Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs - Page 30 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Eönwë · 06-12-2008, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Macalaure

Is it a sign of non-addiction if I don't get what you're talking about?

Are you just trying to get out of looking like a BD addict or are you serious.

Macalaure · 06-12-2008, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Lhuna

Mac, WW! From what planet are you?

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Originally Posted by Eonwe

Are you just trying to get out of looking like a BD addict or are you serious.

Oh... WW! I kept on wondering what "D-Day" had to do with it. I guess I need to start actually reading other people's posts.

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Originally Posted by Aganzir

And iMacs. Did it happen to be intentional that you chose to be an apple farmer in the DW?

Haha!

Now I wish that would have been intention, but I was just thinking of an occupation and it happened to be the first that came to my mind for some reason.

Rikae · 06-12-2008, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by iMac

Oh... WW! I kept on wondering what "D-Day" had to do with it. I guess I need to start actually reading other people's posts.

Translation:
Mac - "You mean WW means something other than werewolf?"

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-13-2008, 12:08 PM

When you are shopping in the car aisle of the store and you see steering wheel covers, floor mats, and seat covers among other things that have penguins on them and you immediately think, Lommy would love those!

Or, when you are writing "Soft Soap- white" on a shopping list and instead you write "Soft Soap- wight" ...

Lhunardawen · 06-14-2008, 08:59 AM

In Ecology lecture class, we were at one point discussing perception of the environment and our limitations in perceiving it. I was rather sleepy, not having slept a blink the night before, but I was trying my best to stay awake because it was an interesting class. I snapped fully awake when my professor wrote GW on the board. Alas, he wasn't referring to my fiance, but to global warming.

Another thing, I mistakenly misread 'onewhitetea' as onewhitetree.

Rikae · 06-14-2008, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

I snapped fully awake when my professor wrote GW on the board. Alas, he wasn't referring to my fiance, but to global warming.

Down with GW!

Lhunardawen · 06-14-2008, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Rikae

Down with GW!

Yes, of course, global warming is awful.

satansaloser2005 · 06-14-2008, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Rikae

Down with GW!

Heh. *chuckles*

I started yelling at my computer last night because I was playing Bookworm (or some similar game) and it didn't consider "scry" a word.

A Little Green · 06-15-2008, 10:01 AM

When listening to music you mishear "Why won't anybody try me" as "Why won't anybody scry me"...

satansaloser2005 · 06-15-2008, 12:32 PM

On another board I saw someone mention DW (they were being lazy and abbreviating Doctor Who). "Dueling Wizards? Where? WHERE????" Then I facepalmed. (This is especially sad as I'm also obsessed with Doctor Who, hence I should have caught on right away)

Eönwë · 06-16-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

On another board I saw someone mention DW (they were being lazy and abbreviating Doctor Who). "Dueling Wizards? Where? WHERE????" Then I facepalmed. (This is especially sad as I'm also obsessed with Doctor Who, hence I should have caught on right away)

Wow. Thats all I can say. *hands Sally some pills* "Take these 20 times a day for a week, okay?"

satansaloser2005 · 06-16-2008, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

Wow. Thats all I can say. *hands Sally some pills* "Take these 20 times a day for a week, okay?"

Heh. You should see me when I'm in WW mode. My brain's completely fried. Aka I plead insanity. (I think I've got a shot with that, don't you?

)

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-18-2008, 12:20 AM

When I went to Mt. Ranier today, I got this dessert that is called a Raspberry Mt. Ranier. It was a pink pyramid. I thought "If I put this picture on the 'Downs, there would be an article in the Downer soon enough about it.

Lhunardawen · 06-20-2008, 09:13 AM

My Plant Physiology prof used 'CW' to abbreviate cell wall, and I started wondering if there's a role called Crazy Wizard.

But there is! You were the Wizard of Insanity, remember? And Nilp was twice the Wizard of Apathy.

Right, Eowyn.

Oh, I also realised it's weird to write CBC instead of CbC, and have those letters mean 'complete blood count' instead of...something else entirely.

Groin Redbeard · 06-22-2008, 11:04 AM

I went with my friends yesterday to the car superstore, and when I was asked what cars I'd like to check out I said: "I hear those Volo's are pretty good."

Volo · 06-22-2008, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard

I went with my friends yesterday to the car superstore, and when I was asked what cars I'd like to check out I said: "I hear those Volo's are pretty good."

Ouch.

Eönwë · 06-22-2008, 01:33 PM

Anyway, how do you pronunce Volo, Volo? Is it Vol-oh, or vole-oh or voh- loh or something completely different?

Volo · 06-22-2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

Anyway, how do you pronunce Volo, Volo? Is it Vol-oh, or vole-oh or voh- loh or something completely different?

Haha, no, none of those. But you are giving me a good laugh.

It just is Volo, VOLO, volo, ah, I don't know. It sounds so stupid..

Pronounce it as you think it sounds best, I won't mind.

edit: So, I just sneakily add some content here not to just be chatting around. Hmm, fish. - No I don't like fish, even the smell is terrible, I can't stand it- *cough*

I went to check in my Microsoft Sam voice thingie how to pronounce Volo or to write the pronounced Volo and now, at two AM, what do I end up doing? Oh, of course. Of course! I try the names of you Downers on poor Sam. Hmm... I wonder how he'd survive some actual lines from the books. Hiihihii!

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-22-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

Anyway, how do you pronunce Volo, Volo? Is it Vol-oh, or vole-oh or voh- loh or something completely different?

I always pronounced it 'Gertrude'...

Anyway...

You know your Downs habit is going a little far when you pick through your alphabetti spaghetti (I am so sophisticated) to make the word 'Barrow Downs' on your plate... (followed by TARDIS, Tolkien and Lord of the Rin (couldn't find a 'g')).

I feel like I'm 12 again...

Lhunardawen · 06-22-2008, 05:43 PM

But 12 is such a good age to be!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-22-2008, 08:02 PM

Hookbill, quite technically Barrow Downs is two words...

You know when you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you correct someone like I just did...

satansaloser2005 · 06-23-2008, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

Hookbill, quite technically Barrow Downs is two words...

You know when you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you correct someone like I just did...

Heh. It's okay, I thought it too. Then I saw TARDIS....

And as for me....feel free to point and laugh.

I was at band rehearsal last week and we were playing a Czech piece.

(Czech here having the meaning that it was composed in Wilbur, a small town by where I go to college which hosts "Czech Days" which is essentially an excuse for everyone in the area to....erm, I can't really say it on the board. Point is, as far as I'm concerned there's not much Czech about it....But I digress....)

Moving on....Czech piece, to refresh your memory. Well, it had been a long day and we were supposed to play one movement all legato and pretty like (don't ask) and I was spacing off looking over the music and all I saw was Czech and legat (the music wasn't copied very well) and I chuckled in the middle of rehearsal.

I remembered it during rehearsal tonight and had a total giggle fit because I realized that it was perfect fodder for this thread.

(Also, I was playing some game where you had to escape from the Land of Nog....erm, I mean Nod. Enough said)

Mithalwen · 06-24-2008, 10:48 AM

When you get nearly as many birthday greetings from your fellow dead than from those who know you in life....

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-24-2008, 01:57 PM

You know you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you are trying to explain the Downer to your grandparents and you are trying to explain it in a way that will not make it sound like a lie. (Don't kill me)

Or when the only newspaper you read is the Downer, and you proudly proclaim that fact to everyone!

Or when you have almost (unintentionally) have gotten your grandma to come on the Barrow-Downs..

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-24-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

You know you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you are trying to explain the Downer to your grandparents and you are trying to explain it in a way that will not make it sound like a lie. (Don't kill me)

What a peculiar thing to say. Not a lie, indeed. Pfft.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-25-2008, 03:35 PM

Well, the Downer has not lost any credibility because of me anyway. And besides, it's not a lie... it's just the news.

You (at least think) you are addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you join the Barrow-Downs group on Facebook because you cannot get enough. And if that wasn't enough, you make friends with your fellow BDers and talk to them!!

EDIT: Or when you are sitting in the bathroom and on the sink there is a pile of random stuffs, you have to look because you think you just saw Alien! And then you look and it turns out to be your deoderent ... and I thought I had a reason to be frightened!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-26-2008, 01:23 PM

You know you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you start eating all of your meals at the computer and eat chicken noodle soup with chopsticks...

Mithalwen · 06-27-2008, 06:28 AM

when you are ridiculously happy to get Birthday cards from some of your fellow dead

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-27-2008, 10:29 PM

When you are reading the ingredient list for some jelly beans and you read one of the ingredients off as Thinlomien

... I found that it got me a very strange look.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 07-02-2008, 07:04 PM

I had to think of Esty when my grandparents were picking up their RV...
We were riding back to their house and I saw this billboard that just cracked me up... It said "Save the squirrels!" It was meant to be an ad for a car repair shop, but for any unsuspecting Barrow-Downer, it means a good laugh...

Eönwë · 07-03-2008, 01:36 PM

When you read one of your friend's screennames in messenger as "stop lynching *****[someone's name]" but it actually says "stop lying".
I hope this isn't a bad omen

Volo · 07-03-2008, 03:13 PM

When I think about Rune when I see Crunchy Müsli, but read Groucho Müsli instead. To be honest I don't even have the slightiest idea who Groucho Marx was, but well...

Rune Son of Bjarne · 07-04-2008, 04:23 AM

haha

If you can make such connections then your everyday life must be extremely downs-infested.

Eönwë · 07-04-2008, 05:31 AM

When you've started playing WW at school

satansaloser2005 · 07-04-2008, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

Well, the Downer has not lost any credibility because of me anyway. And besides, it's not a lie... it's just the news.

You (at least think) you are addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you join the Barrow-Downs group on Facebook because you cannot get enough. And if that wasn't enough, you make friends with your fellow BDers and talk to them!!

EDIT: Or when you are sitting in the bathroom and on the sink there is a pile of random stuffs, you have to look because you think you just saw Alien! And then you look and it turns out to be your deoderent ... and I thought I had a reason to be frightened!

To the last bit: Wow.

I was sort of ill the other day and decided to watch some kids movies to cheer me up. I decided on one about a trouble-causing little penguin. "I bet Lommie would get a kick out of this!"

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 07-05-2008, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

To the last bit: Wow.

Well, it is green and is kind of the shape of Alien... Just call me crazy.

satansaloser2005 · 07-05-2008, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

Well, it is green and is kind of the shape of Alien... Just call me crazy.

"Crazy." :P

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 07-05-2008, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

"Crazy." :P

Thank you.
You know you are obsessed with the Barrow-Downs when you have automatic updates that go directly to your e-mail and a whole folder in your e-mail dedicated to the Barrow-Downs...

satansaloser2005 · 07-05-2008, 03:41 PM

This is actually in reverse, as something on the Downs reminded me of something outside.

The newest member on here is called "noble." The only thing I could think of was the Doctor's current companion.

Eönwë · 07-05-2008, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

The newest member on here is called "noble." The only thing I could think of was the Doctor's current companion.

Oh yes, that. I wonder who the next Doctor will be... or will they stick with David Tennant (I missed it today- must watch it on iPlayer). And just who is that woman he met on the Library

06-13-2008, 12:08 PM	#1164
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Yet Another Sign of Addiction... When you are shopping in the car aisle of the store and you see steering wheel covers, floor mats, and seat covers among other things that have penguins on them and you immediately think, Lommy would love those! Or, when you are writing "Soft Soap- white" on a shopping list and instead you write "Soft Soap- wight" ... __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead. Last edited by TheGreatElvenWarrior; 06-13-2008 at 05:14 PM.

06-15-2008, 10:01 AM	#1169
A Little Green Leaf-clad Lady Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,571	Top ten signs you're addicted to DW When listening to music you mishear "Why won't anybody try me" as "Why won't anybody scry me"... __________________ "But some stories, small, simple ones about setting out on adventures or people doing wonders, tales of miracles and monsters, have outlasted all the people who told them, and some of them have outlasted the lands in which they were created."

06-15-2008, 12:32 PM	#1170
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	Addicted to DW? No, never, not me.... On another board I saw someone mention DW (they were being lazy and abbreviating Doctor Who). "Dueling Wizards? Where? WHERE????" Then I facepalmed. (This is especially sad as I'm also obsessed with Doctor Who, hence I should have caught on right away) __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.

06-18-2008, 12:20 AM	#1173
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	When I went to Mt. Ranier today, I got this dessert that is called a Raspberry Mt. Ranier. It was a pink pyramid. I thought "If I put this picture on the 'Downs, there would be an article in the Downer soon enough about it. __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

06-22-2008, 11:04 AM	#1175
Groin Redbeard Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Facing the world's troubles with Christ's hope! Posts: 1,635	I went with my friends yesterday to the car superstore, and when I was asked what cars I'd like to check out I said: "I hear those Volo's are pretty good." __________________ I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeatof peace on earth, good-will to men! ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

06-14-2008, 08:59 AM	#1165
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	In Ecology lecture class, we were at one point discussing perception of the environment and our limitations in perceiving it. I was rather sleepy, not having slept a blink the night before, but I was trying my best to stay awake because it was an interesting class. I snapped fully awake when my professor wrote GW on the board. Alas, he wasn't referring to my fiance, but to global warming. Another thing, I mistakenly misread 'onewhitetea' as onewhitetree.

06-20-2008, 09:13 AM	#1174
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	My Plant Physiology prof used 'CW' to abbreviate cell wall, and I started wondering if there's a role called Crazy Wizard. But there is! You were the Wizard of Insanity, remember? And Nilp* was twice the Wizard of Apathy.* Right, Eowyn. Oh, I also realised it's weird to write CBC instead of CbC, and have those letters mean 'complete blood count' instead of...something else entirely.

06-22-2008, 01:33 PM	#1177
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	Anyway, how do you pronunce Volo, Volo? Is it Vol-oh, or vole-oh or voh- loh or something completely different? __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

06-22-2008, 05:43 PM	#1180
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	But 12 is such a good age to be!

06-22-2008, 08:02 PM	#1181
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Hookbill, quite technically Barrow Downs is two words... You know when you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you correct someone like I just did... __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

06-24-2008, 10:48 AM	#1183
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	When you get nearly as many birthday greetings from your fellow dead than from those who know you in life.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

06-24-2008, 01:57 PM	#1184
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	You know you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you are trying to explain the Downer to your grandparents and you are trying to explain it in a way that will not make it sound like a lie. (Don't kill me) Or when the only newspaper you read is the Downer, and you proudly proclaim that fact to everyone! Or when you have almost (unintentionally) have gotten your grandma to come on the Barrow-Downs.. __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

06-25-2008, 03:35 PM	#1186
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Well, the Downer has not lost any credibility because of me anyway. And besides, it's not a lie... it's just the news. You (at least think) you are addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you join the Barrow-Downs group on Facebook because you cannot get enough. And if that wasn't enough, you make friends with your fellow BDers and talk to them!! EDIT: Or when you are sitting in the bathroom and on the sink there is a pile of random stuffs, you have to look because you think you just saw Alien! And then you look and it turns out to be your deoderent ... and I thought I had a reason to be frightened! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead. Last edited by TheGreatElvenWarrior; 06-26-2008 at 01:26 PM.

06-26-2008, 01:23 PM	#1187
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	You know you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you start eating all of your meals at the computer and eat chicken noodle soup with chopsticks... __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

06-27-2008, 06:28 AM	#1188
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Further to my earlier reply when you are ridiculously happy to get Birthday cards from some of your fellow dead __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

06-27-2008, 10:29 PM	#1189
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	When you are reading the ingredient list for some jelly beans and you read one of the ingredients off as Thinlomien... I found that it got me a very strange look. __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

07-02-2008, 07:04 PM	#1190
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I had to think of Esty when my grandparents were picking up their RV... We were riding back to their house and I saw this billboard that just cracked me up... It said "Save the squirrels!" It was meant to be an ad for a car repair shop, but for any unsuspecting Barrow-Downer, it means a good laugh... __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

07-03-2008, 01:36 PM	#1191
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	When you read one of your friend's screennames in messenger as "stop lynching *****[someone's name]" but it actually says "stop lying". I hope this isn't a bad omen __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

07-03-2008, 03:13 PM	#1192
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	When I think about Rune when I see Crunchy Müsli, but read Groucho Müsli instead. To be honest I don't even have the slightiest idea who Groucho Marx was, but well... __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

07-04-2008, 05:31 AM	#1194
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	When you've started playing WW at school __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

07-05-2008, 03:41 PM	#1199
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	This is actually in reverse, as something on the Downs reminded me of something outside. The newest member on here is called "noble." The only thing I could think of was the Doctor's current companion. __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.