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

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 08-05-2007, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Lyra Greenleaf

wow- 100% on brinniel's and about 80% on manardariel's!

on the other hand a lot of you are much worse (or better!) and i'm not sure if i'm happy or not. i'm kind of used to being known as a lotr freak, and here i'm nothing! not even a ghost prince!

here's probably a unique one:
#you look through your desktop calender and write a quote matching the picture in your diary everyday!#

#you lie in bed at night planning scenarios/future posts for RPGs or trying to get the tricky quiz question#

#the day before your mock exams start you sit in front of your computer with a growing realisation that, yes, you really ARE addicted to the BD!#

#you know that the day before your actual exam you will still be checking whats going on, even though you know you need the grades to get to uni. why can't they do lotr studies, thats what i want to know?#

[ March 09, 2003: Message edited by: Lyra Greenleaf ]

MY GOSH! YOURE LIKE ME! ...and people call me an LOTR freak.

Thinlómien · 09-03-2007, 11:25 AM

When your English homework is to write a letter to the editor, the place you go to check how it is done is The Barrow-Downs Newspaper -thread...

Hookbill the Goomba · 09-03-2007, 12:08 PM

Lommy, I'm not sure that's the best place to get your-

Actually, no, it is. Yes, base all you're school work on the endless truth you'll find there in that impressive Newspaper.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-09-2007, 11:52 AM

You know there's something wrong when you read a guitarist's name "Tony Iommi" as "Tony Lommi" (although you knew the name before!), considering it an interesting discovery. Do I need to add anything else?

Rune Son of Bjarne · 09-09-2007, 09:26 PM

I think it is a good enough sign that you show up at 5:26am in a time where you have both University, work, family and friends to think about.

Mithalwen · 09-10-2007, 06:38 AM

When you see a clip of penguins on TV and think "ooh lommies"

Thinlómien · 09-10-2007, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill

Lommy, I'm not sure that's the best place to get your-
Actually, no, it is. Yes, base all you're school work on the endless truth you'll find there in that impressive Newspaper.

Well, in the end I used my English book as the main source, but looking for letters to the editor in the BD Newspaper surely provided me much-needed amusement so that my work wasn't too hard...

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Originally Posted by Legate

You know there's something wrong when you read a guitarist's name "Tony Iommi" as "Tony Lommi" (although you knew the name before!), considering it an interesting discovery. Do I need to add anything else?

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Originally Posted by Mith

When you see a clip of penguins on TV and think "ooh lommies"

I think I should be flattered...

Anyway, I'm amused at least.

Lhunardawen · 11-07-2007, 04:11 AM

When you think it's a lamentable loss that you've ceased (temporarily, hopefully) having BD dreams, or being a subject of one.

And you've finally caught yourself automatically thinking "Lommy" when you see a group of penguins in a photo. Yay!

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-07-2007, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

And you've finally caught yourself automatically thinking "Lommy" when you see a group of penguins in a photo. Yay!

Oh! I thought that's normal...

Lhunardawen · 11-07-2007, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Oh! I thought that's normal...

It is! But whoever said I'm normal?

Speaking of whom...

When you find yourself wondering if Legate has three syllables, or two syllables and rhymes with date.

Thinlómien · 11-07-2007, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Lhuna

And you've finally caught yourself automatically thinking "Lommy" when you see a group of penguins in a photo. Yay!

Finally? Is that some thing people should wait for? Like "Oooh, now I think of Lommy when I see penguins, now I must have seen the light!" or something like that?

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Originally Posted by Legate

When you are having two Downish dreams in a row. Hooray!

Well, when you've had five BD dreams in a row, come back here and post it and I can consider taking it as a serious sign of addiction...

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-07-2007, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

When you find yourself wondering if Legate has three syllables, or two syllables and rhymes with date.

?

*slaps himself to the forehead* What madness is that?

Two.

But as far as I know, it does not rhyme with date. In fact, I think it's very hard to find something that it would rhyme with. Hmm... I don't know.

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Well, when you've had five BD dreams in a row, come back here and post it and I can consider taking it as a serious sign of addiction...

Hey, what, you had five?

Well let's wait for the three following days. But I don't give much hope to it.

Lhunardawen · 11-07-2007, 09:43 AM

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Finally? Is that some thing people should wait for? Like "Oooh, now I think of Lommy when I see penguins, now I must have seen the light!" or something like that?

Of course, Lommy. It doesn't say much about me as a Downer if I'm not easily able to make that association.

I guess I'm entitled to appear self-confessedly stupid occasionally... but just how is "Legate" supposed to be pronounced anyway, Legate?

09-03-2007, 11:25 AM	#2
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	When your English homework is to write a letter to the editor, the place you go to check how it is done is The Barrow-Downs Newspaper -thread... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

09-03-2007, 12:08 PM	#3
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Lommy, I'm not sure that's the best place to get your- Actually, no, it is. Yes, base all you're school work on the endless truth you'll find there in that impressive Newspaper. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

09-09-2007, 11:52 AM	#4
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	You know there's something wrong when you read a guitarist's name "Tony Iommi" as "Tony Lommi" (although you knew the name before!), considering it an interesting discovery. Do I need to add anything else? __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

09-10-2007, 06:38 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	When you see a clip of penguins on TV and think "ooh lommies" __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

11-07-2007, 04:11 AM	#8
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	When you think it's a lamentable loss that you've ceased (temporarily, hopefully) having BD dreams, or being a subject of one. And you've finally caught yourself automatically thinking "Lommy" when you see a group of penguins in a photo. Yay!