Welcome Leia and Tom. Enjoy your deaths. :D

Just stopping by to say hello!

:cool:

Hello and welcome, Tam Lin.

BTW, I love your name. I discovered that ballad through a music group called the Medieval Baebes. I absolutely love the lyrics. :)

Happy Posting. :cool:

...Or Fairport Convention's Liege & Lief

A hardly 'hallo' Tam Lin!

welcome tam lin!


well at least were getting alot of new members

Heyyyy everyone.....

I'm new.

of course I'm crazy about LOTR.....or else I wouldn't be here. :)

welcome shieldmaiden4xsword, i see you are already on the Quiz room threads...

Maybe now, we can get the quiz room going again. . .

Welcome shieldmaiden4xsword

thanks everyone!!!

I'm still trying to figure out this forum...... thanks for the welcome!

You'll get a hang of it. Welcome to your death! :D ;)

Is it just me or do I hear evil laughter?

LOL thanks everyone..... :D

Welcome to the 'Downs Shieldmaiden. If you like the Quiz forum then I'd suggest taking a look at Quotable Quotes as well. :D

Thank you.......I'll definitely check it out. ;)

guys, i don't have internet connect for a few days/weeks because of having the floors replaced, so I'll visit this then. Sorry about that.

Namárië!!!

Welcome to the Downs all newbies. From my recent wanderings it looks like you're all getting stuck in. :D

Hello! This looks like a fun place to spend one's afterlife...

I've been a Tolkien fan since I read the Hobbit (20 years ago) and LOTR (19 years ago). Reread many times since, and no other book has taken their place in my heart. The PJ movies were the only movies I went to the trouble to watch in the theatre since my kids were born. Though the movies weren't perfect (I think I'm too much of a Tolkien fan to ever be fully satisfied with a film version), they are definitely up there among my favorite movies of all time. (Besides, there are two actors I like very much in them...and you'll never guess who!)
About me...I'm a divorced (well, not officially yet) mom of 3 girls and am back in college now, finishing up my Bachelor's: major in Studio Art & minor Media and Society, then it's on to grad school. My hobbies etc. are art (of course), gardening, reading & movies (I'm a sucker for fantasy & sci-fi, and a MP fan), backpacking, and spending way too much time on the internet.

Welcome Rikae

I hope that you will enjoy your stay in this humble Barrow. I think that you should be able to get you need to discus both movies and books here. . . If you like the more silly kind of fun, then Mirth will surely be the place place for you to be.

Welcome aboard Rikae! If you can ever find the time do check out Quotable Quotes. I doubt you'd find anyone here who is satisfied with the movies but we like them all the same. Uh... well at least a bit at any rate. Hope you enjoy your stay here.

Welcome to the Downs Rikae.

If you weren't entirely satisfied with the films you might want to check out the Sbs threads, as those take them apart pretty ruthlessly but praise what was good as well.

Might I ask what MP is?

In my fields MP would be, Magic Points/Mana or Multi-Player. (though I doubt anyone uses MP as a reference for that)

Of course MP could mean a bunch of other things but from her interests I'd say its Metroid Prime. Since I'm not sure how someone'd fall in love with MP unless they were a wizard...

Monty Python perhaps?


we have many fans of those


again welcome Rikae

Yep, Monty Python.

Why do you think I have this outrageous accent?! ;)

Ah! Well in that case you are doubly welcome. :) And Gil's right, there are many Monty Python fans on here, as you'll probably be able to see from some of the avatars.

too many... but how many of them have put on a Monty Python Tribute production??

*raises hand*

Welcome!!! ;)

I am the Mouth of Sauron .

Welcome The Mouth of Sauron.

Does that mean you are unemployed? ;)

A welcome to The Mouth of Sauron!

Hello! I'm not new, but I'm posting here because I haven't been to the Downs in aaaages. Years. Oops. But it's very reassuring to see so many familiar names still here. How is everyone? Have I missed anything exciting in the last couple of years?

I wouldn't know I haven't been a member a year yet. . .

Welcome back, it always makes me happy to see "old" members re-join.

Well, let's see...

- Werewolves took over for a while
- The Suvivor games have grown up and agéd
- Mount Doom has wheels
- Crazy Captions now has over 10,000 posts
- The Barrow Downs now has an official* Newspaper
- Chapter by Chapter discussions of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit have been and gone...
- The Green Dragon Inn closed down...

I can't think of much else right now...

* Not actually official.

Thanks! That is all a lot to take in... I shall have to get down to some solid reading, I think. I feel like a Tolkien newbie all over again now...

always trying to promote your newspaper eh hookbill?

Yup. Mercilessly. Until I have complete control of the Down's media. :p

Vedui, il'er! amin Arathul. Saesa omentien il'er.

Greetings my fellow Tolkien fans,

I am new here. I love Tolkien's works, so I decided to join. I've read the Silmarillion, and am now working on The Hobbit (as I want to read the stories in chronological order). I, of course, love the villains - hence the name.

Glad to meet everyone.

Welcome Arathul and Morgoth.

so Morgoth is from california? more like Cali-Angband

Welcome to the Barrow-Downs, Morgoth. Here you will find plenty to do with Tolkien and his works. Whether you want to have fun or engage in serious discussions, there's almost certainly something you'll like here.

By the way, how did you get a computer all the way out there in the Void? ;)

Make yourself at home Arathul and Morgoth. (And this is the only time you'll catch me being so cordial to 'The Black Enemy'. :D )

Impressive. I think. Welcome!

Welcome, Morgoth. :D