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Shady She-Penguin
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Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to Werewolf
18 days from playing in a ww-game and 10 from modding one... And you alredy feel that something important is missing from your life and you enviously stalk other people's game and read thorugh who has signed in an upcoming game.
And it will maybe take nearly two months 'til I get to werewolf again... I don't even wan't to know what is my mental condition like then... 
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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06-25-2006, 11:41 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
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You get aggressive when nothing happens in the 'Downs for 20 minutes...
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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06-26-2006, 01:16 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
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Beat this....
When quite possibly your favourite birthday present is a virtual gift from RPG characters......
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
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06-26-2006, 01:34 PM
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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Okay, Mith:
When you very seriously consider (at least for a few seconds) adding an apostrophe to your name due to conversations with Formendacil and TGWBS wherein you realize that the meaning of L'aura (the glowing light) is way cooler than the meaning of Laura (laurel-crowned). 
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06-26-2006, 01:53 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
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And I know what my name is in Elvish ..thanks to Davem.... Adanverieth 
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06-26-2006, 02:05 PM
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Odinic Wanderer
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Things like this does not help me. I think I am to addicted to the Barrow-Downs, but then I read this and think: I am not addicted at all, I am quite normal.
Wich of course is rubbish, but still. . .
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06-27-2006, 06:51 AM
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Everlasting Whiteness
Join Date: Jan 2004
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When, in an attempt to ask a friend if you think Henman will be going out today, you accidentally substitute the word Henman with Eomer
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07-01-2006, 01:02 PM
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Illusionary Holbytla
Join Date: Dec 2003
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You think of World Cup teams in terms of their Downer supporters... i.e., England is Sauce, Germany is Esty, Brazil is Morm, etc.
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07-01-2006, 01:07 PM
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Riveting Ribbiter
Join Date: May 2005
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When you set up elaborate e-mail contingency plans with other members to keep you informed about Downs happenings on the chance that you won't be able to access the forum for a while.
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07-06-2006, 12:52 AM
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Dead Serious
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When deciding how Celuien's name is supposed to be pronounced is the intellectual feat of the day...
When you start thinking that "Nogrod" must mean something in Finnish...
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07-06-2006, 09:08 AM
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07-06-2006, 01:10 PM
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Everlasting Whiteness
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And that has me joining the addicted ranks
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07-06-2006, 01:12 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
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French would be as Kath says ..... soft initial C like Celine.....
But if it is Elvish it has to be the hard .... but I never remember that when I think names.......
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07-06-2006, 01:23 PM
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Illusionary Holbytla
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I've always said it "Kel-oo-ee-en".
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07-06-2006, 01:35 PM
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Dead Serious
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Well, I think I can blame this on Latin and Italian... but I've found myself saying "Chel-oo-ien".
But the Tolkienist says "No, blockhead, you have to use the Elven Hard C." So I alternate with "Kel-oo-ien". And then there's Joe Bloe's English: "Sel-oo-ien". Yup. Addicted.
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07-06-2006, 04:26 PM
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Riveting Ribbiter
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 Ah. I am now both addicted and a sign of addiction. 
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07-07-2006, 12:30 AM
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Dead Serious
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And you know you're addicted to the 'Downs when you think being a cause of being addicted to the 'Downs is cool... You also know you're addicted when you both to post a sentence like the one previous.
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07-12-2006, 06:52 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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The Barrow-downs and Barrowdowners have influenced in decisions or directly caused me to try:
Terry Pratchett Neil Gaiman marmite MySpace Xanga MSN, Yahoo, AIM Thanks to the Barrowdowns, I'm never leaving the house again, which was my aim all along. 
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07-12-2006, 07:17 PM
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Illusionary Holbytla
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I can't even tell you how many books I've picked up because they were recommended in the "What other fantasy books do you read?" thread...
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07-12-2006, 07:29 PM
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Stormdancer of Doom
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Active Posts.
Who's Online. Active Posts. Who's Online. Active Posts. Who's Online. Active Posts. Who's Online. Active Posts. Who's Online. Active Posts. Who's Online. Active Posts. Who's Online.
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07-29-2006, 02:34 PM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
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On a serious thread you first write Mount Doom as Mt. Zoom, and only when rereading the post you notice the mistake...
And I wasn't even involved in the Mt. Zoom challenge.
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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07-29-2006, 02:56 PM
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Alive without breath
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Curses on whoever invented that concept! Yeah... Whoever it was... Curse him... Deserves a slap I say. Whoever he is... *shifty eyes*
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07-29-2006, 02:59 PM
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Shady She-Penguin
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You know... there's something creepily similar in you and the guy who invented it...
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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07-29-2006, 05:08 PM
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Everlasting Whiteness
Join Date: Jan 2004
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When you spend a car journey trying to explain the concept of reps to your parents, something strangely difficult without a computer around for visual aid, and not stopping until they understood it.
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08-01-2006, 05:45 PM
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Everlasting Whiteness
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Eww to the double post, but:
When you're flicking through the music channels and get very excited at the caption; "Oasis Live at Barrowdowns". However, as you joyously point this out to your father he gives you a despairing look, and you realise that in fact is says; "Oasis Live at Barrowlands." I was bitterly disappointed.
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09-08-2006, 06:06 AM
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Odinic Wanderer
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When all of your friends has The Barrow-Downs as a "bookmark" and they did not make it one them selves. . .
(it makes it easier for me to take a quick look at what is going on)
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09-11-2006, 08:45 PM
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Dead Serious
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The whole "you know you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you only have 'Downers on your MSN list" has been done before... but I sadly never realized how true this was for me until I organised my contacts into categories yesterday (for the first time). The breakdown was, as follows:
'Downer Girls: 9 'Downer Guys: 5 Not 'Downers: 5 But if you want to know what's REALLY pathetic about that... of those five "Not-Downers" (and yes, those are the categories I named them and moved them into), one is a sibling, and so doesn't count- and Two of them are people who are friends of 'Downers. Had it not been for the 'Downs and the people THEY chat with... well, my stats for non-'Downers would look even worse. Really, it's just... sad. It's also a sign of addiction when your favourite newspaper is "The Downer".
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09-12-2006, 03:15 AM
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Alive without breath
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Another sign could be that you have The Barrow Downs set as your home page. Also, (I realised this today) when you sort your history by most visited, The Barrow Downs come far, far above the others. Moreover, your main disappointment in not going to Oxon moot is that you wont get to meet some Downers. 
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09-12-2006, 06:48 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
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Top ten signs you're addicted to werewolf... You can't help bursting to a laugh during your history lesson when the teacher says that the king would have been lynched".
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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09-12-2006, 09:57 AM
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Is isn't really about addiction of the barrowdowns, but...
You know you're addicted when you wake up from a nap snuggled close to a copy of the Silmarillion as if it were a plush animal, but you have to admit it was some pretty good sleep.
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09-12-2006, 01:05 PM
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A Mere Boggart
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Loggin on from a ruddy Internet cafe just to tell you all that I've seen 'em filming Northern Lights. I am, admittedly totally beside myself with excitement as I do love the books!
Anyway, I'd better get back to the pub, hadn't I?
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09-21-2006, 09:47 AM
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Alive without breath
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You start using analogies such as;
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09-21-2006, 10:18 AM
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Dead Serious
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...when you start thinking in Philosophy class: "hey! that person reminds me of so-and-s0"- from the Barrowdowns.
My Philosophy class has: a "Feanor of the Peredhil" a fat "Rune son of Bjarne" an "Anguirel" a "Kath" Of course, this couldn't stay contained in Philosophy... it had to spread to English and Art History as well... English has: an "Encaitare" another "Anguirel" a "Valier" Art History has: a "The KA" a "Bêthberry" (actually, that's the teacher...) a "Mithalwen" a "the guy who be short" It's an addiction, I fear...
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09-21-2006, 09:40 PM
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Hauntress of the Havens
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My Anthro class has a Fea. Really creepily Fea, at least in my mind.
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09-22-2006, 04:23 AM
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Odinic Wanderer
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A fat me !? Now I cannot think about how I would look weighing a lot more than I do now.
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09-22-2006, 06:28 AM
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Everlasting Whiteness
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You start thinking in posts rather than normal thought.
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09-22-2006, 06:36 AM
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Odinic Wanderer
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How does that work ?
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09-22-2006, 06:39 AM
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Everlasting Whiteness
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Well it keeps happening, I start complaining about something in my head in a disjointed 'argh' type fashion, and then it becomes a properly worded 'What do you assign to Mordor' post. Hard to explain actually, but there is a clear difference.
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09-22-2006, 06:55 AM
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Odinic Wanderer
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I do something like that once in a while, but I always forget it again. . .
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09-22-2006, 06:51 PM
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