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Kitanna · 06-21-2011, 07:36 AM

After learning that whales can survive for over a hundred years, you begin to suspect maybe they're really our world's versions of elves. Just maybe old age and sickness doesn't kill them.

Bom Tombadillo · 08-05-2011, 04:25 PM

. . . you occupy time on long, boring car rides by looking out of the window at the trees and deciding which ones look like Ents.

Wait. Only one thing? My Arda-obsession is insufficient! I must commit ritual LotRuku now.

Galadriel55 · 08-28-2011, 01:41 PM

...When you kill precious time by answering Tolkien-related questions on WikiAnswers.

After the quality of questions I found there I appreciate our clean shiny "educated" Downs so much more.

It's quite hilarious and sad at the same time. People ask things like "how do you write like J R R Tolkien?" and "What path fif J.R.R. Tolkien take to reach his goals?" (these are real questions!

) The word spelling does not exist. Neither does research.

Galadriel55 · 08-29-2011, 08:43 PM

This happened today, for real. It's a bit of a story.

I was washing the windows on the second floor of my house. Some of them I could do on both sides without much trouble, but for others I had to stand halfway out the window to reach certain spots. Just beneath one window there is a wide cornice, so I stood on it, since that is more comfortable than leaning out the window. And then, I don't know what I was thinking, but I closed the window behind myself. And then I realised that I locked myself out, standing on the roof, two storeys up.

Now, this is where my obsession with LOTR becomes evident: the first thing that I mentally called myself was ninnyhammer. Out of all the names I could use. I could definitely pick a more colourful one. But ninnyhammer was the first that came to mind. My obsession has deep roots, it seems.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-14-2012, 01:03 PM

I'm so obsessed with LotR that I've rubbed off on my brother. Here's a conversation we had recently:

Seth: Can you not wait until December?
Me: Well, I have to wait until December. We can't speed up time. Why?
Seth: I can't wait until December.
Me: Why is that?
Seth: Well, you know...
Me: No I don't.
Seth: The Hobbit movie comes out in December.
Me: I know that I'm excited about that, but I didn't think that you were.
Seth: Well, I am.
Me: Well, I'm not going to take you to see it until you actually finish reading the book.
Seth: I'm going to finish reading it!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 03-20-2013, 10:38 AM

My brother and I just got the LEGO Lord of the Rings game. Oh my Eru! It is fantastic. Besides being based almost solely on the films, the world is expansive and fun to explore. I bought Tom Bombadil to play yesterday and today got Radagast the Brown. I have barely been doing anything else for the past few days, and last night I dreamt of LEGO hobbits. Lord of the Rings was a first love of sorts, and I almost had forgotten how much I love it. It's funny how it took a LEGO video game to really get back to it.

06-21-2011, 07:36 AM	#1
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	After learning that whales can survive for over a hundred years, you begin to suspect maybe they're really our world's versions of elves. Just maybe old age and sickness doesn't kill them. __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

08-05-2011, 04:25 PM	#2
Bom Tombadillo Wight Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Behind you . . . . BOO! Posts: 222	. . . you occupy time on long, boring car rides by looking out of the window at the trees and deciding which ones look like Ents. Wait. Only one thing? My Arda-obsession is insufficient! I must commit ritual LotRuku now. __________________ Every human should have a cat or two in their care, to teach them the meaning of the word, and to correct them. Phenris Dorph

08-28-2011, 01:41 PM	#3
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,495	...When you kill precious time by answering Tolkien-related questions on WikiAnswers. After the quality of questions I found there I appreciate our clean shiny "educated" Downs so much more. It's quite hilarious and sad at the same time. People ask things like "how do you write like J R R Tolkien?" and "What path fif J.R.R. Tolkien take to reach his goals?" (these are real questions! ) The word spelling does not exist. Neither does research. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

08-29-2011, 08:43 PM	#4
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,495	This happened today, for real. It's a bit of a story. I was washing the windows on the second floor of my house. Some of them I could do on both sides without much trouble, but for others I had to stand halfway out the window to reach certain spots. Just beneath one window there is a wide cornice, so I stood on it, since that is more comfortable than leaning out the window. And then, I don't know what I was thinking, but I closed the window behind myself. And then I realised that I locked myself out, standing on the roof, two storeys up. Now, this is where my obsession with LOTR becomes evident: the first thing that I mentally called myself was ninnyhammer. Out of all the names I could use. I could definitely pick a more colourful one. But ninnyhammer was the first that came to mind. My obsession has deep roots, it seems. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

06-14-2012, 01:03 PM	#5
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I'm so obsessed with LotR that I've rubbed off on my brother. Here's a conversation we had recently: Seth: Can you not wait until December? Me: Well, I have to wait until December. We can't speed up time. Why? Seth: I can't wait until December. Me: Why is that? Seth: Well, you know... Me: No I don't. Seth: The Hobbit movie comes out in December. Me: I know that I'm excited about that, but I didn't think that you were. Seth: Well, I am. Me: Well, I'm not going to take you to see it until you actually finish reading the book. Seth: I'm going to finish reading it! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

03-20-2013, 10:38 AM	#6
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	My brother and I just got the LEGO Lord of the Rings game. Oh my Eru! It is fantastic. Besides being based almost solely on the films, the world is expansive and fun to explore. I bought Tom Bombadil to play yesterday and today got Radagast the Brown. I have barely been doing anything else for the past few days, and last night I dreamt of LEGO hobbits. Lord of the Rings was a first love of sorts, and I almost had forgotten how much I love it. It's funny how it took a LEGO video game to really get back to it. __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.