[Meela]

Roundabout the time of the Two Towers release, in the days when LotR hype was at its height, I spent most of my days with a small group of friends who were just as fantasy/LotR obsessed as I was. We probably spent as long as ten hours together in a day, and the topic would most likely stray only from LotR to consult on our choice of pizza toppings or somesuch. It wasn't a sit-down-straight-talk session, but if there was any constant stream of conversation in that day, it would have been almost entirely LotR-related.

I had a two-year long ongoing argument over the questionability of my sanity, due to my persistent Denethor adoration. I insisted that a) he was sane, b) I was sane, c) I was sane for loving him, and d) he was sane if he ever decided to approach me in the street. A few hundred people argued against it.

I think the longest I've sat down and discussed LotR straight through is, oooh... four hours? Maybe five on-off-ish.