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

MCRmyGirl4eva · 08-30-2012, 10:56 AM

it's only the second day of school and you're on here in class instead of doing your (limited) work

MCRmyGirl4eva · 09-06-2012, 06:17 AM

When you're on while you're supposed to be Student Assisting in the school library.

Galadriel55 · 09-08-2012, 03:25 PM

When you PM Downers more often than you email friends, even those you haven't seen in over a year.

I might have said this before, but it's worth saying again: when subscribing to threads is pointless since you check the Downs more often than the email.

MCRmyGirl4eva · 09-13-2012, 03:23 PM

When you come on here to tell people you just got the Return of the King soundtrack from the library before bothering to tell people on Facebook. (I also got Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian. Yes, it's a kids' book, but give me a break. I've been waiting for it for AGES, and I've been reading the series since the fourth one came out!)

Aganzir · 01-03-2013, 04:54 PM

When you crack up at a Hobbit meme that has Thorin (totally just typed that as Thranduil though) hugging Bilbo because you've come up with about fifty related jokes about them during a short Barrow-Downs moot you've been having.

My heart will go on.

Gil-Galad · 01-07-2013, 09:23 PM

Though I am far and few between posts, I still know the various going on's in the Downs thanks to fanatical stalking of Hookbill's Facebook.

Galadriel55 · 01-07-2013, 10:20 PM

When, upon seeing the words legate and squatter, you automatically add of Amon Lanc and of Amon Rudh to them (and then wonder what the hell those mountains have to do with the context...), capitalize those words, and bold them.

When you think of Lommy when seeing a penguin, and of Agan when seeing a lion.

When Nogrod is no longer a place, nor Anguirel a blade, nor Firefoot a horse, nor Heren Istarion an order.

Morsul the Dark · 01-23-2013, 06:05 PM

Overheard someone talking about "the Hobbit" and first thought was to post it here.

Galadriel55 · 02-04-2013, 08:12 PM

When you realize that the author of a book you read has the same first name as a Downer, and lives more or less in the same area, and even looks somewhat alike - and you get all excited and are about to send the said Downer a PM full of (truthful) praises of that book. Unfortunately, I just checked and the dates of birth don't match. Well bother.

HerenIstarion · 02-05-2013, 06:07 AM

...when you look at your own join date and realize you're still here

Aganzir · 02-26-2013, 02:53 PM

When you can't read about the Nandor and their leader Dan without thinking of a fellow Downer.

(It wouldn't be so bad if it was some real Dan out there, but the fact it's Tolkien makes it impossible to ignore.)

08-30-2012, 10:56 AM	#1
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	it's only the second day of school and you're on here in class instead of doing your (limited) work __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

09-06-2012, 06:17 AM	#2
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	When you're on while you're supposed to be Student Assisting in the school library. __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

09-08-2012, 03:25 PM	#3
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,522	When you PM Downers more often than you email friends, even those you haven't seen in over a year. I might have said this before, but it's worth saying again: when subscribing to threads is pointless since you check the Downs more often than the email. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

09-13-2012, 03:23 PM	#4
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	When you come on here to tell people you just got the Return of the King soundtrack from the library before bothering to tell people on Facebook. (I also got Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian. Yes, it's a kids' book, but give me a break. I've been waiting for it for AGES, and I've been reading the series since the fourth one came out!) __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

01-03-2013, 04:54 PM	#5
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	When you crack up at a Hobbit meme that has Thorin (totally just typed that as Thranduil though) hugging Bilbo because you've come up with about fifty related jokes about them during a short Barrow-Downs moot you've been having. My heart will go on. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

01-07-2013, 09:23 PM	#6
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Though I am far and few between posts, I still know the various going on's in the Downs thanks to fanatical stalking of Hookbill's Facebook. __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

01-07-2013, 10:20 PM	#7
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,522	When, upon seeing the words legate and squatter, you automatically add of Amon Lanc and of Amon Rudh to them (and then wonder what the hell those mountains have to do with the context...), capitalize those words, and bold them. When you think of Lommy when seeing a penguin, and of Agan when seeing a lion. When Nogrod is no longer a place, nor Anguirel a blade, nor Firefoot a horse, nor Heren Istarion an order. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

01-23-2013, 06:05 PM	#8
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	Overheard someone talking about "the Hobbit" and first thought was to post it here. __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

02-04-2013, 08:12 PM	#9
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,522	When you realize that the author of a book you read has the same first name as a Downer, and lives more or less in the same area, and even looks somewhat alike - and you get all excited and are about to send the said Downer a PM full of (truthful) praises of that book. Unfortunately, I just checked and the dates of birth don't match. Well bother. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-05-2013, 06:07 AM	#10
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	You're addicted to BD... ...when you look at your own join date and realize you're still here __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

02-26-2013, 02:53 PM	#11
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	When you can't read about the Nandor and their leader Dan without thinking of a fellow Downer. (It wouldn't be so bad if it was some real Dan out there, but the fact it's Tolkien makes it impossible to ignore.) __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.