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

Oddwen · 09-22-2006, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Kath

You start thinking in posts rather than normal thought.

Or dreaming in posts...Or dreaming of posting.

elronds_daughter · 09-23-2006, 03:01 PM

...You just keep coming back...again...and again...and again...and again...and again.......

Hookbill the Goomba · 09-25-2006, 03:42 AM

It's only now that I realise how sad it is...

You know you're addicted to The Barrow Downs when you're computer's desktop looks like this:

Brinniel · 10-27-2006, 08:50 AM

You know you're obsessed with the BD when:

-Your professor assigns the class to write a journal entry about a community they're part of and on first instinct you choose to write about the Downs.

-You own a BD t-shirt and wear it at least once a week.

-You print out copies of Hookbill's P&A comics and insist that your suitemates should read them too for a good laugh.

-You meet someone new and the first place you take them to is your computer which just happens to be opened up to the BD forum page. Then you take them on a full tour of the site and show off your best RPG posts. They claim you're really not that much of a freak, but deep down you just know they're saying that to be nice...

Kath · 10-27-2006, 08:54 AM

You forget that other people aren't quite as obsessed as you are, and mention names and facts from the site without a second thought, only realising your mistake when whoever you're talking to gives you a strange look and goes "huh?", having not understood a word.

Hookbill the Goomba · 10-27-2006, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Brinniel

-You print out copies of Hookbill's P&A comics and insist that your suitemates should read them too for a good laugh.

Good gracious me!

You know you're addicted when people get fed up of you starting an analogy with the phrase, 'On the Barrow Downs...'

Thinlómien · 11-01-2006, 04:15 AM

You update the page everytime you rep someone with only a few rep blocks just to see if the person's rep blocks increase. It's really satisfying to see the reputation status change.

Mithalwen · 11-08-2006, 12:08 PM

When a TV advert featuring a little girl who loves penguins makes you think "I wonder if Lommy was like that when she was a moppet".

Rikae · 11-23-2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

You update the page everytime you rep someone with only a few rep blocks just to see if the person's rep blocks increase. It's really satisfying to see the reputation status change.

Heehee...I've been known to do that. I'm not quite a saint, though, since I've also done the reverse with certain less-than-courteous posters (only those that really deserve to be cast into the void, of course.)

09-23-2006, 03:01 PM	#2
elronds_daughter Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the fortune cookie and the post-its. Posts: 644	...You just keep coming back...again...and again...and again...and again...and again....... __________________ I'd like to be the king of all Londinium and wear a shiny hat.

10-27-2006, 08:50 AM	#4
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	You know you're obsessed with the BD when: -Your professor assigns the class to write a journal entry about a community they're part of and on first instinct you choose to write about the Downs. -You own a BD t-shirt and wear it at least once a week. -You print out copies of Hookbill's P&A comics and insist that your suitemates should read them too for a good laugh. -You meet someone new and the first place you take them to is your computer which just happens to be opened up to the BD forum page. Then you take them on a full tour of the site and show off your best RPG posts. They claim you're really not that much of a freak, but deep down you just know they're saying that to be nice... __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

10-27-2006, 08:54 AM	#5
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	You forget that other people aren't quite as obsessed as you are, and mention names and facts from the site without a second thought, only realising your mistake when whoever you're talking to gives you a strange look and goes "huh?", having not understood a word. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

11-01-2006, 04:15 AM	#7
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	You update the page everytime you rep someone with only a few rep blocks just to see if the person's rep blocks increase. It's really satisfying to see the reputation status change. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

11-08-2006, 12:08 PM	#8
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	When a TV advert featuring a little girl who loves penguins makes you think "I wonder if Lommy was like that when she was a moppet". __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace