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Galadel Vinorel · 11-01-2004, 11:08 AM

You are reading The Illiad and you begin to picture Achilles as Aragorn, though of course he would never retreat from battle over a stupid feud, and then, before you know it, you aren't even reading anymore, but daydreaming about when the War of the Ring. And then your teacher asks you a question, which you don't even truly hear, but you think that she is Sauron interrogating you through the Palantir and you curl up in a ball on the floor saying random things in elvish. And then you are taken to the counselor for psychiatric evaluation...and..well...need I go on? (not that that has ever happened to me before, but well, I kind of have an overactive imagination, but don't we all?

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Naz · 11-03-2004, 07:57 PM

Does thinking of Sil parody plots whilst reading it in English class count???

elronds_daughter · 11-04-2004, 07:02 PM

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I kind of have an overactive imagination, but don't we all?

Absolutely.

That scenario sounded like it could have come directly from a "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip. Truly classic.

Evisse the Blue · 11-05-2004, 01:42 AM

You put up a sign saying "Speak friend and enter" on the door of your counselling office and then sit back and watch all the high school geeks come pour in...

Hama Of The Riddermark · 11-05-2004, 04:03 AM

Exactly what I was thinking, elronds_daughter.

Encaitare · 11-05-2004, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Evisse the Blue

You put up a sign saying "Speak friend and enter" on the door of your counselling office and then sit back and watch all the high school geeks come pour in...

I have such a sign on my bedroom door... does that make me a geek? Perish the thought!

Maeggaladiel · 11-05-2004, 04:24 PM

*You are assigned to to a report on Newgrange, Ireland. You discover that Newgrange is a famous paleolithic structure featured in Celtic folklore, so you look up some info on the Celts. You read until you see a sentance containing the word "barrow." You get excited and forget all about Newgrange. Need I explain further?

You hear the song "Sister Disco" by the Who, and then you spend half an hour trying to re-work the song to become "Mister Disco," a spoofed modern rendition of an ode to a dead Gondorian...

"I would choose Nasgul and cold darkened caves,
Filled full of cave trolls and moldy dwarf graves,
I would stand by you and comfort your soul,
When you are broken and shot full of holes!

"Goodbye, Mister Disco,
Frodo has left you behind!
Goodbye, now you're so low,
You're like a big porcupine."

Yeah.

Elennar Starfire · 11-05-2004, 07:51 PM

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You hear the song "Sister Disco" by the Who, and then you spend half an hour trying to re-work the song to become "Mister Disco," a spoofed modern rendition of an ode to a dead Gondorian...

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~When you spend hours on the internet looking for a site that will let you listen to more than a thirty-second clip of "Bring Me the Disco King", and sing the first line (all I got to hear!

Amazon.com needs better clips! The clip started from the very beginning, and it was mostly the intro) all day the next day, and ask people where they think the tune's from, because it sounded familiar to you. I swear I've heard that tune before!

11-01-2004, 11:08 AM	#1
Galadel Vinorel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Lothlorien, the Woodlen Realm Posts: 366	You are reading The Illiad and you begin to picture Achilles as Aragorn, though of course he would never retreat from battle over a stupid feud, and then, before you know it, you aren't even reading anymore, but daydreaming about when the War of the Ring. And then your teacher asks you a question, which you don't even truly hear, but you think that she is Sauron interrogating you through the Palantir and you curl up in a ball on the floor saying random things in elvish. And then you are taken to the counselor for psychiatric evaluation...and..well...need I go on? (not that that has ever happened to me before, but well, I kind of have an overactive imagination, but don't we all? ) __________________ “Words can never convey the incredible impact of our attitude toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it." -Charles R. Swindoll

11-05-2004, 01:42 AM	#4
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	You put up a sign saying "Speak friend and enter" on the door of your counselling office and then sit back and watch all the high school geeks come pour in... __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

11-05-2004, 04:24 PM	#7
Maeggaladiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The end of the world as we know it. I feel fine, incidentally. Posts: 500	You are assigned to to a report on Newgrange, Ireland. You discover that Newgrange is a famous paleolithic structure featured in Celtic folklore, so you look up some info on the Celts. You read until you see a sentance containing the word "barrow." You get excited and forget all about Newgrange. Need I explain further? You hear the song "Sister Disco" by the Who, and then you spend half an hour trying to re-work the song to become "Mister Disco," a spoofed modern rendition of an ode to a dead Gondorian... "I would choose Nasgul and cold darkened caves, Filled full of cave trolls and moldy dwarf graves, I would stand by you and comfort your soul, When you are broken and shot full of holes! "Goodbye, Mister Disco, Frodo has left you behind! Goodbye, now you're so low, You're like a big porcupine." Yeah. __________________ "Wide ne bith wel," cwaeth se the geheirde on helle hriman. Last edited by Maeggaladiel; 11-05-2004 at 04:30 PM.*

11-03-2004, 07:57 PM	#2
Naz Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: my TARDIS! Posts: 288	Does thinking of Sil parody plots whilst reading it in English class count???

11-05-2004, 04:03 AM	#5
Hama Of The Riddermark Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 282	Exactly what I was thinking, elronds_daughter.