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

Morsul the Dark · 07-11-2009, 10:11 AM

I may be the only one but...

As soon as you find out someone likes LOTR even in the smallest bit you suggest they check out the barrowdowns

Boromir88 · 07-11-2009, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Morsul the Dark

I may be the only one but...

As soon as you find out someone likes LOTR even in the smallest bit you suggest they check out the barrowdowns

Haha, I've been going beyond that with my roommate.

He is pretty obsessed with Harry Potter, so I figured he would have liked LOTR too, but was flabbergasted when he said he didn't. He just said he never understood the movies, and I went into a long lecture about he has to read the books (if he liked 'His Dark Materials' he would have to love Tolkien! was my thinking). Then we did an all day marathon of the 3 movies, where I sat and dutifully answered every question he had, any confusion he was undergoing, and still nothing.

Is that obsessive?

Morsul the Dark · 07-11-2009, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Boromir88

Haha, I've been going beyond that with my roommate.

He is pretty obsessed with Harry Potter, so I figured he would have liked LOTR too, but was flabbergasted when he said he didn't. He just said he never understood the movies, and I went into a long lecture about he has to read the books (if he liked 'His Dark Materials' he would have to love Tolkien! was my thinking). Then we did an all day marathon of the 3 movies, where I sat and dutifully answered every question he had, any confusion he was undergoing, and still nothing.

Is that obsessive?

Only slightly

Eönwë · 07-24-2009, 04:53 AM

When whatever you open Firefox for, you automatically go first on the 'Downs and then wonder how you got there...

satansaloser2005 · 08-16-2009, 10:33 PM

All the time, Steve, all the time. (Except I use internet explorer.

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This was one of my friend's facebook status.

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loved dancing her face off and being a super hero with *censored*'s wolf
pack!!

I had already started to comment about how she'd made a HUGE mistake/slip. Then I realized that A: I was on facebook and B: she's not a Downer.

Thinlómien · 08-17-2009, 01:03 PM

I just realised that there's a bar named Elmo's Bar on my way to work.

satansaloser2005 · 08-17-2009, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

I just realised that there's a bar named Elmo's Bar on my way to work.

We have a liquor store with that name in the town where I went to college.

Galadriel55 · 06-05-2011, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

When whatever you open Firefox for, you automatically go first on the 'Downs and then wonder how you got there...

That's what happens with my Explorer. I open the internet to do research but somehow instead of having "Google" I have "BD" on the page...

Edit: I have to add that before looking through the last few pages of this thread, I was OK with the word "modified". However, just now I encountered in one a certain website, and lo! I read it as "modfired". Is this a disease of some kind?

Pitchwife · 06-08-2011, 11:05 AM

... spending your noon break at the uni cafeteria and finding a flyer from the Students' Committee (acronymed AStA in German), you start wondering what's happened in your RPG since you last checked.
... the first thought you associate with the name Aldarion is no longer "Erendis's husband" but "the phantom".
... reading a post by or mentioning Brinn, you have to remind yourself that this is not Mnemo but the real one.

(to be continued when participant observation yields new material)

Galadriel55 · 06-08-2011, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

... the first thought you associate with the name Aldarion is no longer "Erendis's husband" but "the phantom".
... reading a post by or mentioning Brinn, you have to remind yourself that this is not Mnemo but the real one.

(to be continued when participant observation yields new material)

Lol, ditto! Especially with Aldarion. Also Gloredhel. Instead of thinking about a first age woman etc I think of the Swan Players etc.

And Celebrindal is no longer Idril's name for me!

07-11-2009, 10:11 AM	#1
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	I may be the only one but... As soon as you find out someone likes LOTR even in the smallest bit you suggest they check out the barrowdowns __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

07-24-2009, 04:53 AM	#4
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	When whatever you open Firefox for, you automatically go first on the 'Downs and then wonder how you got there... __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

08-17-2009, 01:03 PM	#6
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I just realised that there's a bar named Elmo's Bar on my way to work. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

06-08-2011, 11:05 AM	#9
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	You know you're obsessed with Barrow Downs Roleplaying when... ... spending your noon break at the uni cafeteria and finding a flyer from the Students' Committee (acronymed AStA in German), you start wondering what's happened in your RPG since you last checked. ... the first thought you associate with the name Aldarion is no longer "Erendis's husband" but "the phantom". ... reading a post by or mentioning Brinn, you have to remind yourself that this is not Mnemo but the real one. (to be continued when participant observation yields new material) __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI