Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs

[Eglaladiel]

Ha ha ha! its really funny. not all of them are true for me though...so i guess i have a life....right???

[the guy who be short]

You tend to recomend the Barrow Downs to everyone that you meet.

True. I added somebody to my instant messenger, but got one character wrong. I asked them if they liked LotR, recommended BDs, and left!
I also bug my friends who aren't really obsessed to come here. And Teachers. And Librarians. And...

When you have dreams about the BD. (I dreamt we had a reunion)

[Lëowen]

When you have dreams about the BD. (I dreamt we had a reunion)

I dreamt almost the exact same thing! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

I've had plenty dreams about BD. Even one nightmare last night. That was disturbing.

Swan song,
-Menelien

[ August 01, 2003: Message edited by: GaladrieloftheOlden ]

[Elennar Starfire]

I should do that! Starting with your sig and location (I've always liked your location).

Thanks so much!

I also dream about the barrowdowns sometimes. My dreams are quite odd. I dreamed once I was reading a book, and all the characters were people from the 'downs.

[elfearz1]

you talk to the people on here more then your own family. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

when you are in a resteraunt and suddenly have a good idea for a post, you imediatly pull out a pen and start writing on a napkin... despite the odd looks you are given by your friends.

you've decided to skip showers to have more time on here (I'm not quite at that point!)

Although people (in real life)seem to think you are the most obsessed person on this planet, you feel ashamed that you are not as obsessed as your fellow BD'ers

you feel like you fit in more with people here then offline.

[Sirithheruwen]

you feel like you fit in more with people here then offline.

I completely agree! Just yesterday I was yelling at my sis telling her there WERE people like me! I was yelling off random BDer's and she just walked away while I was going on and on and on and on and on... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Brinniel]

When you personalize your license plate to your BD nickname (no, I have not done that...yet). [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Tinuviel of Denton]

when you are in a resteraunt and suddenly have a good idea for a post, you imediatly pull out a pen and start writing on a napkin... despite the odd looks you are given by your friends.

You're at a wedding, and you suddenly get an idea for your next RPG post, and start writing it all over the program.

Your home-page is NOT the Downs, to save bandwidth (I'm a good g.irl, amn't I?) but is your email, and you immediately go to the threads that you have posted on, via saved messages with the links to them.

Your dad has told you that you need to get a life because you spend so much time on the Downs.

[ August 05, 2003: Message edited by: Tinuviel of Denton ]

[Amarantha_Daisy]

Your dad has told you that you need to get a life because you spend so much time on the Downs.

-You spend an hour or two arguing with your dad that you *do* have a life, seeing as message boards are just another form of social interation [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Hmmm... I'll have to use that as my defence sometime... [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

[Tinuviel of Denton]

Hey, thanks Amarantha! That might help...

When your mother limits your time on the computer, and you complain that she is curtailing your creative ability.

[elfearz1]

when you start getting blisters from the Walk to Rivendell. (serves me right for walking two miles in flip-flops)

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

When you personalize your license plate to your BD nickname (no, I have not done that...yet).

*Gasp* Brinniel, you have found me out... okay, so I haven't done it yet, but I thought rather seriously about it. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] When I get that car...

[Tinuviel of Denton]

When you have managed to get your little sister who has a love affair with Peter Benchley (his books anyway) interested enough in LotR to register on the Downs! (Go me!)

When you start getting BD withdrawal when you sister takes ten minutes more on the computer than she was supposed to.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

When you have managed to get your little sister who has a love affair with Peter Benchley (his books anyway) interested enough in LotR to register on the Downs! (Go me!)

What is her screen name, in case I see her around (so that I can think "Hey look! There's Tinuviel's little sister!")?

[Eressië Ailin]

*You now have a collection of BDers sigs and Avatars *ish very proud* [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

*You see one of Beren87's posts and yell (very loudly, I might add), "YAYISHNESS!!! Beren's confetti-throwing wizard is back--even though he's not throwing confetti anymore! YAY!!"

I received some very, very odd looks after that particular comment ("What? I wasn't doing anything! Honest! Just... go about you buiseness everybody!").

[Amarantha_Daisy]

I received some very, very odd looks after that particular comment

Heh heh... I do that a lot... especially when on LotR humor sites... I'll start laughing aloud and get some weird looks. Or when I squee at a post... My family thinks I'm crazy [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Any-woo, back to the topic...
-The number of posts you've written in one day is bigger than the number of words you speak in a week.

[Tinuviel of Denton]

My sister's screen name? Who in all Felturn is that? Actually, she used to be Who the Heck is That? but we made a leetle mistake about her birthday when we registered that one. She lost interest for a while, then decided to reregister, and Who in all Felturn is That? was born.

Oh, yes, and I have another sister who's registered. Her screen name is Durlossiel.

When you sit at the computer for hours, waiting for someone to reply to your latest post in the Dragon. When that post finally comes, you squeal, then reply.

I am going to kill you!!!!!!! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Back to topic
When you spend all night on this web site
get grounded and then do it again

My sister Tinuvial did that

[Amarantha_Daisy]

I am going to kill you!!!!!!!

Awwww...sibling love. Sounds like my house... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

When you spend all night on this web site get grounded and then do it again

Yep. That's me. I spend more time talking on the Downs than I do talking in real life... It's nice to talk here though, because the people here are just like me [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] It's nice to have people to talk to, since none of my frineds are Tolkien fans. *sniffle* I love you guys!

Okay...I'll stop being sappy now. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Pyroclastic]

The only reason you get off of BD, or stop reading the books, or watching the movies, or the extras, is to do The Walk To Rivendell! That's me.

[Tinuviel of Denton]

Welcome to the Downs, Who in all Felturn is That?, and enjoy being d.ead.

Muwahahaha! I've been waiting to say that...

When you sit in your living room with nothing to do waiting for your older sister to get off the computer so that you can get to the Downs.

When you see the word 'tinny' and immediately think of the name given you on chat.

[Finwe]

When the only exercise that you get is the Walk to Rivendell challenge.

[Tinuviel of Denton]

When your mother refuses to let you stay home because she says (correctly) that you will spend the entire time on the computer.

When you have decided that you are going to be like one of the Maikas (at least, I think it was one of the ones whose name starts with Maika) and Cuthalion and marry a Downer. (Haven't decided who yet [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]...)

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

When you get really bored when the Barrow-Downs were down for construction yesterday (I was so bored!). [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[Mariska Greenleaf]

When you get really bored when the Barrow-Downs were down for construction yesterday (I was so bored!).

Same here... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[the guy who be short]

When you get really bored when the Barrow-Downs were down for construction yesterday (I was so bored!).

I went through several stages. First anger, then despair, the boredom, then near-death.

When you nearly die when the BD's crashes for a day.

[Amarantha_Daisy]

When you get really bored when the Barrow-Downs were down for construction yesterday (I was so bored!).

Yep, me too. I just can't live without you guys! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

I went through several stages. First anger, then despair, the boredom, then near-death

Yeah. Same here, except it was more like: Shock, frustration, anger, dispair, boredom, dead. Soon to be ressurected. Woo!

Of course, then my computer decided to play some mean little trick on me and kicked me off the internet EVERY time I went on... [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] But it seems fine now... [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

-When you suffer from Barrow-Downs withdrawal.
Symptoms: talking excessively about the Downs when not on the computer, quoting random posts, Thinking of posts every 5 minutes, checking back at the Downs every 5 minutes... ect. *Not that I did any of that... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] *

[spirit_detective]

*falls out of chair laughing* hahahaha! *wipes tears from eyes* hehe...that's was hilarious...

sorry, I don't have any as of now, seeing as I'm kinda new here but...yeah

[Kaiserin]

When you get really bored when the Barrow-Downs were down for construction yesterday (I was so bored!).

You know you're obsessed when you tried to go to the Forum at least thirty times, hoping it was already up, even if the notice said it will be closed through 8/11/03

[Amarantha_Daisy]

You know you're obsessed when you tried to go to the Forum at least thirty times, hoping it was already up, even if the notice said it will be closed through 8/11/03

How did you know that?! Are you watching me? You people know me too well. I've done, like...everything here...

-When you're at a sleepover and you totally abandon your real-life friends for your friends at the Downs

-When you tell yourself you won't go on the computer...then you make yourself a sandwich, pour a glass of lemonade, say "Screw it" and go on the computer anyway...

-When you write ideas for posts on your arms because you had no paper at the time...

[ August 13, 2003: Message edited by: Amarantha_Daisy ]

[Tinuviel of Denton]

When you (shh, don't tell) get onto the chat just so that you can talk to BDers without going crazy from BD withdrawal. This was during the forum problems, btw.

When you're at an amusement park and all you can think of is what your RPG characters would think of the rides.

You can name more Downers than you can name people at your school.

[Lëowen]

You can name more Downers than you can name people at your school.

Guilty... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Shock, frustration, anger, dispair, boredom, dead.

That's almost exactly what I did! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

You know you're obsessed when you tried to go to the Forum at least thirty times, hoping it was already up, even if the notice said it will be closed through 8/11/03

Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! So the people on this thread follow me too... You guys seriously need to stop. I'm not that interesting. REally. Spend some more time on the Barrow-Downs or something.

When you're at a sleepover an you totally abandon your real-life friends for your friends at the Downs

Oh yeah! I was at a sleepover where I stayed up far past everyone else (was it three in the morning? Or was it five? I don't remember.) using your friend's computer, I think mostly on the Barrow-Downs. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

When you tell yourself you won't go on the computer...then you make yourself a sandwich, pour a glass of lemonade, say "Screw it" and go on the computer anyway...

Yes... I admit. I always try to practice will power and fail. ("I will not get online until this afternoon. Oh, forget it, I'm getting on NOW!").

You can name more Downers than you can name people at your school.

Well, considering that it's summer and I've conveniently forgotten about a lot of people at my school, I think I could.

[Tinuviel of Denton]

Well, considering that it's summer and I've conveniently forgotten about a lot of people at my school, I think I could.

So what if it's summer? I can name more Downers than school people during the school year too.

When you check your email six or seven times a day, just to see if someone's replied to your favorite threads on the Downs.

When you start to think in computer talk(You know *action* or "lol," that sort of thing) and before you discovered the Downs, you spent most of your computer time playing solitaire.

[Amarantha_Daisy]

-When you are sure you will die tomorrow because you won't be home all day, and that means *gasp* No Downs!

*sniffles* For a whole day! How will I live? I'll have to bug my friends by talking about it. Mua ha ha ha... And bring a notebook in case I have an idea for a post, which is sure to happen... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

When you start to think in computer talk(You know *action* or "lol," that sort of thing) and before you discovered the Downs, you spent most of your computer time playing solitaire.

Yep. That's me... I never was on the computer much before, but now I'm never bored! And sometimes I actually say stuff like "gasp" rather than actually doing it...

[ August 13, 2003: Message edited by: Amarantha_Daisy ]

[Brinniel]

You visit the airport and begin to daydream about the day you will be meeting a fellow Downer.

or

You intentionally help plan a family vacation in location where several Downers dwell. (I attempted to do this, but failed. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] )

[Elennar Starfire]

When you start to think in computer talk(You know *action* or "lol," that sort of thing) and before you discovered the Downs, you spent most of your computer time playing solitaire.

Yep. That's me... I never was on the computer much before, but now I'm never bored! And sometimes I actually say stuff like "gasp" rather than actually doing it...

Yeah, I've started talking in asterisks, like when the 'downs wasn't working, I told my friend, and I said "*sniffles*" (And I think with smilies. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )

[elfearz1]

*looks around nervously* Ok, I know you guys are watching me! I do a lot of those things

You visit the airport and begin to daydream about the day you will be meeting a fellow Downer.

guilty, guilty!

Also, I think real life really needs the BD's smilies. It's hard to communicate without them.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

Well, the other day I was at Borders looking at their Tolkien selection. There was a woman there who was also looking at Tolkien books, and I thought "Could that be someone from the Downs?" [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]