[Nuranar]

My bedroom is right in the front of the house. It's got double French doors opening on the front hall, and a regular door opening on the back hall. Result? All three brothers use my room as a hallway extension, and the carpet is terribly worn. So they're supposed to stay out, but do they? No! So I get tired of it and I'll nag and pester. My parents don't appreciate that, either. But when I was home last weekend, my middle brother just kept following me around chattering. I wanted to go to bed, so I walked into my room and, as he was preparing to follow me, I shouted (in a quiet voice) "You shall not pass!" - and then locked the doors. My dad told me later he really appreciated that way of keeping him out. <P>I'm about 5'10", which although not super tall, is taller than most of my female friends. So several times I've found myself saying when they can't see something, "Shall I describe it to you?" Once my friend started laughing so hard that I laughed too, and I could scarcely finish the quote - "Or would you like me to find you a box?"<P>Of course, there was the time I greeted another Tolkienite in Elvish - "Mae govannen." I was expecting the blank looks from the other friends standing around, but you should have seen the look she gave me!