I've done before-- I think I scared my friend).

[ElenCala Isil]

You know you're obsessed whewn you act out weird little LotR situations... in front of someone even

Heh, I do that all the time! even if it's just walking up to a unusually large rock and shouting "Crebain from Dunland" or something.. Though, the Gollum scenes have to be my favourite. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Elennar Starfire]

Weird looks are fun!

yay for weird looks!

In the library at my new school they have four TTT puzzles, all put together and stuck on the wall. I spent quite a while staring at them. Then I got very excited when I discovered that they have a copy of the lost tales. smilies/biggrin.gif *Elennar is very happy*

[Naz]

Once I acted out a tour to Mt. Doom... little kids, their moms, flying hobbits & Nazgul... Yes I am a completely crazy child. *WEG* Heehee...

[ElenCala Isil]

You are not afraid to crawl around on all fours and hiss and roar for your Gollum impression.
Your friend says your Gollum impression is really good and realistic.
Said friend gets scared when you do your Gollum impression.


bwahaha, that happened to me once.. I get weird looks from that though... so fun ^^

How about, you get really upset when someone points to Frodo and calls him "The Lord of The Rings" or in my case "El Señor de los Anillos" and thus end up giving them a lecture on the whole trilogy and the hobbit, add in a little silmarillion, point out that they should have read the books, explain nearly all you know about film production then give them a 20 page test on it...

They'll not be calling frodo "the lord of the rings" anytime soon now! bwahahahahaha smilies/evil.gif smilies/evil.gif smilies/evil.gif

[Amarantha_Daisy]

-You start using expressions such as "That was the best dinner this side of the Anduin!" and "Yeah, right! When Balrogs fly! smilies/rolleyes.gif "

-You enjoy weird looks and start collecting them *Offers hand to high-five Elennar*

[elfearz1]

"Yeah, right! When Balrogs fly! bahahaha! that's great! Mind if I start saying that? That's so creative. I wish I could think of saying something clever like that smilies/frown.gif.

...when...
the pictures on the front of your binder are the only things you have to keep you sane during class. smilies/confused.gif (I know this is the confused face but I use it as ultra-sad hehe)

[Maikadurwen]

this morning after being torn away from the barrow downs i was saying someones signature the one about *the one by one penguins are stealing my sanity one* to my mom and she says your just getting weirder and weirder every day and i told her thank you.

back on topic when you take getting weired as a compliment smilies/biggrin.gif

[ElenCala Isil]

AHHH! Mippin's Poem!!!! well, it's a bit different, but still...

I say Holy Eru all the time, but I like the Yeah right! When Balrogs fly! one a lot.

[Amarantha_Daisy]

bahahaha! that's great! Mind if I start saying that?
I like the Yeah right! When Balrogs fly! one a lot.

Why thank you! smilies/biggrin.gif Sure, Elfearz, you can use it. We should all start using little Tolkien phrases in everyday life. That way we can recognize each other smilies/wink.gif

I say "Ai! Eru" a lot, too...

-- When you name your M&Ms after different characters before eating them. *Sauron is red, Aragorn is brown, Sam is yellow...*

[Duncariel]

It's back! It's back! *does little victory dance* I came back from a long absence (two weeks, and I still haven't gotten over it) and my very fav thread was closed! The Horror! A heinous act that should not go unpunished... smilies/evil.gif

When you just about cried when your computer got a virus and you couldn't do anything online anymore. But I have found a way....

I love the when Balrog's fly line! And I say things like by Eru, and A Elbereth all the time, as well.

[Sapphire_Flame]

Yay, it's back!!! smilies/biggrin.gif

Amarantha, I love the "when Balrogs fly" line! Double kewl!!
-I can type my entire elvish name faster and more accurately than my entire real name (and the elvish one is much longer than the real one!)
Me too! Right on!! smilies/biggrin.gif

Let's see...

You're obsessed when you run around the house laughing like a maniac whenever there's an update at LotR.net. *I've done this twice in two days; I think I'm starting to worry my parents...*

When you're redecorating your room to look like Mirkwood. Or Rivendell or the Shire or..... smilies/wink.gif

I actually wanted to give my room a Mordor-ish theme, but my mom wouldn't let me. Something about black being hard to paint over. Then I tried for Minas Morgul, but she wouldn't let me use glow-in-the-dark paint either. At least I get spiderweb curtains because I'm doing Mirkwood!!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Amarantha_Daisy]

When you're redecorating your room to look like Mirkwood. Or Rivendell or the Shire or.....

Sapphire, that's so cool! I wanted my room to be Rivendell, but my mom wouldn't let me... We just painted it a few years ago with glow-in-the-dark stars to look like the sky, but... I want Rivendell now... I have constant mood swings with these things smilies/wink.gif

I'm flattered so many people liked my line... *blush* Thanks guys! smilies/smile.gif

-When you introduce yourself to your mom's quilting guild dressed in full hobbit attire, carrying a bow and arrow and wearing a cloak... *They even said I looked like a hobbit!*

-When you're *already* making plans for what you're going to do on December 17th...

-When you call cookies "lembas" and call drinks "ent-draught" and your parents still know what you're talking about

[Tinuviel of Denton]

In the library at my new school they have four TTT puzzles, all put together and stuck on the wall. I spent quite a while staring at them. Then I got very excited when I discovered that they have a copy of the lost tales.

ARRRRRGH!!! That's not fair!!! *Tinuviel is very jealous*

When you are asked what your favorite character in a book was and you say Luthien. The thing was, this was in French class, so I had to attempt to explain her story in that language. Not so easy to do.

When you write fan-fiction in your physics class. And still get the notes.

When you can multitask between writing LotR fan-fiction and schoolwork without skipping a beat.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Yeah right! When Balrogs fly!

Yay! I'm going to start saying that too! My new saying of the day! Thankyou, Amarantha!

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

So, Tinuviel, you just decided to slip in right before me, did you? smilies/wink.gif

When you are asked what your favorite character in a book was and you say Luthien. The thing was, this was in French class, so I had to attempt to explain her story in that language. Not so easy to do.

When you write fan-fiction in your physics class. And still get the notes.

When you can multitask between writing LotR fan-fiction and schoolwork without skipping a beat.


Hurrah for multi-taskers! Yes, I never seem to have had too much trouble doing other things during science classes. And explaining about Luthien can sometimes be quite difficult.

-I'm sure I've said this before, but I'll say it again: When you go to a sleepover and tell your mildly obssessed friends the Tale of Tinuviel throughout the day and night (it takes a long time to tell!)

-When you notice, to your utter joy, that there is an LOTR bookmark on the wall of your English class. One day when you are lingering there after school, you ask your teacher why it is taped to the wall revealing the orc side, instead of the side with Boromir on it (perhaps you all know of what I speak). You then obtain permission to switch it, and sit through your English class smiling because there's a Boromir on the wall. smilies/biggrin.gif

-When your school library gets the TTT bookmarks, you stealthily grab one of each when the librarian isn't looking.

[elfearz1]

-When your school library gets the TTT bookmarks, you stealthily grab one of each when the librarian isn't looking. aww smilies/frown.gif the only one my school had was the aragorn/arwen fotr one. smilies/frown.gif


When you are in your bathroom and you see a spider and say "Oh! Oh! Excuse me? You stupid spawn of Shelob, what made you think you could take up occupancy on my body wash?" hehe

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[Telquellewen Greenleaf]

Top Ten ways you know you're obsessed with LOtR (just copied and pasted these jokes from a site, in which for me- some are manifested.)

10.You like to role-play scenes from the trilogy. Even in the supermarket..
9. Your ideal date has pointed ears and is six feet tall. And old..
8. You have spent all your savings on Middle-Earth merchandise.
7. You once looked up in the sky and thought you saw a Nazgul fly by.
6. You wonder what Gandalf would have done, when making all your decisions.
5. You think your short neighbour is a hobbit and therefor adore him.
4. Your dog is named Huan, your horse Shadowfax and your first baby Elanor.
3. Your doormat says, "pedo minno a mellon".
2. You can quote almost anything from the book and movies, by heart.
1. You are actually reading all this...
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[Mariska Greenleaf]

Well, some of these work for me too.
I'm experiencing lately that most of the things that proove that I'm obsessed have become so natural to me, that I consider them perfectly normal...
Some of these are:
-quoting all the time. And I do mean: all the time, it drives the people around me extremely crazy.
-Seeing ME and Tolkien-related stuff everywhere, even if it is not there smilies/rolleyes.gif
-confusing reality and fiction, now this gets me in real trouble lately, although, and it has been mentioned before, getting weird looks is so cool.
smilies/biggrin.gif

You must consider the fact that I have come to an age that people consider me an adult smilies/rolleyes.gif
Oh well, al least I'm having fun smilies/biggrin.gif

[Neferchoirwen]

among other things (and porbably expressed in here as well...), my c-sounds turn into k like, "/s/elebrate" turns into "/k/elebrate".

also...i tend to talk like Sam, if you get my meaning (if you get my meaning...)

[ August 22, 2003: Message edited by: Neferchoirwen ]

[Måns]

You sit in school reading about and thinking up signs that you ar obsessed with LotR is not a bad sign either.

Nor is constant reciting of Tolkien whenever seen fit (or not) in front of family emmbers who are expressedly opposed to this behaviour.

To feel a realistic urge to rush into PJ's office sometimes and beat him, tie him up and carry him home to "the holes in Michel's delving".

Every time you see a spider, you start stomping frenetically yelling DIE SHELOB DIE!

(All of them are true for me)

[Naz]

You know you're obsessed when you try to rewrite "All Star"... Hey now, you're a Maia, get your game on, go play/Hey now, you're a Vala, get the show on, go play/And all that is gold does not glitter... ^ ^;;;

I talk like Sam too! I even write "if you take my meaning" on school papers sometimes- when I don't think I'm making much sense. ^ ^;;

[Meela]

A lot of my posts on this forum, where I don't think I've explained myself that well, end in "if you take my meaning".

I haven't used any balrog references, but I say I eat like a hobbit instead of eat like a horse.

Yesterday I used up a load of ink printing out a *gigantic* picture of Denethor smilies/biggrin.gif I was so pleased with myself. It had never occurred to me before to rotate pictures sideways so I could make them bigger.

I saw another ent in the garden. And I keep seeing the Valar everywhere. Manwe is always peering at me from the sky.

I think Tom Bombadil lives just across the river from me.

Now I'm starting to scare myself.

I have two spiders in my room. I evicted Faramir and Eowyn, because they scared me, but Aragorn and Arwen are safely installed behind the wardrobe. Although I think Arwen may have eaten Aragorn.

[Sapphire_Flame]

Although I think Arwen may have eaten Aragorn.
*snork*
Hey now, you're a Maia, get your game on, go play/Hey now, you're a Vala, get the show on, go play/And all that is gold does not glitter...
Nice one, Naz! smilies/biggrin.gif

Also, to agree with everyone else here, yes, weird looks are *so* cool. smilies/wink.gif

A few weeks ago, I went in to get my Senior pictures taken (you know what I'm talking about, right?) And instead of bringing in school memorabilia (sp?), I brought my Fellowship cloak, and Sting, and Narsil... going for the hobbit look and everything... The place even had a background that looked like the front of a building in Bree! smilies/biggrin.gif It was fun, because everyone loved my swords, and the photographer even used a smokemachine for the pics. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

I got the proofs back last week. So cool, and then when I showed my little cousin, who is seven, he said that I looked like Frodo. smilies/smile.gif Fun fun! My little cousins are so cool! ^^

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Naz]

You know you're obsessed when you try to cross over LotR with something else... (Dragon Knights!! :P bwahahahahaha...)

And thanks Sapphire_Flame ^ ^;;

[Meneltarmacil]

You know you're obsessed when you try to cross over LotR with something else...
I do that all the time!

[Goldberry]

my c-sounds turn into k like, "/s/elebrate" turns into "/k/elebrate".

Same here!

I didn't read the other two threads about this, so I hope these aren't repeats. You know you're obsessed when, in math class when it starts to get boring, you decide to watch the LotR movie in your head - complete with music.

I say "thank the Valar." That generates some strange questions from my non-obsessed friends, which means I get to explain to them! smilies/biggrin.gif

I also agree with the weird looks being cool thing. I am always proud when I get them! smilies/tongue.gif

[Amarantha_Daisy]

A few weeks ago, I went in to get my Senior pictures taken (you know what I'm talking about, right?) And instead of bringing in school memorabilia (sp?), I brought my Fellowship cloak, and Sting, and Narsil... going for the hobbit look and everything...

Cool! smilies/biggrin.gif I want to dress up as an Elf for the prom. It's coming up this year... Usually I'm a hobbit person, but I think I'll be an elf for a change. The whole hobbit no shoes thing would be a little awkward...

That generates some strange questions from my non-obsessed friends, which means I get to explain to them!

Woo! I love explaining things to people. It makes me feel smart... smilies/tongue.gif Then I go to the quiz section of the Downs and that smart feeling washes away...

-When the hardest decision you've had to make all year was "Should I buy the action figure or the poster?"

-When you can relate LotR to any movie. *I related it to Daredevil three times! Beat that! smilies/tongue.gif*

I had another, but I forgot it...

[Sapphire_Flame]

I say "thank the Valar."
Me too. Only I say it in Sindarin: "hannon in Velain". Trust me, you get stranger questions/looks with that! smilies/biggrin.gif
The whole hobbit no shoes thing would be a little awkward...
Why? I've done it before... smilies/wink.gif
You know you're obsessed when you try to cross over LotR with something else... (Dragon Knights!! :P bwahahahahaha...)
Heehee! smilies/biggrin.gif I've actually done that (kinda) by drawing scenes from the Stupid Ring Parody (http://www.stupidring.com) in Dragon Knights style. Pretty fun. The best crossover I've done though is my story on Fanfiction.net; it's a cross between LotR and Firestarter (by Stephen King...). Click on the link in my siggie to get to it!

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[the guy who be short]

When you are bored so you find some toy animals and act out the first scene (prologue) of LotR.
Sauron was a gorilla, Galadriel and Elrond elephants, Isildur and Elendil Horses, and lions were orcs. And that's the short version. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

also...i tend to talk like Sam, if you get my meaning (if you get my meaning...)

I love doing that, if you follow me. But when people make fun of you, then it's hard, cruel hard. smilies/biggrin.gif

Now I'm starting to scare myself.


Don't we all....

Then I go to the quiz section of the Downs and that smart feeling washes away...


You can say that again.... smilies/rolleyes.gif

-I love to make little obscure LOTR jokes that even someone who's obssessed might take a while to understand. Then I explain them to my mom... smilies/biggrin.gif I still think they're funny, but not many other people do... What are people coming to these days?

-When you decide that your list of imaginary friends is not complete without LOTR characters, so you add Merry, Pippin, Gollum, Frodo, and Sam. smilies/biggrin.gif Hobbits galore!

-When you randomly decide to write a comic book, and by the second page you have already added hobbits to the mix of characters... (it's cool!)

-When you come to this thread every day that your on the Barrow-Downs, just to get updates. smilies/smile.gif

-We know we're already obssessed because we've started to develop our own culture. You know, "kelebrate", elvish phrases, furthuring our obssession, trying to get weird looks, the like. Someday we should form our own country....

[Amarantha_Daisy]

Someday we should form our own country....

Ohhhh... That would be so perfect. We do have a culture, don't we? Heh heh heh...

-When you (for once) don't dream about LotR and are convinced they're something wrong with you.

-When you count orcs to fall asleep...

[elfearz1]

Someday we should form our own country.... oooh good idea!
When you count orcs to fall asleep... hahaha! That's a good idea, only it might give me nightmares smilies/tongue.gif

When you are in class and your friends says "save something something" (I forgot what she said it was irrelevent, though) and you yell out "save the forests, hug an ent!" and no one gives you wierd looks (darn)

When you are bored in class so you take out your high-tech calculator and type "wave kings at boromir the disco squid" on it and when someone asks you say "it's an inside joke" (hey, I talk to you guys more then my real friends anyway smilies/rolleyes.gif )

When you get all excited because you thought of more stuff to add to this thread smilies/smile.gif

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

hey, I talk to you guys more then my real friends anyway

I'm getting to be that way, too. One must wonder which group of friends is more "real". Is it the Downies because we share more interests, or the people that we see face-to-face, simply because we interact with them personally? I seem to regard some of the Downers as my friends, even though I don't really know them personally. I wonder if this is wrong? (Don't you wish there was a thoughtful graemlin?)

When you get all excited because you thought of more stuff to add to this thread

I admit it. I've done it.

-When you think it's a wonderful thing that we are currently on version three of this thread (let's hope it never dies!)

[Meela]

I'm getting to be that way, too. One must wonder which group of friends is more "real".

I had a right go at my mother for calling you all... well, not real. I count you as friends more than I would the people I have to put up with outside of the internet.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I count you as friends more than I would the people I have to put up with outside of the internet.


Why, thankyou, Meela, that's very sweet of you. smilies/biggrin.gif "Put up with"... yes, I feel that way, sometimes. But some of us might wonder if the rest of the 'Downers return our feelings of camaraderie, or if they simply regard the Downs as a hobby of sorts.

[Elennar Starfire]

-You enjoy weird looks and start collecting them *Offers hand to high-five Elennar*
*High-fives Amarantha_Daisy and all other weird look lovers* I got a double take once... smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/tongue.gif


When you're redecorating your room to look like Mirkwood. Or Rivendell or the Shire or.....

I want to do that!

Someday we should form our own country....
Yes, we should. I'll come!

When you are bored in class so you take out your high-tech calculator and type "wave kings at boromir the disco squid" on it and when someone asks you say "it's an inside joke"
Yay! my siggy! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Goldberry]

When I got bored in class, I always got out pretty coloured pens and wrote, "Spook the spook of spookish spookdom to spook the spooked spookers." That was Rynoah the Overly Happy's siggy. I thought that was one of the coolest signatures (although I never fully understood it...hehe.) I haven't seen Rynoah here in a while, though! smilies/confused.gif

[ August 24, 2003: Message edited by: Goldberry ]

[elfearz1]

Yay! my siggy! yep, that's where I got it from smilies/smile.gif

when you are upset the first place you come is the downs... (that should go on the downs thread too smilies/tongue.gif )

[elfearz1]

you know your addicted to this thread when...
you save your 100th post for it! yay! *dances* (for some of you, this may not seem like a lot, but I am excited)

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Spook the spook of spookish spookdom to spook the spooked spookers.

I love that! I used to go around school saying that to people! smilies/biggrin.gif I think Rynoah got a new account (I'm not sure why). Somebody can fill in if they have more info, but I know her new screen name is long and starts with a W.

you know your addicted to this thread when...
you save your 100th post for it! yay!

Now that's a very good thing to do, and something that I can't do. smilies/biggrin.gif I just noticed that I'm finally a Ghost Prince! Yay! Everybody party! smilies/biggrin.gif

I keep coming up with new things to post here, but somehow I forget them all. For this reason I only have one today:

-When you are dreaming about something non-LOTR related, and all of a sudden your brain inserts some random wild LOTR thing into the dream. That is weird! Even my sub-concious is obssessed and likes to play tricks on me! Aaaaah!

And we know we're obssessed with this thread when we come to it every day, and because we're onto version three. May this thread never die!

[Maikadurwen]

when you have taken to of the most harry potter obssesed people you know and turned them to lotr and one has a computer and is on the downs when she can her name is lotr_girl the other doesnt have the internet smilies/frown.gif

[Maikadurwen]

my teacher told me to copy a poem out of your favorite book so naturally......

[Orominuialwen]

When you get lonely because you had to go 2 weeks without the Downs while on vacation. When you name your tree house Belegost and frequently battle massive orc hoards there with your brother. When you name all your weapons (even though they're only long sticks... smilies/frown.gif ) Does anyone know where I can read the end of the part II thread? It ended while I was gone, so I didn't get to read all of it.

[Cinderella]

When you try and talk your mother into buying you a miniature pony (At $1,500 mind you, and I'm clearly not rich!) so you can name it Shadowfax...or Hasufel...or Arod, Asfaloth isn't bad either.... I think I'm gonna need a lot of horses...

[The Elusive Spirit]

I do the same thing Luthien! I tell my Mom jokes and she just looks at me. Looks are fun.My sister gives me some good ones.

Back on topic. I was in Germany recently and my sister and I spent half of our time
shopping for the Horn of Gondor for my friend. We finally gave it to her today. She kept blowing it all day! We had to watch FOTR just to see Boromir so she could use it. Fun!

[Finwe]

During my Spanish class today, my teacher was doing division of syllables, and he put up the word "lagrima" which means "tear" (I think). I took one look at it, and started cracking up. "La Grima" would mean "The Grima," and not only that, "The (implied female) Grima." I got weird looks from everyone, and had to explain it.

When you go to Mexico just to buy a sword that you name Soronnaro because it has the coolest eagle heads on its pommel.

[elfearz1]

May this thread never die! here, here!


when you get mad at someone and they watch fotr with you to make it up to you. smilies/smile.gif

when your mom starts talking to Frodo on screen and saying things like "come on frodo, be a man...er.. well, atleast a hobbit!"

[ August 25, 2003: Message edited by: elfearz1 ]

[Tinuviel of Denton]

I think Rynoah got a new account (I'm not sure why). Somebody can fill in if they have more info, but I know her new screen name is long and starts with a W.


Woulvarynomir.

This should really go on the other thread, but...

When you know things like that.

And for something that really goes on this thread:

When you plan to dress as much like an elf as you can when you go to your senior panoramic picture (which is the day after tomorrow, by the way.)

When you write 'Tinuviel' as your nickname on all of those stupid audition forms.

[the guy who be short]

I just noticed that I'm finally a Ghost Prince! Yay! Everybody party!
Let's have a joint party!

When you act like Gollum... and here's the scary bit... WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN AND NOBODY IS WATCHING.
I too scare myself.

[elfearz1]

you get excited when the guy you like asks you questions about lotr.

you spend your class time writing ideas for this thread...on your hand and arms

you type on your calculater: in elvish, all the dialogue from the rotk trailor and people's siggies.

you are late to class because you had to do your hair elvish-ish today, because TTT comes out on DVD/VHS

your friend (who doesn't even like lotr) notices your hair and tells you, you look very elvish today... you take that as a great compliment.

I was cleaning up backstage in my schools theatre and my friend came up and handed me a gold ring on a silver chain and said "I found this and it reminds me of you", I was so happy, It was one of my many different one ring necklaces and I must have left it in theatre when changing into a costume last year smilies/biggrin.gif

your food goes cold because you had so many things to write on this thread and you had to do it before anything else

(side note: this girl in my class had arwens pendant!! so cool)

anyway...
you get upset because someone emailed you saying that the link to the BD on your website is broken, and you have to go to school so you can't do anything about it *sniff*

[ August 26, 2003: Message edited by: elfearz1 ]

[Elennar Starfire]

When you get mad at your mom for tearing Frodo's face in half while clipping coupons, (she didn't even want those particular ones! smilies/mad.gif ) Then you search through the recycling for the other piece of the picture, tape it back together, and stick it on your wall.

I had more, but I forgot them. smilies/frown.gif

[Galenfea of Mirkwood.]

You and your cousin want to make a 'fan commentry' for your FotR EE

You flip when someone refers to Mellyrn as Mallorns, and start telling the world about Sindarin plurals

You greet your friends with 'Na vedui, mellon nin! Mae govannen!'

[Goldberry]

During my Spanish class today, my teacher was doing division of syllables, and he put up the word "lagrima" which means "tear" (I think). I took one look at it, and started cracking up. "La Grima" would mean "The Grima," and not only that, "The (implied female) Grima." I got weird looks from everyone, and had to explain it.

Haha! That's great smilies/biggrin.gif

When you name all your weapons (even though they're only long sticks... )

Me too. I named a flyswatter Glamdring once and swatted my brother with it. smilies/smile.gif

When you walk around the grocery store, barefoot, with shoes in hand, singing "The road goes ever on and on" on your pursuit of hobbit-ness.

[elfearz1]

when you sit around for hours just staring at your new TTT DVD (*sigh* I wish, I haven't even had time to watch it yet. I shouldn't even be on here, but I had to have a break from my busy schedule or I'd go insane)

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Does anyone know where I can read the end of the part II thread?

You can read the rest of it here (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=17&t=000682).

During my Spanish class today, my teacher was doing division of syllables, and he put up the word "lagrima" which means "tear" (I think). I took one look at it, and started cracking up. "La Grima" would mean "The Grima," and not only that, "The (implied female) Grima." I got weird looks from everyone, and had to explain it.

smilies/biggrin.gif

When you act like Gollum... and here's the scary bit... WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN AND NOBODY IS WATCHING.
I too scare myself.


I do most of this stuff when I'm on my own (the acting out Gollum things, that is).

Let's have a joint party!

Sure thing, Master Dwarf! Joint party it is! I'll bring the miruvor! smilies/biggrin.gif

You and your cousin want to make a 'fan commentry' for your FotR EE

That would be so much fun!

You flip when someone refers to Mellyrn as Mallorns, and start telling the world about Sindarin plurals


I don't like it when people do that, either!

Now for some updates of my own:

-When you take a fork out of the drawer, balance it on your finger, look down it's line, whip it around in the air until it makes a swishing noise, look at it thoughtfully, and say, "This is a good fork". (Then I acted it out twice more for my mom). smilies/biggrin.gif

-When you feel like you should be doing obssessive things so that you will have something to post.

-When you do obssessive things for the sole purpose of posting them.

-When you assemble an entire hobbit outfit, consisting of a white shirt with buttons, a green "ornamental waistcoat" (or the closest you can come to that, which is a green vest), and short, baggy brown pants. I asked my mom what I looked like and her first reply was a hobbit. So I guess I suceeded in making a good costume. smilies/biggrin.gif

I think I used this smiley smilies/biggrin.gif way too much this most. So now for something a little different: smilies/smile.gif

[the guy who be short]

Sure thing, Master Dwarf! Joint party it is! I'll bring the miruvor!
Bah! Miruvor! What we need is some nice strong ale, lass! So, where's the party? Doriath, Ossiriand, Gabilgathol or Tumunzahar, which you in your tongue call Belegost and Nogrod? Aye, I know, all four now lie beneath the sea... We could have an underwater theme. Is Beren coming?

-When you feel like you should be doing obssessive things so that you will have something to post.

-When you do obssessive things for the sole purpose of posting them.

Too wit, too whoo. Too true, too true.


When you know the dwarvish names for Nogrod and Belegost by heart.

When you go outside to observe Mars and end up spending more time gazing at, murmuring about and praising the Valacirca.

When you call it the Valacirca.

When you show your dad the Valacirca and explain it's importance to him.

When you have never ever star-gazed before all this.

[Mariska Greenleaf]

when you sit around for hours just staring at your new TTT DVD

*sigh* I must admit, I just bought the DVD half an hour ago, and I still have to work 5 hours before I can go home and watch it.
I've been just staring at it ever since.. smilies/frown.gif

Still staring, not working, one more hour smilies/rolleyes.gif

[ August 28, 2003: Message edited by: Mariska Greenleaf ]

[Elennar Starfire]

When you go to a star party, look at the ring nebula through a telescope, and hiss:
My preciousssss....

[Sapphire_Flame]

Geez, I'm gone for four days and look what happens... o.O
You and your cousin want to make a 'fan commentry' for your FotR EE
Right on! smilies/biggrin.gif
"This is a good fork"
*snork*
Let's have a joint party!
Cool. I'll bring the man-flesh. smilies/evil.gif

You're obsessed when you can make every single assignment in creative writing about LotR.

You're obsessed when, even though you've only been back to school for four days, your teachers already know you as "the LotR girl". smilies/biggrin.gif

When you nearly have heart failure when you see the previews for the Towers EV and RotK on the Towers DVD. *hyper hyper*

There's a store at the mall by my house called Knight's Legend. It has tons of LotR stuff, and when I went up there the other day (standard practice when I go to the mall), they had life size cardboard standups of the entire Fellowship, plus Gollum (and Smeagol). They had toy Ringwraith swords, figurines, all sorts of stuff. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif It was so cool!

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[ElenCala Isil]

You know you're obsessed with lotr, if you find your long lost sibling here.

Weird looks are awesome...

You take a really long test and write an essay just to see if you can moderate a section of one of the lotr forums you've signed up with smilies/rolleyes.gif

[elfearz1]

your mom starts calling trees ents. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Daewen]

During a tennis match, you bless your racket on your head like Aragorn did with in sword in FOTR before fighting all those Uruks.

You truly begin to fear Meela with fire

You try to get your best friend (who you call Frodo) to join the downs just so you can say Do the wave for Boromir the disco king, and Wave kings at Boromir the disco squid, together and no one will know what you're saying.

When a preppy girl at your school gets a manicure, you come up to her and ask if Saruman did it for her since it looks so pretty

When your little sister goes on a pony ride at the State Fair, you say to her, "Rider of Rohan! What news from the Mark!"

You constantly yell at your brother not to look in his magic 8 ball because palantirs are dangerous and shouldn't be meddled with.

You call this brother Pippin, and you call his best friend who is over so much he has become a surrogate brother to you, Merry

You watch Spongebob in hopes that one day, Squidward will admit that his seceret identity is Boromir the disco Squid.

[ August 29, 2003: Message edited by: Daewen ]

[Meela]

You truly begin to fear Meela with fire

Yes, fear me. Right now I am actually playing with a lighter.


Oh, and just for the record, I've gone off Denethor temporarily, and am now torn between Boromir and Isildur.

[ August 29, 2003: Message edited by: Meela ]

[Sapphire_Flame]

You're off Denethor?!?!? smilies/eek.gif smilies/eek.gif I think the world is coming to an end...

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Feared Half-Elf]

You give any prat daring to call Legolas, Legoland, an hour-long lecture about the differences between the two.

(Sorry I haven't been around for ages, my mum banned me from the computer!)

[Rilwen Gamgee]

your mom starts calling trees ents.

smilies/biggrin.gif My mom requested that I make her a "SAVE THE ENTS!!!" t-shirt for her.

~ You wake up at 8:00 a.m. so you can get to the store by 9:15 to buy your LotR:TTT DVD.

~ The cover of your binder consists mainly of LotR pictures.

When you act like Gollum... and here's the scary bit... WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN AND NOBODY IS WATCHING.
I too scare myself.

I have to sometimes force myself NOT to act like Gollum.

You give any prat daring to call Legolas, Legoland, an hour-long lecture about the differences between the two.

How dare they! smilies/mad.gif

[ August 29, 2003: Message edited by: Rilwen Gamgee ]

[Orominuialwen]

You tell your brother that if he annoys you too much, you'll go into his room in the middle of the night and talk like gollum right into his ear to freak him out.

Your mom has a pair a silver leaf earrings that look incredibly elvish, so you borrow them constantly.

Also there's this place nead me that makes SWORDS smilies/biggrin.gif and my mom was going to take my brother and me there yesterday, but it was too hot, so we went swimming instead smilies/frown.gif .

[Meela]

You're off Denethor?!?!? I think the world is coming to an end...

It's okay, I put up a new picture of him and I fell in love all over again. The Age of Denethor is not ended yet!

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Sure thing, Master Dwarf! Joint party it is! I'll bring the miruvor!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Bah! Miruvor! What we need is some nice strong ale, lass! So, where's the party? Doriath, Ossiriand, Gabilgathol or Tumunzahar, which you in your tongue call Belegost and Nogrod? Aye, I know, all four now lie beneath the sea... We could have an underwater theme. Is Beren coming?

Underwater theme it is! Why don't we meet in Ossiriand, perhaps at the Sarn Athrad, and then journey to Belegost and hold our party there? I am quite interested in seeing one of the mighty realms of the dwarves, for in all of my years upon this Middle-earth I have not yet had the privilege of surveying a dwarven hall (as long as it's all right with you, of course). As to the ale, I was going to suggest that, but one figures, leave the ale to a dwarf or a hobbit, and bring to a party something that the elves can supply (see message icon smilies/wink.gif ). And yes, Beren would like to come, if that's all right. I'm not sure what he could bring, though.

You're obsessed when you can make every single assignment in creative writing about LotR.

To expand on that: You are given a creative writing assignment that is supposed to a sort of fantasy-type thing, and you are required to use certain characters. The title you must use is The Lord of the Things (all of this is true, it is an actual assignment I had about a year and a half ago!). One of your characters immediately becomes an elf, and the evil guy makes people sick with his LIsterine Breath and doesn't like getting stabbed in the leg. smilies/tongue.gif

You know you're obsessed with lotr, if you find your long lost sibling here.

Did you really, or was that made up?

Oh, and just for the record, I've gone off Denethor temporarily, and am now torn between Boromir and Isildur.


smilies/eek.gif Did I just read what I think I read? Oh well. If I remember correctly, it has crossed my mind that Meela would like Boromir some day. It just seems quite probable, and now it has happened! Meela, what is it with you and people of Numenorean descent? smilies/rolleyes.gif

Now for my contribution to our ever-growing list:

-You constantly feel as if you should further your obssession, even though you're obssessed enough as it is.

-You are taken into a jewelry store at the mall against your will. You try to make the most of it by searching for anything that looks like a Ring of Power (I was looking for the Elven Rings, in particular, but I didn't find any smilies/frown.gif ).

-You are also taken to Eyemasters and you sit there looking at those advertisements for color contacts that say things like "Lisa enhanced her blue eyes with our Pacific Blue contacts, blah blah blah". You notice that one of the models was named Estel. (I thought that was cool!)

-I think I'm drawing my mom into my obssession. I don't know. But she knew what I was talking about when I told her about the picture of the girl named Estel wearing brown contacts, and she seems to understand a lot of the other things I do, too. So that would definately be a sign of obssession: I'm drawing others into my obssessive vortex. Go me!

(I'm amazed you guys even read my posts. They always turn out to be so long!)

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

So I come back to this thread and see that two of you slipped in before me! How dare you? No, it's okay, really. smilies/tongue.gif

It's okay, I put up a new picture of him and I fell in love all over again. The Age of Denethor is not ended yet!


Ah, phew. You had me scared for a second.

I forgot another one: YOu spend the night at a friend's house. She seems to be asleep, but you can't tell, so you whisper "fissssshhhh....." in her ear.

[Sapphire_Flame]

You spend the night at a friend's house. She seems to be asleep, but you can't tell, so you whisper "fissssshhhh....." in her ear.
*snork* I'm doing that the next time my friend stays over...

When you stay up until unnatural hours watching all the goodies on the Towers DVD.

When you keep your family up until unnatural hours watching all the goodies on the Towers DVD.

When you read through this post looking for ideas for your next obsessive act.

When, by the second day of class, all your teachers already know you as "the LotR girl".

When you put your elven name on your assignments instead of your real name.

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Daewen]

You look at your seven year old sisters yellow golashes and immedietly think she stole Tom's boots.

You think that Sherlock Holmes must be a very tall hobbit since he smokes so much pipe weed.

When your father explains that Sherlock Holmes smokes tobacco, and not pipe weed, you say 'what's tobacco, precious? no tobacco is not real no precious it's not. tricksy author makes us think it is, but we knows he lies!' *gollum* *gollum*

To persuade you to come do something, your friends say 'we can watch lord of the rings if you...'

You've begun to wonder why a man will give his fiancee an evil ring as a token of his love.

You nearly wrote 'tolkien of his love' rather that tokien.

[GreyWolf]

-you find it very funny when you type in .ent instead of .net

[Galenfea of Mirkwood.]

Your teacher once told you that if your next homework had any Elvish on it at all she would write to your parents

You yell 'Noro lim' at your horse when you want him to gallop

You plan to go to the Pony clup christmas fancy dress parade as either a ringwraith or Eowyn

Youjust wrote 'palan' instead of 'plan'

[Orominuialwen]

You have salmon for lunch and you start going "fissssssh" to your brother.
You get very excited when you meet another Tolkien-obsessed person at summer camp who agrees with you about everything and is also a BDer (but I forgot to ask her what her name is here *vows to e-mail said friend*).
Even your LotR-obsessed brother tells you to get off the downs so he can go to the Lego website.
You have to work at the Brat Fest (brat as in bratwurst- it's a kind of sausage, for all you non-Wisconsinites) and it strikes you as something a hobbit would enjoy very much. By the way, where I live is home to the world's largest Brat Fest smilies/biggrin.gif (yes there is more than one)

School starts in 2 days, so that means I won't have as much time for the Downs smilies/frown.gif .

[Rilwen Gamgee]

-You are taken into a jewelry store at the mall against your will. You try to make the most of it by searching for anything that looks like a Ring of Power (I was looking for the Elven Rings, in particular, but I didn't find any).

YAY! *high five* smilies/biggrin.gif

~ You write "Frodo Lives!" (almost)everywhere.

~ You plan on using your LotR student planner for school instead of the regular one.

~ You yell "Noro lim!" to you bike (I think it worked, too! smilies/smile.gif ).

[Amarantha_Daisy]

You have to work at the Brat Fest (brat as in bratwurst- it's a kind of sausage, for all you non-Wisconsinites) and it strikes you as something a hobbit would enjoy very much. By the way, where I live is home to the world's largest Brat Fest (yes there is more than one)

Heh heh heh... Brat Fest? That makes me smile... We don't have such things here on the east coast. We do have Strawberry Festivals, though...

-You plan to wear your Frodo t-shirt to school the first day to "make a good first impression" *Gotta be known as "the LotR freak!"*

-You get your mom to sing the hobbit drinking song with you in a parking lot smilies/wink.gif

-You are now officially, according to your sister, "The LotR geek, The LotR dork, and The LotR nerd. *I'm hoping to get more soon!*

Edit: 111 posts! It's my eleventy-first post! *happiness*

[ August 31, 2003: Message edited by: Amarantha_Daisy ]

[Orominuialwen]

When you see the movie X-Men, you cry out "Nooo! They can't make Gandalf evil!

On the same note, when you see the tv show Mystery (which has the same guy who plays Merry in it- I've forgotten his name, I think it's Dominick something *scolds self for forgetting*) you forget that his name on the show is Jeffry and that his girlfriend's name is Janet and always call them Merry and Estella instead. Wow, that was a long sentence! smilies/wink.gif

[Meela]

Dominic Monaghan

[Forest Walker]

(this has probably been mentioned before, but i don't have that much time left 2 go online, so i can't read the whole thread)

you know you're obsessed when you connect every song you hear to lotr in some way.

*and I'd give up forever to touch you.....* smilies/biggrin.gif

[Orominuialwen]

Hey Forest Walker, there is a thread about how the Beatles' songs connect to LotR- check it out here (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=17&t=000742). If anyone's interested, please visit this thread, because noone but me has posted on it for a while and I want to save it!!!

[Turambar]

http://www.ozbricks.net/bricktales/lotr/lotrstory/book1/chapter112/lotr112-02.jpg

The Flight to the Ford.

From LotR - the "Brick Tales" version. (http://www.ozbricks.net/bricktales/lotr/lotrstory/lotrstory00-00.html)

smilies/smile.gif

[One Axe to Rule them All]

You should see my lego fellowship...

You know you're obsessed wit LOTR when you ask your wife/husband if you can have permission to inscribe the words from the one ring on your wedding ring. (or worse if you don't ask at all...)

[Sapphire_Flame]

Turambar, that's freakin' awesome! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Goldberry]

Yeah, very cool Turambar! smilies/smile.gif

You know you're obsessed with LotR when you are already planning your movie marathon party for once RotK extended edition comes out on DVD.

Oh yes, also: When you tell your friends that you are saving up money to spend about $100 dollars on a necklace, but don't specify what type, and they all just gape at you. And then one of them says, "Oh, it must be something from LotR." And you just grin sheepishly... smilies/rolleyes.gif (It's Arwen's pendant, by the way.)

[ September 02, 2003: Message edited by: Goldberry ]

[elfearz1]

They make Lotr Lego's? I've never seen them smilies/frown.gif

[Elennar Starfire]

When you go to a mountain man rendezvous (Fort Bridger, in case anyone cares) and buy everything you can find (that I could afford)that looks even slightly elvish.(celtic knot earrings and a necklace)

You call the dirks that your friend's dad has "hobbit swords," because they have a little knife, and a little fork, for eating.

When you make yourself moccasins and get extremely excited when your friend's sister says that they look elvish.

Oh, I saw a VM lookalike there, it scared me for a second.

I got a megabunch of weird looks for something I did that wasn't really LotR related,(think PotC) including a Startled Blink, and many Stares. (YAY! My first Startled Blink!) smilies/wink.gif

Can you tell that I love rendezvous? So much fun! (even if it keeps me from the 'downs for 4 days)

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

When you put your elven name on your assignments instead of your real name.


You don't get in trouble for that?

You've begun to wonder why a man will give his fiancee an evil ring as a token of his love.


I always notice people's plain gold wedding bands and snicker. My dad has one. Once I took my mom's ring and held it up to the light bulb of our lamp-chandelier thing to see if writing would appear on the band. Needless to say, I was disappointed.

YAY! *high five*


*high fives Rilwen* smilies/biggrin.gif

Edit: 111 posts! It's my eleventy-first post! *happiness*


Congratulations, Amarantha! smilies/biggrin.gif

Dominic Monaghan

Meela, did you just pull a burra? It can't be! smilies/wink.gif smilies/tongue.gif

Heehee! Are those Ringwraiths really Darth Vaders? They look like it to me! smilies/tongue.gif

[Goldberry]

When you put your elven name on your assignments instead of your real name.

That's a cool idea! But I don't think I'd get away with it. smilies/frown.gif

I was so excited when I found out that my school cafeteria carried a snack called "Elfin Crackers." My friends all looked at me funny when I said, "look, it's lembas!!" Unfortunately, the cookies tasted nothing like lembas, but I kept the bag and I still have it. smilies/tongue.gif

[One Axe to Rule them All]

No Elfearz1, they don't actually MAKE LoTR legos, but we "improvise". Not to mention that I make lots of my own lego swords and such.

[Meela]

Meela, did you just pull a burra? It can't be!

Uh... I did?

[elfearz1]

oh ok one axe to rule them all. darn, that'd be pretty cool though. They should, I mean, they make star wars ones!

When you put your elven name on your assignments instead of your real name. on the first day when they ask you if you have any nicknames I always tell them my elvish name. (I just started this year, my friends made a mutiny out of it smilies/rolleyes.gif )

... when you recreate helms deep (the structure not the battle) out of toilet papaer rolls in your bathroom. hehe

Oh yes! and Meela has inspired me to be known for my fandom, so my char is...*drum roll*
Elrohir! He's just cool, don't you think?

.... when you get moe nervous announcing that then something actually in public smilies/biggrin.gif

[ September 03, 2003: Message edited by: elfearz1 ]

[The Elusive Spirit]

Nice Turambar!
My sister is disturbed with my obsession and says that I need a 10 step program to get off the Barrow Downs. Never! She will have to drug me first. (mumbles about evil sister)

[Meela]

Oh yes! and Meela has inspired me to be known for my fandom, so my char is...*drum roll*
Elrohir! He's just cool, don't you think?

You love him too? Yes, he is cool smilies/biggrin.gif And don't even think about trying to usurp me, lady. I'm the crazy fangirl with the strange taste around here :P
*giggles* join in by all means smilies/biggrin.gif weird is good!

[Forest Walker]

you are already planning your movie marathon party for once RotK extended edition comes out on DVD.

I've been planning that ever since I heard they were making extanded version. Unfgortunately my best friend who is also obsessed moved away last year, so we can't do it together.... smilies/frown.gif

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Oh yes! and Meela has inspired me to be known for my fandom, so my char is...*drum roll*
Elrohir! He's just cool, don't you think?


I like Elrohir as well! (I like Elladan, too). And my character that I love who is oft-overlooked is...... Beregond! Ha! I'm joining the ranks of the "crazy fangirls with strange taste"! You don't mind if I join, do you? Oh, and I love Beleg, too. He's from the Silm, and hardly anyone talks about him, either. Poor neglected cool people. smilies/frown.gif smilies/tongue.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Uh... I did?


You did it again! ( smilies/tongue.gif It's okay. We don't really mind. For the full explanation of pulling a burra, go to the bottom of this thread (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=17&t=000766&p=). Or better yet, read the whole thing! smilies/smile.gif

we "improvise"

By this "we" I assume that you are one of the LOTR lego scene creators, One Axe?

And now for the only obssessive thing I can think of at the moment: I got the colors on my braces (I think all of the people who have braces will understand this, at least) as pale blue and gold- Luthien colors! smilies/biggrin.gif (And I did it the first month I had braces and now I have it for the last month!)

[Amarantha_Daisy]

Wow, Turambar! That's cool! smilies/cool.gif

... when you recreate helms deep (the structure not the battle) out of toilet papaer rolls in your bathroom. hehe

Hmmm... Can't say I've done that but at the fireworks on the 4th of July, I built Cirith Ungol, Orthanc, and Mount Doom out of rocks... Btw, I love Elrohir, too smilies/wink.gif

I got the colors on my braces (I think all of the people who have braces will understand this, at least) as pale blue and gold- Luthien colors!

*shudders* braces... I have them. *grumble* Congrats on your last month! I dunno when mine are coming off...Hopefully soon. Heh heh. That colors thing is a good idea...

Let's see...What obbsessive thing have I done lately... Ah, yes. The pictures on the front of my binders are LotR pictures...and no one's really surprised.

-When you have so many screen names on message boards that you often forget your real name

[Meela]

He he... I pull a burra *pulls a burra out of a hat, then laughs at her own pathetic humour*

And also yay to a fellow Beregond lover! *hugs and celebrates* welcome to the small, but highly enthusiastic, group!

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

He he... I pull a burra *pulls a burra out of a hat, then laughs at her own pathetic humour*
And also yay to a fellow Beregond lover! *hugs and celebrates* welcome to the small, but highly enthusiastic, group!


I actually found that quite funny, Meela. smilies/biggrin.gif Thanks for the welcome! *hugs and celebrates back* I also like Imrahil. What is it with Numenoreans? smilies/biggrin.gif

Congrats on your last month!


Why thank you, Amarantha! I have to get retainers after this, though. smilies/frown.gif I hope you get your braces off soon! smilies/biggrin.gif And for all of you who have braces and are wondering what obssessive colors you could use, here are a few suggestions:

For Numenor-lovers: black and silver
For evil people: scarlet and black (Harad colors!)
For hobbits: yellow and green (ooh... I don't know how good that would look smilies/confused.gif )
For Luthien fans: blue and gold
For Rohirrim: bright green and white
For Noldor and last alliance people: dark blue and silver, I think (those colors would go extremely well together)

I think I'll end the list there, but it should give a good general idea. anyone who can think of more, feel free to add to the list! smilies/smile.gif

[Sapphire_Flame]

You don't get in trouble for that?
No. I just told my teachers that was what I prefer to be called. No biggie. smilies/biggrin.gif

**When you talk your art teacher (and the school cop) into letting you bring your swords to school for the still-life painting you're working on.

I have more, but I have to get to class. (at school right now. gr)

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Forest Walker]

smilies/frown.gif I'm gonna get braces in a few months or so smilies/frown.gif

I'll probably get them turquise, though, that's sort of my "trademark" color

[Firnantoonion]

I like this obsesioned thing, I wanted I had found it earlier! (excuse for bad English) today, i was kicked out of my class because i couldn't stop speaking elvish and quoting LotR.. mmh, not that nice.

[elfearz1]

yay! *hugs and celebrates with everyong*

and also Meela I really like your version of eeny meeny miny moe, do you mind if I use it, or change it to fit Elrohir? smilies/biggrin.gif

[Meela]

Imrahil as well? You have excellent and exactly the same as mine taste smilies/biggrin.gif

... you don't like Denethor by any chance do you?

and also Meela I really like your version of eeny meeny miny moe, do you mind if I use it, or change it to fit Elrohir?

Thankyou *bows* and of course! It wasn't my idea to twist it in the first place, anyway. There was a thread somewhere. So feel free!

[Goldberry]

And for all of you who have braces and are wondering what obssessive colors you could use, here are a few suggestions

Good idea, Luthien_Tinuviel! Usually I get mine black, but now I'm thinking of doing one of the Middle-Earth colour-schemes that you thought of. I had never thought of that...a true Tolkien fan right down to the braces. smilies/wink.gif

EDIT: Yay, I'm a shade! smilies/biggrin.gif

[ September 03, 2003: Message edited by: Goldberry ]

[Sapphire_Flame]

Congrats, Goldberry! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

a true Tolkien fan right down to the braces.


Why thank you! smilies/biggrin.gif I've only ever gotten a chance to try Luthien colors, though, and silver and alternating dark and light blue besides that, because I spent literally months with chains on my braces, which my dentist only had in plain old boring gray. So that was kind of annoying.

Imrahil as well? You have excellent and exactly the same as mine taste
... you don't like Denethor by any chance do you?


Thanks for the compliment, Meela! I've never been too partial to Denethor, though, I'm sorry to say. Although your obssession with him has made me see him in a whole new light... and I may very well be on the way to liking him. This most excellent quiz (http://www.hobbitlore.com/personality/) even says that my personality is closest to that of Denethor. Every time. I've taken it probably about four times, I've changed my answer, and waited for months before taking it again. I've taken it at different times of day and when I'm in different moods, but every time I answer honestly and don't try to force it to give me a certain answer, I get Denethor. So I guess being like him is close to liking him. smilies/biggrin.gif

I'll probably get them turquise, though, that's sort of my "trademark" color

Well, you don't have to get turquoise every time, because you can usually change the colors every month or so. So you can have turquoise one month and LOTR colors the next!
smilies/biggrin.gif

EDIT: On the quiz, I just discovered that if I change a particular answer I get Eowyn instead of Denethor. But after reading through both descriptions, I think the Denethor one fits me a lot better. The Eowyn one I think is actually my mom's personality type. So I'm sticking with the Denethor result. smilies/biggrin.gif

[ September 03, 2003: Message edited by: Luthien_ Tinuviel ]

[Elennar Starfire]

I have to say, I am a major fan of Gildor. Though he is often forgotten, ummmm...Not by me! I do like the odd characters who are often forgotten, Smeagol, Gildor, etc.

BTW, I am Smeagol's first precious. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Amarantha_Daisy]

Ooo...I love personality quizzes. I'm... Legolas?! ...Why Legolas... That's odd. I've never gotten him in a personality quiz before. Ah well. There's a first time for everything...

-When you refuse to use a pen in school and bring your own quill and ink

-When you have so many LotR bookmarks in your "favorites" list that you have to make a second folder

[elfearz1]

And don't even think about trying to usurp me I don't think I could do that Meela smilies/smile.gif

I love personality quizes too! I got Frodo. yay smilies/smile.gif

whoo hoo! page 4! May this thread never die!

[ September 04, 2003: Message edited by: elfearz1 ]

[Firnantoonion]

I looked like boromir, why? what have I done! I guess just nothing, boromir is ok too smilies/wink.gif

[the guy who be short]

When you just realise your party with Luthien and Beren wont work because they are dead.
When you go to the beach and spend ages looking for the Silmaril of Maglor.

[Meela]

Earlier on today I got out my Lotr action figures, built Helm's Deep out of videos and Ithilien out of pot plants, and re-enacted various scenes from The Two Towers.
I got some pretty weird looks.

[Sapphire_Flame]

That quiz said I was like Gimli. smilies/confused.gif smilies/confused.gif Okay..... tha's weird....

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[elfearz1]

Oh wow, I'm begining to frighten myself.
last night (I just remembered this) I started talking about a character as if I knew them and I was there. It took me a good while to realise that I wasn't actually there.

[Finwe]

I really frightened myself last night.

Apparently, I was talking in my sleep, and according to my 8-year-old brother, I was speaking in fluent Sindarin (or what appeared to be fluent Sindarin to him), and talking to Aragorn about his upcoming wedding to Arwen, and apparently, I was also referring to myself as Eowyn, which was just strange.

The weird part is, I'm not fluent in Sindarin! Heck, the only Sindarin I understand is a little of the language spoken in the movie! Not enough to talk about weddings!

[Beanamir of Gondor]

Number One: You carry around a horn that you blow occasionally and say "The Horn of Gondor speaks! Shut up!"

Number Two: You play 'Orc Orc Uruk-Hai' at small children's birthday parties.

Number Three: You follow your sister to movies starring Orlando Bloom [z.b. Pirates of the Caribbean] just to see if he mentions a fellowship or a ring of power [thank heavens for Johnny Depp].

[/B]Viva la Gondor, Love ya Elanor Took![/B]

"Ai! Ai! A Balrog! A Balrog is come!"

J'adore les ecureuils!

[Goldberry]

Congrats, Goldberry! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Thanks, Sapphire_Flame! smilies/smile.gif

Wow Finwe, that is very strange about your Sindarin-sleep-talking. Really cool, though!

Usually I get Boromir or Galadriel on those personality quizzes, but I often get Gandalf and several others, also. It usually depends on my mood and the quality of quiz I take.

[Sapphire_Flame]

Heheh... I scared two sophomores in my seminary class so bad yesterday. smilies/evil.gif I was explaining the difference between Tengwar and Sindarin, and they just didn't get it. I was getting pretty loud about it, too. There are now two traumatized sophomores wandering around my school somewhere.... smilies/evil.gif

Man, that sleep-talking thing is pretty cool. I wish I did that... smilies/frown.gif Curse my boring little mind! Oh well, I did have that Helm's Deep dream. That was very cool. smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

When you have so many LotR bookmarks in your "favorites" list that you have to make a second folder


I have one for Downs things, one for my favorite character (Sam smilies/biggrin.gif ), and one for things having to do with LOTR. I really should divide my LOTR folder into two or three, because it is rather long.

When you just realise your party with Luthien and Beren wont work because they are dead.


But we're all dead here! smilies/biggrin.gif (Pass the pheasant, would you?)

You play 'Orc Orc Uruk-Hai' at small children's birthday parties.


I should try that...... No, I don't think I would ruin some small child's day by calling them an orc.

Sindarin sleep-talking..... hmmmm.....

-I went outside last week to look at Mars (this was the 28th, so I think it was at its brightest, correct me if I'm wrong), and it was really cool. It looked sort of like Earendil sailing through the heavens in Vingilot. So I stood out there in the middle of the night saying Aiya Earendil Elenion Acalima and A Elbereth Gilthoniel....! 'Twas fun! smilies/biggrin.gif

-When you talk to yourself in your head as if you were Gollum (sometimes not even on purpose!). So you'll just be walking around thinking about something, and then "We can't get this refrigerator door open, oh no, precious, we can't. Ah! There it is, precious, there it is. Do we have pizza, precious, do we have nice pizza? Give Smeagol good pizza..." or something along those lines.

-When you pride yourself on the fact that everything you've ever posted on this thread is something that you've done ar are pretty sure that you've done or are going to do (in other words, none of it has been made up).

Everyone who took the quiz, would you mind posting the results? I'm interested..... And Meela: Take the quiz! See if you get Denethor! (Or Beregond, or Imrahil, or Elladan, or Isildur, or Boromir, or.....)

Well, here's my result (oh, no, now you're going to know all about me!):

Denethor, Son of Ecthelion, Lord and Steward of Minas Tirith

People like you are rare. Unfortunately the closest person is Denethor. His obsession with knowing the future and suspicion of others is characteristic.

Everything that happens is important and you do not want to miss any of it. Others often look to you for courage, leadership, and wisdom. Social interaction energizes you. The more people the merrier. You have a tendency to introspection. While providing compassion and being considerate, you may have the tendency of being soft-hearted or even "too emotional" You like keeping your options open. Closure is probably not one of your strong suits.

The Orcs display the evil side of this personality with their lengthy torture methods.

Traits: Empathic, benevolent, looking to the future. On the dark side you could be sadistic.

[Firnantoonion]

today, i got some of the weirdest looks i ever had. [looks proud at this] But i don't get it, all i did was just standig for a window in a classroom, and when i saw some crows, i dived to the ground shouting 'crebain from dunland, Hide!'people looked really weird when i stood up after a minute or two and asked why they did't hide themselves. they told me i even scared some first-years (grin)

[Sapphire_Flame]

Took the quiz again. I was a bit more honest this time, and this is what I got:

"You are most like
Boromir, Heir of Denethor, Captain of the White Tower

You are good at winning others' confidence and not shy at telling others what to do. Social interaction energizes you. The more people the merrier. You have good observational skills. In your desire for clarity in life, you may have the tendency of being remote or even "heartless". You like keeping your options open. Closure is probably not one of your strong suits.

Like Boromir, you are not content to sit on the sidelines while the action takes place around you.

Traits: Open minded, easy going, persuassive, optimistic about the future. On the dark side you could be exploitative and an opportunist."

So would that make Meela my adopted mom? smilies/eek.gif j/k. I love you, Meela! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Goldberry]

A very good quiz indeed, Luthien_Tinuviel! I got Frodo: With many acquaitenances, Frodo is deeply attached to a few people, like Bilbo, Aragorn, Gandalf, and Sam. His high ethics come out in his treatment of Gollum and Saruman. Frodo has pity on Gollum and believes that change can occur.

You have a strong personal morality. You are committed to relationships and their growth. You tend to be an idealist, believing the best of the world around you. Time alone is important and solitary activities refresh you. You have a tendency to introspection. While providing compassion and being considerate, you may have the tendency of being soft-hearted or even "too emotional" You like keeping your options open. Closure is probably not one of your strong suits.

The Orcs display the evil side of this personality with their lengthy torture methods.

Traits: Empathic, benevolent, looking to the future. On the dark side you could be sadistic.

That describes me very well! (Except for the sadistic bit...but I guess I'm not an orc.)

In band we are playing music from LotR! smilies/smile.gif I'm so excited. But that may partially be because my mom is the band teacher at my high school, and I practically forced her to let us play LotR. smilies/tongue.gif

Today, my French teacher said he couldn't stand to watch LotR because "it was three hours of the most boring, never-ending chase scene." smilies/mad.gif That made me very angry. What's worse, he said he loved the Harry Potter movies, which were not that great compared with the books, and definitely not as good as the LotR movies! smilies/eek.gif Well, different tastes, I guess...I suppose it's not for everybody. Anyway, that wasn't exactly on topic, but oh well.

[ September 05, 2003: Message edited by: Goldberry ]

[Forest Walker]

When you talk to yourself in your head as if you were Gollum (sometimes not even on purpose!). So you'll just be walking around thinking about something, and then "We can't get this refrigerator door open, oh no, precious, we can't. Ah! There it is, precious, there it is. Do we have pizza, precious, do we have nice pizza? Give Smeagol good pizza..." or something along those lines.


lol! smilies/biggrin.gif I do that ALL the time!! I also explain modern convieniences (sp?) to (imaginary) onlooking elves and/or hobbits. I go "this is a toaster, it's a very usefull thing for roasting bread....."


my english teacher once said he thought LotR was too long!! I felt like going up there and shouting "IT"S TOO SHORT, DAMMIT!!!!" in his face. he also said he was more of a "harry Potter guy."...hmpf...

[Forest Walker]

just took that personality test, here's my result:

You are most like
Frodo Baggins, Son of Drogo

With many acquaitenances, Frodo is deeply attached to a few people, like Bilbo, Aragorn, Gandalf, and Sam. His high ethics come out in his treatment of Gollum and Saruman. Frodo has pity on Gollum and believes that change can occur.
You have a strong personal morality. You are committed to relationships and their growth. You tend to be an idealist, believing the best of the world around you. Time alone is important and solitary activities refresh you. You have a tendency to introspection. While providing compassion and being considerate, you may have the tendency of being soft-hearted or even "too emotional" You like keeping your options open. Closure is probably not one of your strong suits.

The Orcs display the evil side of this personality with their lengthy torture methods.

Traits: Empathic, benevolent, looking to the future. On the dark side you could be sadistic.



Some of that is quite accurate actually! especially about being an idealist...and no, closure is DEFINITELY not my forte!

[elf-girl-63]

OK. Here is what it says about me:

The Dwarves

As the halls of Moria show, Dwarves like building and inventing.
Curiosity is one of your strong points as it allows you to think of better ways to acheive goals. You may try to outwit the system of you get bored or annoyed with it. Social interaction energizes you. The more people the merrier. You have a tendency to introspection. In your desire for clarity in life, you may have the tendency of being remote or even "heartless". You like keeping your options open. Closure is probably not one of your strong suits.

As the foil to Aragorn, Sauron clearly embodies the evil side of this personality.

Traits: Pragmatic, autonomous, ingenious, resolute. On the dark side you could desire power and domination.

OK. I'm a dwarf but somewhat like Aragorn. Yay! To the last part! Aragorn is my fave character

You know you're obsessed when

- You know the exact minute in TTT when Legolas slides down the steps on a shiled. (Battle at Helm's Deep).

- You deicide the Elves are smiling on you (and frequently tell peole so) cos ROTK is released on the same day as your birthday and much to the horror of your non-obsessed friends decide to have 2 themed parties. One for your b/day and one for the movie release.

I like the idea of having your room decorated LOTR style. However, my mum won't let me paint it again (I had it done recently before I came obsessed). Tis light- bright green and lilac. I'm guessing a wood of some sort. What do you reckon?

[Meela]

My room is also green and lilac. I intend to redecorate in a more Lotr style soon, though.
Green and lilac... yeh, I can imagine a gorgeous sunlit wood, the floor carpeted with lilac flowers. Perhaps somewhere in the Shire, or an Elven woodland.
If you wanted a more woodland effect, you could get a few pieces of old sponge and some different shades of green paint (sample pots are usually enough), and and sponge a leafy, woodland effect all over the green walls. Well, that's what I might do, anyway smilies/smile.gif

[Feared Half-Elf]

I got the Dwarves.
Er, what? I'm an elf, here!
Oh well!

Edit: Hey look, I'm a Haunting Spirit. I swear I was a pile of bones before...

[ September 06, 2003: Message edited by: Feared Half-Elf ]

[Failivrin]

i was aragorn. i always seem to be aragorn on every quiz i take. hahahaha, i'm so happy.

- you read this thread and decide that you are 'not obsessed enough' so you vow to be more obsessive in the future

- you print off 70 pages of sindarin to learn a language that a lot of people don't even know exists

[Sapphire_Flame]

-you read this thread and decide that you are 'not obsessed enough' so you vow to be more obsessive in the future

- you print off 70 pages of sindarin to learn a language that a lot of people don't even know exists
That's so me! Right on! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Orominuialwen]

When your mom gives you a necklace with gold leaves on it for your birthday because she thinks it looks elvish (My birthday was on the 3rd smilies/biggrin.gif). I convinced her to read LotR, and she just finished it about a week ago.

I'm so sad. I just started in a new school, and I have sooo much homework. This is the first time in almost a week that I've gotten to go on the Downs-- I think I was starting to go into withdrawal when I couldn't. Plus, I got TTT as a birthday present on Wednesday, and I didn't even have time to watch it untill last night smilies/frown.gif smilies/frown.gif . I'm so sick of school, and I've only had 4 days of it (only 175 more days to go...)

[Amarantha_Daisy]

I convinced her to read LotR, and she just finished it about a week ago.

Lucky... My mom's not much of a book person. I tried to get her to read LotR, but she wouldn't... I can't seem to get anyone to read it. *sniffles* Considering how much I talk about it I'd think everyone would want to... But I guess they're just sick of me... smilies/wink.gif Btw, Happy Belated Birthday!

Woo! I'm finally making an Elvish dress smilies/biggrin.gif *squee* I found a pattern I liked, and I bought fabrics and stuff...so I'm gonna make one! I shall have to post a picture when I'm done...

-When every item of clothing in your wardrobe relates to LotR *and these are my hobbit pants, and this is my Elvish shirt...*

-When you have to make up an element for science class and decide to name yours in Elvish *heh heh*

-When you do your Elvish homework before your school homework *Hey, I have my priorities!*

-When you enjoy your Elvish homework so much that you more of it than you're required to do.

As you can see, I'm taking a course in Elvish ^_^ I'm doing the Sindarin course at Council of Elrond (http://www.councilofelrond.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Workbook&file=workbook&dp=workbook) It's great fun! I'm enjoying it smilies/smile.gif

[Firnantoonion]

my english teacher once said he thought LotR was too long!! mine doesn't, in fact, he doesn't want to hear any bad word of the works of Tolkien. and i suspect him of coming here too smilies/biggrin.gif

[Naz]

What quiz is this? I'm confused... or something.... - -;;;;

[Goldberry]

Naz, there's a link to the quiz on page 3 of this thread. smilies/smile.gif

[elfearz1]

YYYYYYYYYYYAAY! *breathes a sigh of relief*
I'm so sad. I just started in a new school, and I have sooo much homework. This is the first time in almost a week that I've gotten to go on the Downs-- I think I was starting to go into withdrawal when I couldn't. I know how you feel. I have been soooo busy and my internet was down for two days. It got so bad my family even pointed out I was going through withdrawls. And people would call and ask "so, what are you doing" and I would reply "Well, it looks like I'm doing nothing, since the internet is down!"

Today, my French teacher said he couldn't stand to watch LotR because "it was three hours of the most boring, never-ending chase scene." That made me very angry. What's worse, he said he loved the Harry Potter movies, which were not that great compared with the books, and definitely not as good as the LotR movies! my old english teacher said she hated harry potter because she had a whole group of obsessed fans in her class and it annoyed her. By the end of the semester it only took me to annoy her into hating lotr. I'm quite proud of that actually (not that I want her to hate lotr, I just accept the inevitable)

I convinced her to read LotR, and she just finished it about a week ago my mom read Lotr long before I did. Although she never finished Rotk. One day she says she will borrow my copy and finish.

ok... now for mine:
I was getting some miles in for the WTR and I started pretending I was actually walking to Rivendell. (I.e. talking to chars and such) I got some strange looks.

A local politician was speaking on the news and I was upset with what he was saying so I started yelling things like "son of snakes" in Elvish.

I am now convinced that I really do have the one ring, because I had the one I always wear around my neck and I was laying on the bed and my cat hopped up onto it and came over and was sort of entranced by it. And what was wierd was it wasn't hanging down or swinging, so it's not like he wanted to play with it and instead of batting at it he tried to grab it with his claws. (whew long run-on I hope that made sense)

[Elennar Starfire]

-When you refuse to use a pen in school and bring your own quill and ink

I haven't done that yet but I am planning to soon. I have a quill, and I have ink, now all I have to do is take them to school.

You are most like
Faramir, Captain of Gondor

Thoroughly dependable, Faramir is loyal to his father. He keeps a watchful eye on the east border of Gondor.
You are earnest and attentive to details. You tend to trust authority and seek security. Time alone is important and solitary activities refresh you. You have good observational skills. In your desire for clarity in life, you may have the tendency of being remote or even "heartless". You try to schedule your life as much as possible. You tend to finish your work before resting.

As Sam says:"I have something to do before the end. I must see it through, sir, if you understand."

Traits: Dependable, beneficient, usually living in the past. On the dark side you could be a hoarder.



Other than that bit about scheduling life beforehand and finishing work before resting, that describes me very well.
(EEEP! I am a hoarder! I hardly ever throw anything away. Dark side... smilies/evil.gif )

[Failivrin]

haha, my mum is a librarian. but i had to force her to read the book and i could tell she really liked it because her only complaint was 'i thought after teh ring was destroyed it was all wrapped up a bit quickly and i wanted to know more about the characters) *coughcough* appendices.

but yeah here we go:

-when your family takes a year to read the book (literally) and you continually have to hold yourself back from giving away the end, or otherwise have to lie to cover up the fact that you gave away the end

- you go into a shop today and marvel over the action figures of saruman, wormtongue, frodo and gollum. you vow to have aragorn and gandalf despite the fact they are utterly nasty

- you DID want a whole load of dvds for your birthday because you are an enormous film fan and want to be a film critic/columnist in a newspaper but instead you decide you want nenya and arwen's necklace

-if you don't get nenya and arwen's necklace, you decide that you will buy them with your birthday money

[Amarantha_Daisy]

-when your family takes a year to read the book (literally) and you continually have to hold yourself back from giving away the end, or otherwise have to lie to cover up the fact that you gave away the end

Heh heh heh... I've done that much too much. I'm not sure if they actually know the ending or not... I hope not. I want it to be a surprise smilies/wink.gif

I got the greatest "weird look" yesturday! I was buying the fabric and pattern for my Elvish dress and my sister's friend was like "Oh, it's pretty! Is it for Halloween?" I just smiled and was like, "No. It's just...to wear." She gave me a look that said plainly, "Normal people don't dress like that" smilies/biggrin.gif It was great.

Mmmm... Obsession is good.

[Goldberry]

Hehe, Amarantha Daisy smilies/tongue.gif

You know you are obsessed with LotR (well not directly, but whatever) when you write "TREES" on your hand, partly to be like Dom and partly just to get weird looks. smilies/wink.gif

I used to collect buttons, and various other sorts of things, but now I think my biggest collection is weird looks. If people ask what my hobby is, I can say that it is collecting weird looks. That would generate some weird looks right there. smilies/biggrin.gif

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[elfearz1]

I used to collect buttons, and various other sorts of things, but now I think my biggest collection is weird looks. If people ask what my hobby is, I can say that it is collecting weird looks. That would generate some weird looks right there. wonderful idea!

...when you go to the store and the first place you go is to the toys section and you gasp in dismay as some kids (or maybe adults? who knows) had the audacity to leave the lotr section a wreck. So of course I cleaned and organized it. That got a few looks. smilies/biggrin.gif

Also when I was done I patrolled around a while to make sure no one messed it up again and this young couple was holding up Eomer and saying "Is it him or that other blonde dude that he likes" I cringed....

Then the oddest thing happened today my sister came home from work and told me a girl who worked their too and went to the same school as me told her(my sister) there was a girl at school that looked like her (my sisters and I look an awful lot alike) that is obsessed with faeries (*sigh* it's elves darn it!) and goes by a funky name (my elvish name) hehe smilies/biggrin.gif My sister told me the girls name and I had never heard of her. Goes to show you how noticeable my obsession is.

Eeny meeny Elrohir, catch him by his pointy ear. If he pouts, put him down, and sit him out till next time round.*squeels* oooh Meela, I like it!

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[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Wow, how did everyone write so much in one day? Is that wightly possible? I had such a good post, but it got lost (I used too many smileys, and pressing back deleted everything I had. smilies/frown.gif ) So I'll have to re-post tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to re-capture my thoughts.

[Sapphire_Flame]

...now I think my biggest collection is weird looks.
Right on! I collect those too! I got some really good ones today; I wore my hobbit costume to school, in honor of there only being 100 DAYS LEFT until RotK is in theaters. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif It was so much fun; everyone was looking at me like I'd completely lost my mind.

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[the guy who be short]

When your late for class, and everybody else has sat down, you run into the classroom and tell the teacher: "Sorry I'm late sir but the orcs have stormed Brithombar and Eglarest!" You then proceed to sit down and open your books.

[Sapphire_Flame]

*snork* smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Naz]

I wanna be late to class now! ^ ^ Of course, I'll never remember what the orcs stormed... - -;;;;; (& I call myself a Tolkien fan! shame!)

*writes TREES on her hand*

Beregond, Guard of the Citidel

Beregond, loyal to the protection of Minas Tirith, supervises the gates of the city.
You are eager to enforce rules and regulations and are probably good with logistics. You tend to worry about society falling apart. Social interaction energizes you. The more people the merrier. You have good observational skills. In your desire for clarity in life, you may have the tendency of being remote or even "heartless". You try to schedule your life as much as possible. You tend to finish your work before resting.

As Sam says:"I have something to do before the end. I must see it through, sir, if you understand."

Traits: Dependable, beneficient, usually living in the past. On the dark side you could be a hoarder.



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[Lathriel]

Well I guess I get more obsessed each day.
One day I got a TTT poster and renovated part of my room just so that it could hang on the right place!
smilies/biggrin.gif

With the personality test I got Frodo

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[Finwe]

You know when you're obsessed when you start dating an Elf. (I swear, my b/friend is an Elf!!!! Of course, he's much too skinny, but he's got the silky black hair, 6'2" height, perfectly pale skin, and the greatest greenish-brown eyes.) He looks like a Noldo. The only down-side is, I'm 5'2", so the height difference is a bit ludicrous.

[Goldberry]

...wore my hobbit costume to school, in honor of there only being 100 DAYS LEFT until RotK is in theaters

Ha! That's great, Sapphire! Unfortunately, I don't have a hobbit costume. smilies/frown.gif

When your late for class, and everybody else has sat down, you run into the classroom and tell the teacher: "Sorry I'm late sir but the orcs have stormed Brithombar and Eglarest!" You then proceed to sit down and open your books.

Hahaha! You must have gotten some weird looks with that one. smilies/wink.gif

I haven't done anything too LotR obsesed latey...I'd better get moving! smilies/biggrin.gif

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[Lily Bombadil]

You know you're obsessed when...
*You write in Dwarf runes every chance you get, even at school.
*You duel imaginary orcs with your sword.
*You were just nick-named "Frodo", by your best friend (That just happened to me today at lunch. Weird really, as I am a girl and all).

[Meneltarmacil]

You duel imaginary orcs with your sword.
I do that all the time! I must have killed the whole army of Isengard by now... smilies/wink.gif

[Forest Walker]

-When every item of clothing in your wardrobe relates to LotR *and these are my hobbit pants, and this is my Elvish shirt...*

I do that. Not my entire wardrobe, but i have my hobbit'y look, and my elvish shirt. I wish I had a big long coat with a huge hood! I'd go sit in the corner of the pub and collect weird looks. smilies/biggrin.gif


-When you have to make up an element for science class and decide to name yours in Elvish *heh heh*


We had to make up a new species and draw up a pedigree chart. smilies/biggrin.gif Fun thing, making and elvish name, and then having to make it sound latin. smilies/biggrin.gif

[the guy who be short]

Hahaha! You must have gotten some weird looks with that one.
No, my entire class - hell, my entire YEAR (and that's about 200 kids) know me as the LotR-freak. Nobody even blinked.

[Firnantoonion]

that's sad... at least they give me some looks (not often anymore, but still..... they are looks!)

but you know that you're obsessed when your parents tend to call you with your elvish name... (because you react faster on that)

[elfearz1]

I'm 5'2", so the height difference is a bit ludicrous. my parents are 13 inches apart.

You were just nick-named "Frodo" my friend gave me a lotr related nickname and I gave her a harry potter nickname since she is obsessed with it.


oooh! We watched the animated version of the hobbit today in one of my classes. I was quoting it and singing along. No one was surprised, though, because they all know I am obsessed with lotr

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[Sapphire_Flame]

The only down-side is, I'm 5'2", so the height difference is a bit ludicrous.
An elf dating a hobbit. *snork* smilies/biggrin.gif j/k

When you get your cousins to nickname/name their kids after LotR characters. Due to my wonderful influence, my cousin's little boy, Adam, is now nicknamed Adam Bombadil. smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Orominuialwen]

When your Health teacher asks you to write down what view you would see out of your bedroom window if you could see anything, and you write Cerin Amroth with lots of stars visible at night(I didn't have time to explain what Caras Galadhon was to her). Everyone else in my class put down boring stuff like a beach or a sunset. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone found out what I put down, so I couldn't get any weird looks. smilies/frown.gif

You duel imaginary orcs with your sword. My treehouse is named Belegost, and it is where my brother and I battle massive orc hoards (even though we only have long sticks for swords).

In french class, you have to write what you would like to learn to do, and you write that you want to learn to speak Quenya (except you write this in French). I actually am takin Quenya lessons from Ardalambion (http://www.ardalambion.com).

[Rilwen Gamgee]

~ When you go on a walk by the beach with your family and you see a flock of birds in the distance flying around and yell "SPIES OF SARUMAN!"

~ When you ask your movie rental store if you can have their "LotR: TTT" poster. smilies/wink.gif

I'm trying to get weird looks from people, but it never works... smilies/frown.gif

[Meneltarmacil]

My treehouse is named Belegost, and it is where my brother and I battle massive orc hoards (even though we only have long sticks for swords).
Hey, no problem. I only have long sticks as well. They certainly do make good swords, and I've fought with some nasty orcs myself. Well, Orominuialwen, we shall have to duel sometime then... smilies/wink.gif

[Elennar Starfire]

I'm trying to get weird looks from people, but it never works

Oh, Rilwen, how sad!

Try kelebrating Random Band-Aid week for weird looks. (I'm not sure when it is at this time, but I can find out) On Random Band-Aid week you put a brightly-colored band-aid somewhere noticeable (like on your face) and every day of the week you change it, and put a different band-aid somewhere else.

Another good way to get weird looks is to put a small sticker on the tip of your nose. I did this with a sticker that said "4", and when people asked me why it was there, I said it was the number of lembas I ate that morning.

I'll think up more later, hope that helps!

[Finwe]

On the day before Viggo Mortensen's birthday, I went around with fake Elf Band-Aid ears to celebrate. (All you do is unpeel the white tabs from a band-aid, grab a corner, and fold it down vertically, so it bisects the white pad. Do the same thing with the other half, and voila! You've got a Band-Aid ear!) Of course, mine had dinosaurs on them, so I got strange looks from everyone.

[Amarantha_Daisy]

When your late for class, and everybody else has sat down, you run into the classroom and tell the teacher: "Sorry I'm late sir but the orcs have stormed Brithombar and Eglarest!" You then proceed to sit down and open your books.

smilies/biggrin.gif That's bloody genius!

Let's see...I haven't been here in a whole *gasp* two days, so I have a lot to add...

-You put the One Ring in your still life for art, even though it has nothing to do with the rest of your objects, you just want to draw it... smilies/wink.gif

-You label your school-books in Tengwar

-You draw the Doors of Durin on your pizza box so that no one else will eat it

-You read Frodo's horoscope in the newspaper (he's a Virgo smilies/wink.gif ) and think of what sign the other characters would be if you don't have thier birthdays

-While fabric shopping, you notice that hugging a piece of folded velvet is probably just like what it would feel like to hug Frodo...

My mom has finally accepted my obsessive-ness. When I was buying the fabric for my Elven dress, she showed me each one and told me the pros and cons of each and how it would fare for everyday wear. Because she knows that I will wear it like regular clothes... smilies/biggrin.gif And I just smiled to myself...

Edit: Hee hee! Elennar, I'm gonna kelebrate Random Band-Aid week! I just need some of those neon Band-Aids... Ooo yeah, thanks so much for nominating me in the BD Awards thread! It made my day! smilies/biggrin.gif

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[elfearz1]

You label your school-books in Tengwar
ooh I did this only I labeled my dividers not my books, good idea though!

[Forest Walker]

You know when you're obsessed when you start dating an Elf. (I swear, my b/friend is an Elf!!!! Of course, he's much too skinny, but he's got the silky black hair, 6'2" height, perfectly pale skin, and the greatest greenish-brown eyes.) He looks like a Noldo. The only down-side is, I'm 5'2", so the height difference is a bit ludicrous.

Ooo! Lucky you! *envyenvy*

[Sapphire_Flame]

*snork* smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[the guy who be short]

When you have a pen that says "The Shires" on it, and has a prettypicture of a hill and sun next to it. You get a pair of compasses and scribble out the 's' at the end of 'shires' so it reads "The Shire." You show it to your entire year.

[Goldberry]

You label your school-books in Tengwar

Oooh what a great idea! *goes off to label her school books*

Today one of my friends said to me, "you're late." I proceeded by saying the whole Gandalf speech...altering it a bit to fit the circumtance. smilies/tongue.gif

Wow, I really need to start doing more things...with the start of school I've been so worried about getting to all of my classes that I haven't had the time or energy to do obsessive things. smilies/frown.gif Oh well, I'll work on it.

[Sapphire_Flame]

...I haven't had the time or energy to do obsessive things.
Dude, there is always time to do obsessive things. smilies/biggrin.gif

Like wearing your cloak to school on a regular basis.

And letting your classmates know what's going on at the Downs this week.

And working on Walk to Rivendell.

smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Elennar Starfire]

My mom has finally accepted my obsessive-ness.

Not mine, yet. She thinks it's a bad thing for some reason... smilies/rolleyes.gif

Another way to get weird looks: Bring a small musical instrument to school in your backpack and play it at lunch. I did this today with my recorder, I played May it Be, and another song I like, Starry Starry Night.(has anyone else heard that one?)

Also I got a weird look for saying that I collect weird looks. smilies/biggrin.gif

(All you do is unpeel the white tabs from a band-aid, grab a corner, and fold it down vertically, so it bisects the white pad. Do the same thing with the other half, and voila! You've got a Band-Aid ear!) Of course, mine had dinosaurs on them, so I got strange looks from everyone.

Dinosars! Hee hee hee! I will definately try that, but with ordinary band-aids. *chuckles at funny mental picture of elves with dinosaurs on their ears* smilies/biggrin.gif

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[Tinuviel of Denton]

I feel awful for not posting on this thread in a while. It must have something to do with my advanced classes and the fact that I'm having a bit of difficulty keeping up with certain classes...

Anyway, today in my Physics class, we played pictionary (don't ask) and one of the guys said that he knew greek (I can't remember why), I said, "I know elvish" with kind of a shrug, and then he said, "I want to learn that." I was so excited. And then we ended up talking about LotR during notes (bad us! smilies/biggrin.gif ) and I told him about BD so maybe he'll show up here someday soon and that would be so cool!

Finwe, I'm so jealous! I want to date an elf! *plots to steal Finwe's b/friend so that she can date an elf smilies/evil.gif smilies/wink.gif *

And, sadly, that's all I can think of at the moment. Which is sad for my obsessiveness.

[Amarantha_Daisy]

-When you forget about the obbsessive things you've done today because they've just become normal everyday actions to you...

That could be a bad thing...*sniffle*

Ooo! Guess what?! I just found out my English teacher has a cat named Smaug! *grins like an idiot* That made me so happy! smilies/biggrin.gif

Oh yes, now I remember. I did a Gollum impression today. But it wasn't our fault, was it, precious? No. She stole our ruler. Yessss... Stole it from us. It was our birthday present. *hiss*

[Forest Walker]

Oh yes, now I remember. I did a Gollum impression today. But it wasn't our fault, was it, precious? No. She stole our ruler. Yessss... Stole it from us. It was our birthday present. *hiss*

*falls over laughing* lol! There's a guy in the Computer Club who calls his laptop precious. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Sapphire_Flame]

I did a Gollum impression today. But it wasn't our fault, was it, precious? No. She stole our ruler. Yessss... Stole it from us. It was our birthday present. *hiss*
*snork* I'm so doing that next time someone kifes my stuff. smilies/evil.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Rilwen Gamgee]

~ At your high school football game, your friend comments that Frodo is a little weakling smilies/mad.gif , and you start yelling things in Frodo's defense.

~ As you're walking home from the game, your sister makes a joke about her key-chain, saying it's the Phial of Galadriel (it's a fake crystal), so you grab it and hold it up yelling, "A Elbereth, Gilthoniel!" smilies/biggrin.gif

Another good way to get weird looks is to put a small sticker on the tip of your nose. I did this with a sticker that said "4", and when people asked me why it was there, I said it was the number of lembas I ate that morning.

Haha! Thanks, I'll try it! Or for anyone else, put how many times you've watched "TTT". smilies/wink.gif

[the guy who be short]

When lots of stuff people post here are just everyday actions for you.
When you no longer post everything obsessed you do each day because this thread would be flooded.

[Sapphire_Flame]

At your high school football game, your friend comments that Frodo is a little weakling smilies/mad.gif, and you start yelling things in Frodo's defense.
The heck with yelling; I'd punch the guy's lights out. smilies/evil.gif I so evil...

When you can detect any mention of LotR at a distance of up to thirty feet. (I did this the other day and really creeped some people out...)

When you plan to go see a movie you don't even want to see, just because the new RotK theatrical trailer is going to be showing with it. (Yep, next Saturday I'm going to see the trailer! smilies/biggrin.gif)

When you have heart-failure when you find out that Shelob will be shown in said trailer. *swoon, faint*

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Orominuialwen]

Well, Orominuialwen, we shall have to duel sometime then... Name the hour Meneltarmacil, and I shall be there! smilies/wink.gif

I have no time for the Downs anymore- way too much schoolwork. Curse the nassty school, preciousss.

You label your school-books in Tengwar I haven't done this yet, but I have written Do the Wave for Boromir the disco king on my notebooks in hopes of finding a fellow Downie in my school.

You get very excited because in one day, you see someone with a LotR pin on their backpack, and someone with a Legolas t-shirt (I knew the girl with the shirt- she's a LotR fan too)

You start to laugh when you hear you dad say "you know, of all the things to be mildly obsessed with, the kids (meaning you and your brother) have picked a pretty good one." There is nothing mild about my obsession!! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Elennar Starfire]

When lots of stuff people post here are just everyday actions for you.
When you no longer post everything obsessed you do each day because this thread would be flooded.

Well, couldn't you just save them all, and post once every day? Yeah, it would be a long post, but then you would give everyone else more ideas! I can always use more ideas on how to increase my weirdness/obsessiveness rating!

[elfearz1]

I think I am going to hurl. I just went on a different board (that was my first mistake) and it was swarming with legolas fangirls who don't know anything about lotr. I can't take it anymore! *convulsively twitches*
Disclaimer:I have nothing wrong with Legolas fangirls it's just the one's that say things like "I saw ttt 12 times and I didn't even like the movie, I just think Orli is hot" ARGH! smilies/mad.gif that's what makes me mad. Just had to clear that up smilies/smile.gif

anyway.... I am decorating my room Middle Earth style and I might even start a site with tips. What do you all think?

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[Tymezennith]

Random Band-Aid week is November 9th through 15. And you know your obsessed with lord of the rings when you try to get your dad's walking stick to light up so you can play in caves. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Goldberry]

Thanks for the Random Band-Aid Week idea, and the dates! Oooh this is gonna be so much fun! *squeals* smilies/biggrin.gif

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

So, first of all, I haven't been on here for ever it seems, ever since my wonderful post got eaten by the computer. It made me all sad and discouraged.... but now I'm back! And just a big general comment that everything everyone has said is great. Well, so that's covered.

-While fabric shopping, you notice that hugging a piece of folded velvet is probably just like what it would feel like to hug Frodo...


smilies/tongue.gif

Today one of my friends said to me, "you're late." I proceeded by saying the whole Gandalf speech...altering it a bit to fit the circumstance.

I do that all the time, especially with that particular speech. But no one ever quotes along with me... smilies/frown.gif

Also I got a weird look for saying that I collect weird looks.

Very cool. smilies/biggrin.gif

I have been stricken with the sudden urge to write "Do the Wave for Boromir the Disco King!" on my hand. Is something wrong with me? smilies/wink.gif

[Goldberry]

I have been stricken with the sudden urge to write "Do the Wave for Boromir the Disco King!" on my hand. Is something wrong with me? smilies/smile.gif

Definitely not! smilies/biggrin.gif Writing things on your hand is a very good way to bring in the weird looks. I have started doing it with "Trees" and it is very succesful for my collection. smilies/cool.gif

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[Sirithheruwen]

Another nice way to get weird looks is to wear a flat volleyball on your head, write trees on your hand, and quote LOTR in every situation humanly possible. Oh yeah, and saying that you collect weird looks. Many thanks to whoever thought that up! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/wink.gif

[Goldberry]

Many thanks to whoever thought that up!

You're welcome, Sirithheruwen! Glad it's working. smilies/biggrin.gif

I think some of my obsessiveness has spread to my brother. A few days ago I caught him doing a really good, scary Gollum imitation in his room, all alone. smilies/tongue.gif

[Orominuialwen]

I have been stricken with the sudden urge to write "Do the Wave for Boromir the Disco King!" on my hand. Is something wrong with me? My friend drew the symbol made out of Tolkien's initials on my arm once (check out the symbol for this post! smilies/wink.gif ) Also, sometimes I draw random leaves on my hands (leaves are the only thing I can draw smilies/wink.gif )

I was in my computer class yesterday, and the textbook was talking about wearable computers, when I suddenly noticed that the name of the company or whatever that makes them is called MIThril!! So of course I got very excited and started saying very loudly"That is so amazingly cool! They have mithril!" Of course noone knew what I was talking about. Oh well, that's what you guys are for! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Forest Walker]

where does that boromir thing come from anyway?

[Naz]

Tomorrow I'm wearing me cloak to school...

I wrote "DO THE WAVE FOR BOROMIR THE DISCO KING!" on my hand & drew a little squid too^ ^;;

[Elennar Starfire]

When you bake cupcakes for Frodo and Bilbo's birthday, and make your family sing the happy birthday song. (guilty, I hope hobbits like chocolate!)

Excellent way to get weird looks: Dress up as Jack Sparrow, and walk your friend home! (I think I saw my drama teacher drive by and stare at me! smilies/biggrin.gif ) I got a lot of stares, and some people's mouths dropped open! Also one person pointedly ignoring me. smilies/biggrin.gif (It works even better if you sing about really bad eggs) smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/evil.gif smilies/cool.gif

I am planning to do this at school on friday, as it is talk like a pirate day.

[elfearz1]

We had dress up like a pirate day...


Today I walked to my local park carrying my bow and arrows. That got a few stares... and I practiced shooting a milk cartoon. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Amarantha_Daisy]

I am planning to do this at school on friday, as it is talk like a pirate day.

Ah, yes. I've heard much about this Friday, seeing as one of my friends has become increasingly obsessive about pirates. LotR is my obsession, and pirates, especially PotC, are hers. smilies/wink.gif

One of my friends had never seen LotR (either one) or read the books, so I had her watch FotR yesterday smilies/biggrin.gif We had a sleepover and stayed up till 4:00 AM watching it... I don't know if she liked it or not... She made fun of it the whole time, just to bug me smilies/rolleyes.gif and she did say it was too long. (We watched the EE) I was quoting the whoooooole time...

[Finwe]

When you go to Natural Bridge Caverns in San Antonio, Texas and finish off an entire roll of film inside just because the caves look like a cross between Gollum's Caves (that's what I like to call them) and Aglarond. There was also a room called the Hall of the Mountain King! How cool is that!

[Tinuviel of Denton]

Forest Walker, the "Do the Wave for Boromir the Disco King," in all of its various incarnations, comes from this thread, "Make your own Crazy Scene with Pics." (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=17&t=000522&p=) Sadly, it got closed.

[Forest Walker]

lol! that thread is funny! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif
I will have to add the Boromir thing to my sig as well!

[Sapphire_Flame]

anyway.... I am decorating my room Middle Earth style and I might even start a site with tips. What do you all think?
Sounds kewl! smilies/biggrin.gif What kind of style are you planning on? I'm doing Mirkwood, myself, so if you need ideas with that sort of thing... The site sounds like a great idea, I know many people who would appreciate a place to go for Middle-earthean design tips!

**You're obsessed when, when asked what you want to major in in college, you reply "Tolkienology". smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[the guy who be short]

When you step out of your house, the first thing you see is the moon. You glance at it, and hiss, "We hates the pales face, my precious, doesn't we?" Then I turned to the yellow face and started cursing it.

[Amarantha_Daisy]

When you step out of your house, the first thing you see is the moon. You glance at it, and hiss, "We hates the pales face, my precious, doesn't we?" Then I turned to the yellow face and started cursing it.

Hee hee... I'll have to do that...

-When you hear someone on TV say "She wasn't supposed to be there" and you immediatly think of Arwen smilies/evil.gif

-When someone is giving a speech and you raise an imaginary mug and shout "Speech! Speech!"

[Elennar Starfire]

While singing in the shower, you compose a tune to Galadriel's Lament. (or any other LotR poem, that's just the one I did.)

[the guy who be short]

When you notice an anagram of your friends name is Erchamion. smilies/wink.gif So happy. well, it's not an exact anagram, he has a spare "r", but still...

[elfearz1]

when you are holding your binder and someone recognizes Luthien you ask "Does 'Wave kings at Boromir the disco squid mean anything to you?'"
unfortunatly this person was not a 'downie.

It was still cool though, because I don't know anyone else(irl) who likes Lotr!

[Meneltarmacil]

Awwwwww... I'm in a completely un-obsessed family. smilies/frown.gif
And there are no Tolkienites at my school... smilies/frown.gif

If some of you do in fact go to Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia, please PM me. I'll be happy to meet you.

[Tinuviel of Denton]

elfearz, that's almost what happened to me! Even that I didn't get to meet another Downie. smilies/frown.gif

Anyway, today in my Physics class, we played pictionary (don't ask) and one of the guys said that he knew greek (I can't remember why), I said, "I know elvish" with kind of a shrug, and then he said, "I want to learn that." I was so excited. And then we ended up talking about LotR during notes (bad us! ) and I told him about BD so maybe he'll show up here someday soon and that would be so cool!

I'll have to get him to tell me his screen name when he registers. I want to meet another Downie!

[Maikadurwen]

where did the trees on your hand thing come from

[Daewen]

My birthday is on Talk like a pirate day! Happy birthday to me...

Yeah...I dressed up like a female version of Jack Sparrow, seeing as I'm a girl, and walked around the block with my friend trying to recruit little children in her neighborhood to join my pirate crew as my friend sighed and shook her head.

[The Elusive Spirit]

Sorry for being gone for ever but school is stupid.
We have these planners for school that are so stupid an boring (read getto). Anyway I putquotes from LOTR on every page in green pen. Fun!
Actually I just severely scared my mom and sister because I finally saw my friend post
and ran around my house screaming. waves to Beanimir and gives big hug* He He He smilies/biggrin.gif

[Goldberry]

where did the trees on your hand thing come from

Dominic Monaghan writes "Trees" on his hand because he is obsessed with trees. So I tried it and it turned out to be a great way to get weird looks! smilies/biggrin.gif

Awwwwww... I'm in a completely un-obsessed family. And there are no Tolkienites at my school...

Same here. smilies/frown.gif The only place there might be Downies would be at the two colleges in my town. So when I was in the college bookstore today, I wrote on one of those pen test-pads "Do the wave for Boromir the disco king! If you know where this came from, PM Goldberry!" But I highly doubt anybody will see it. smilies/frown.gif

You know you are obsessed when you are counting down the days until Frodo and Bilbo's birthday, and are planning your party. I'm so excited! smilies/smile.gif

[ September 16, 2003: Message edited by: Goldberry ]

[Sapphire_Flame]

Heehee. smilies/biggrin.gif

Awwwwww... I'm in a completely un-obsessed family. And there are no Tolkienites at my school...
There are a few Tolkienites at my school, but not many. And only one of them has read LotR more times than I have, so HA! smilies/evil.gif

You're obsessed when the LotR pic files on your computer are constantly running out of room...

EDIT: Happy 900th post to me!!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[ September 17, 2003: Message edited by: Sapphire_Flame ]

[Lëowen]

counting down the days until Frodo and Bilbo's birthday

At my school we have these planner things that we are forced to write in, and I have 'Bilbo and Frodo's Birthday!!!!' written in huge letters all over the space for September 22. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

I've also recruited my friend and gotten him to yell 'Valin nosta!!' at one the teachers whose birthday it was with me. She gave us the weirdest look. 'Twas quite fun. smilies/wink.gif smilies/evil.gif

[Tinuviel of Denton]

You know you're obsessed with LotR when:

--You are walking home and know where all the good places to get sword-straight sticks are on the way.

--You get one of those sticks and act out one of the RPGs that you're in (playing someone else's character because yours is male and you aren't).

--You behead several stalks of grass, about a dozen m.ushrooms, and one tree-branch, calling them orcs and trolls, and shouting "Gurth G.othrim Tel'Laiqataure!" (which means Dea,th to the foes of the Greenwood! (courtesy of Nerindel))

--After you have destroyed the foul minions of Sauron, you run across a poor, (presumably)i.nnocent spider, and kill it, shouting, "Die you evil spawn of Ungoliant!"

--Your sword breaks, and you stop beheading plants.

--Now Greenwood is peaceful apparently, because you pick a handful of small white flowers, calling them 'niphredil' and braid them into a coronet.

--You almost cry when said coronet isn't quite big enough to fit on your head.

--You 'kelebrate' because you can wear it after all. (arrange it like a tiara)

--You sing the ME version of 'My Favorite Things' at the top of your lungs while walking home.

--You call a few guys who got on your nerves by calling out at you as you walked past 'Bill Ferny and Friends' (under my breath, so they didn't hear me. I had heard enough from them, hanon le.)

After all this, you finally get home and immediately go to the Downs to post it all. smilies/biggrin.gif

Edit: I apologize for the periods in weird places; my computer censors the oddest words...

[ September 17, 2003: Message edited by: Tinuviel of Denton ]

[Amarantha_Daisy]

Happy 900th post to me!!!

Woo! Congrats! *pulls out champagne and confetti* I'm on 141...

counting down the days until Frodo and Bilbo's birthday

Yep. I also wrote it on all my calendars. And my friend's calendar...

Woo! I got a comment on my ring today! Well-sort of. This girl who sits next to me in Spanish asked, "Is that like, the 'Lord of the Rings' ring?" I, being my own shy self, was like "Yeah..." She said, "That's crazy!" and turned back to her work. But it was a good crazy! Like...crazy as in "I never knew they made those...that's kind of weird..."

Not much of a story, but I was quite excited. Ya know what? In real life I'm pretty shy and quiet but on the Downs I'm more...outspoken. Hmm... Ah well.

[ September 18, 2003: Message edited by: Amarantha_Daisy ]

[Ainaserkewen]

Haha,
I'm happy for you Amarantha_Daisy.
I had a similar experience, only they didn't say crazy...
I was passing brief notes to the guy behind me in english, he started going off on how he hated preps(bad word at my school)
I told him
CRAZIES! SILLIES! It hurts us it does.
and he should be less judgemental, my precious. And many more collums such as that.
He wrote back saying
LORD OF THE RINGS DORK! LORD OF THE RINGS SUCKs!!!
I wrote back saying that I didn't ridicule any of his interests or hobbies, and that at least I was cool enough with myself to announce my biggests loves, even though people think other than they are great.
From then on, he's had so much more respect for me and my opinions. But I still restrain from going off about LOTR. smilies/wink.gif

[Meneltarmacil]

He wrote back saying
LORD OF THE RINGS DORK! LORD OF THE RINGS SUCKs!!!
*sends Nazgul to said person's house*

[the guy who be short]

When you dream about Glaurung attacking your house! smilies/eek.gif smilies/eek.gif And all I had in defense was about 5 elven archers... I kept yelling "aim for his belly," but for some reason they wanted to take out the orcs first...

When you tell somebody you had a dream about a dragon and he says, "Let me guess, the dragon was from the Lord of the Rings."

When your favourite insult is "Betrayer of thy mother's kin."

When you talk in old English.

When you hear some girls behind you saying "I love Strider, he's so fit," you turn around and glare at them.

When you have so many things to post here that you forget a good few of them.


I just realised that when I'm doing low energy tasks, eg picking apples, watering the garden, I hum the LotR.

[ September 18, 2003: Message edited by: the guy who be short ]

[Sapphire_Flame]

Hannon le, Amarantha! smilies/biggrin.gif

This might just be me, but whenever I see Ainaserkewen's name I think it says Andy Serkis. smilies/confused.gif Would that qualify for obsessed?
When you talk in old English.
When you talk in Sindarin. smilies/biggrin.gif
I also wrote it[Frodo & Bilbo's birthday] on all my calendars. And my friend's calendar...
I've got just about every date in LotR written down on my calender. I've got March 25 marked in big red letters: "Destruction of Barad-dur and Downfall of the Lord of the Ring". Everyone be sure to mark that!!!

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Goldberry]

Great idea, Sapphire! I'll be sure to mark that date. And congrats on your 901st post! smilies/tongue.gif

I just got my first compliment on the Tengwar label for my Latin book today. I was so excited! smilies/biggrin.gif

You know you are obsessed when you talk to the Aragorn RotK teaser-poster hanging on your wall, and then are terribly dissapointed when he doesn't respond, and you realize he's not really there. smilies/frown.gif

[Orominuialwen]

He wrote back saying
LORD OF THE RINGS DORK! LORD OF THE RINGS SUCKs!!! A haiku to him (actually I wrote it to this very anti-LotR girl I know who has fortunately since moved away)
Are you blind, or do
you just refuse to see all
the majesty here

You feel compelled to label every leaf you draw las (or lassi if there are more than one).

I got several weird looks from having Do the wave for Boromir the disco king written on my notebooks and binders! smilies/biggrin.gif *goes dancing around the room with happiness*

So when I was in the college bookstore today, I wrote on one of those pen test-pads "Do the wave for Boromir the disco king! If you know where this came from, PM Goldberry!" That's a great idea!! I'm going to leave notes in all the Tolkien books in the library that say that (except with Orominuialwen instead of Goldberry) smilies/wink.gif

[ September 18, 2003: Message edited by: Orominuialwen ]

[Elennar Starfire]

While riding your bike, you hear a car coming behind you, and decide to pretend it's a Nazgul. You shout "Noro lim, Asfaloth!" to your bike and try to go faster than the car. (It didn't work, I'm too slow. smilies/frown.gif )

[Naz]

I put a piece of paper on the side of my binder that says "DO THE WAVE FOR BOROMIR THE DISCO KING!!!" & drew a squid beneath it. smilies/biggrin.gif Two boys in American Gov. class read it & had no clue as to what it was... ^ ^ yea!!

[elfearz1]

Sounds kewl! What kind of style are you planning on? I'm doing Mirkwood, myself, so if you need ideas with that sort of thing... The site sounds like a great idea, I know many people who would appreciate a place to go for Middle-earthean design tips! I'm doing Mirkwood too! On my website (which you can acess through my profile), on the front page I have some tips to making your room more Shire-like. smilies/smile.gif But if you need any tips for any other theme feel free to email me! I would also like any ideas you have.

[Amarantha_Daisy]

He wrote back saying
LORD OF THE RINGS DORK! LORD OF THE RINGS SUCKs!!!

I'd take that as a compliment smilies/biggrin.gif Well...the "dork" part anyway. I get that a lot smilies/rolleyes.gif When in need, visit the old thread, Anti-LotR People. (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=17&t=000727)It always made me feel better smilies/smile.gif In fact...I kind of miss it...

I've got just about every date in LotR written down on my calender. I've got March 25 marked in big red letters: "Destruction of Barad-dur and Downfall of the Lord of the Ring". Everyone be sure to mark that!!!

*gasp* How could I forget?! I'll so that straightaway...

~When you name random strangers after LotR characters.

My friend and I saw four little kids who we named Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin. The thin one, who looked to be the oldest was Frodo, the one who kept following him around and talking to him was Sam, the one who kept jumping around like a maniac was Pippin, and the other one was Merry... Then I was Boromir and my friend was Aragorn. smilies/biggrin.gif

I fought my first orc today! My sword was two branches that had twisted together into one, so it was a bit weird looking....but it worked just fine!

[Goldberry]

While riding your bike, you hear a car coming behind you, and decide to pretend it's a Nazgul. You shout "Noro lim, Asfaloth!" to your bike and try to go faster than the car. (It didn't work, I'm too slow.)

Haha! That's great. smilies/biggrin.gif

And congrats on your shade-dom, Elennar Starfire! *cheers* smilies/biggrin.gif

[Sapphire_Flame]

*gasp* How could I forget?! I'll so that straightaway...
Good girl. smilies/biggrin.gif And don't forget the last Sunday of this month; when the hobbits reach the Barrow-Downs! smilies/wink.gif

Guess what? You know how certain theaters will be doing a special promo of RotK, showing the Fellowship and Towers EV's on the 16th and then showing RotK at midnight? I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE THEATER BY ME HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO DO THAT!!!!! *jumps up and down in hyper-ness* I'm so excited! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Pirate Lailosse]

All right! Hey I live by you Sapphire_Flame!

[Goldberry]

Guess what? You know how certain theaters will be doing a special promo of RotK, showing the Fellowship and Towers EV's on the 16th and then showing RotK at midnight? I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE THEATER BY ME HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO DO THAT!!!!!

Wow! That's so exciting! I wish that was happening near me. smilies/frown.gif Oh well...lucky you! *cheers for Sapphire* smilies/biggrin.gif

You know you are obsessed with LotR when, on your (so easy for native English speakers that it was insulting) English grammar homework, when you are asked to write the plural of "leaf" (I told you it was easy), you write "lassi" but then realize it was English grammer, not Quenya.


p.s. - Welcome to the Downs, Pirate Lailosse! smilies/smile.gif

[ September 19, 2003: Message edited by: Goldberry ]

[Elennar Starfire]

When you name random strangers after LotR characters.

Yep, I do that too, except I only name lookalikes. And guess what? Eowyn transferred into my dance class! smilies/cool.gif I know her real name now, and she's really fun to talk to. I'm Arwen, and Eowyn is my friend! smilies/biggrin.gif

And congrats on your shade-dom, Elennar Starfire! *cheers*

Thank you, Goldberry! I'm so proud, I'm a shade! smilies/biggrin.gif

You know you are obsessed with LotR when, on your (so easy for native English speakers that it was insulting) English grammar homework, when you are asked to write the plural of "leaf" (I told you it was easy),

And what grade are you in? I get a lot of insultingly easy assignments in my English class too. The sad thing is that some people actually don't understand it. I pity them.

I actually didn't get as many weird looks as I expected for dressing up today, lots of people knew that its talk like a pirate day, and there were three Jack Sparrows that I saw at my school, (including me) and lots more un-sparrish pirates. It was fun though.

~*Elennar, who is still wearing her costume*~

Edit: How long will this be on the 6th page? It's been like this for several days!
GET POSTING ALL YOU PEOPLE!!! smilies/wink.gif

[ September 19, 2003: Message edited by: Elennar Starfire ]

[steve]

You know your obsessed with lotr when you
A. Talk to people you know in real life about other downers
B.Change every name and place when you are doing work in class into LotR
Finally, this is the mother of all things you can do to know, You write about LotR for your college essay

[Finwe]

you dress up and show your friend your new Easterling/Haradrim spy costume (complete with dirt smudges and gold and black designs on face) and it is so convincing that he picks up your sword (which was conveniently lying on my sofa) and starts chasing after you, screaming "Herio!"

(Don't ask, I have strange friends.)

[elfearz1]

Last night, because I am in the downs for the walk to rivendell I wore my costume equipped with my sword and bow and arrow (Imagine the looks I got). Then I saw a bunny and yelled " It's a wight!" and shot passed it. (of course purposely missing) My mom was quite worried smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Amarantha_Daisy]

Guess what? You know how certain theaters will be doing a special promo of RotK, showing the Fellowship and Towers EV's on the 16th and then showing RotK at midnight? I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE THEATER BY ME HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO DO THAT!!!!!

*squee* Lucky! I don't know if my theater's doing that... I'll have to find out. I certainly hope so!


-All your friends know who Glorfindel is but they haven't read the books, it's just your kind inputs smilies/wink.gif

-You find yourself humming "Gil-Galad the Elven-King" subconsiously

-Your friends can always tell when you're about to make a LotR refrence because your face lights up and you start giggling... *Me? Guilty? Nahhh...* *shifty eyes*

-You tell LotR jokes to everyone you see, even if they don't get them. If they don't, you spend some good quality time explaining.

I am a firm believer that the Jokes (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=17&t=000456) thread should be revived smilies/wink.gif If only I had a joke...

~*Edit:*~
-When the most exciting thing to happen to you today is being responsible for creating a seventh page in this thread smilies/biggrin.gif

[ September 19, 2003: Message edited by: Amarantha_Daisy ]

[the guy who be short]

-You find yourself humming "Gil-Galad the Elven-King" subconsiously

Don't meant to dampen thy parade, but it's Gil-Galad WAS AN elven king." I should know, I've memorised it.

when you get annoyed when people don't pronounce the double "n" in "Yavanna".

When nobody you know says Yavanna so you try to make them say it just so you can shout at them and then post about it here. smilies/smile.gif

[Sapphire_Flame]

*cheers for Sapphire*
*squee* Lucky! I don't know if my theater's doing that... I'll have to find out. I certainly hope so!
Hannon le, mellyn nin! smilies/biggrin.gif I sure hope a theater near you is doing that, Amarantha; if not, you're always welcome to come join me at The Commons!

Okay, this was actually kinda creepy:

I fell asleep last night, but I forgot to take my Ring off before I went to bed (I was *that* tired...), so I still had the chain around my neck. Then I woke up in the middle of the night and my hand had clenched around the Ring while I slept. smilies/eek.gif

My brother just got the Bionicle: Mask of Light movie, and I was able to liken most of the characters and the main plot to LotR. Go me! smilies/biggrin.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~