Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs - Page 26 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Thinlómien · 03-04-2008, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

But what are you saying, a bit? That's an euphemism, to be sure.

Hmmm... possibly.

But if I called that kind of things crazy, I wonder what should my signs of addiction called, so it' better to call you behaviour just "a bit crazy" just to be on the safe side myself.

I just noticed one more serious sign of BD addiction. I just got my English research paper back and I realised I've been just as careless about making up new words as in ww. Fortunately my teacher seemed not to mind it too much, at least she had not mentioned it in the feedback she had written. Also, what I actually think is even more alarming: when I read my final words it really reminded me of my posts in the BD.

I don't know which is the bad thing: that such comparison even occured to me at all or that the style in which I write English school things resembles my BD posting style that much.... but I think it's odd anyway.

Aganzir · 03-05-2008, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Volo

Hih! "The fate of the innocent(s) is in your hands." -my English book. Nah, no more WW today.

Guess how much I laughed at that when I had that English course. Also, in my English book was a quote Nogrod had used in his ww game (this is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper), and I came across it the very next morning after he had used it. It was enough to amuse me for the rest of the day.

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

I was not able to open and read a book as I am used to, I was thinking all the way - and thinking about Downs-related things.

I do that also (but not for an hour yet

). I still remember the time when I opened the book even if I had only three minutes or something before it was my bus stop, but nowadays I may just think "15 minutes till I'm home, I might as well not read this time," and even if I didn't intend it, I end up thinking about the Downs.

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

And not being able to sleep because of werewolf is something really bad...

Also, waking up before I'd like to because werewolf keeps interrupting my dreams is truly horrible. At some point in the morning, when I'm almost awake but still tired enough to sleep, I start having dreams in which I read the werewolf thread, don't remember anything what people have posted and have no idea what's happening. Not always, but during too many games. It'd be interesting to really remember those things after I've woken up.

And for those people who spoke about songs... Guess if it's nice to listen to the soundtrack for Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame when Clopin sings "so here is a riddle to guess if you can, who is the monster and who is the man." It even isn't anything that obviously ww-sounding.

Anyway, we were watching some video at school today, and there was a man who was on computer. The website he was reading had a black background, and the first thing I thought was "Oh, he's on the Downs."

And I just love those logarithms that are written "lg". They keep me happy in the boring Math classes.

satansaloser2005 · 03-07-2008, 03:12 PM

Once the site is working again (properly) I'll have to put up a little rhyme thing I jotted down. Basically, I was frustrated because the site wasn't working, so I e-mailed a friend complaining and decided to put it in rhyme for kicks and giggles.

Volo · 03-07-2008, 04:17 PM

When you actually start wondering on something random if there should be a BD addiction related to it and you just forgot what it was.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 03-10-2008, 09:28 PM

When you and Laurinque dance around and shout for joy when the Barrow-Downs is working for you again, because you're so excited!

MaultheStoor · 03-11-2008, 07:05 AM

When you grab you computer every time you hear a Black Rider. Then you say you can feel someone stabbing you (*cough* Witch King *cough*).

Groin Redbeard · 03-11-2008, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

When you and Laurinque dance around and shout for joy when the Barrow-Downs is working for you again, because you're so excited!

Right on! It actually kept me up last night, for around three minutes, wondering if the Downs would be there in the morning.

*shudders*

A Little Green · 03-11-2008, 11:20 AM

I was reading a National Geographic article about some Indonesian village near a particularly vicious volcano. There was this quote about a farmer called Udi at the time of an eruption: "Even the resident monkeys descended in droves, but not Udi and his fellow villagers."

I think I don't need to elaborate.

MaultheStoor · 03-11-2008, 12:04 PM

I don't know about you, but I can pretty much quote word-for-word everything Frodo said on the trip to Mount Doom. I can also do a mean Gollum impression, but *cough, cough* I save that for parties...

Kath · 03-11-2008, 02:29 PM

You spend your morning lecture telling your friends how wonderful it is that you can get to the 'Downs straight from the e-mail and don't have to check two different sites each time, and you don't even mind when they stare at you with pitying expressions.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 03-11-2008, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard

Right on! It actually kept me up last night, for around three minutes, wondering if the Downs would be there in the morning.

*shudders*

Well, not only were we doing that, but dancing around my living room pretending that we were a village of Gollums, and we took "The One Ring" out of my movie memorabilia box inside room (which also contains the Heart of the Ocean from the Titanic) and danced around it in circles and chanted the verses that apply... then her mom came and picked her up... no more Golluming for us... until next time anyway! MWOOOOOHAHAHAHAHA!!

Thinlómien · 03-12-2008, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Greenie

I was reading a National Geographic article about some Indonesian village near a particularly vicious volcano. There was this quote about a farmer called Udi at the time of an eruption: "Even the resident monkeys descended in droves, but not Udi and his fellow villagers."

I think I don't need to elaborate.

You should have elaborated. For surely it's even more funny if you take into account that "Udi" clearly resembles a name we call Nogrod with in RL...

MaultheStoor · 03-12-2008, 07:00 AM

I scared the crap out of everyone at work. I guess sneaking up behind a co-worker and callin her a "stupid, fat Hobbit!" wasn't such a good idea...

A Little Green · 03-13-2008, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Lommy

You should have elaborated. For surely it's even more funny if you take into account that "Udi" clearly resembles a name we call Nogrod with in RL...

Ooooh so it does! I never realised...

Thinlómien · 03-17-2008, 03:09 AM

Today I was startled by a cornflake package saying "Kelloggs Multi Groin".

MaultheStoor · 03-17-2008, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Today I was startled by a cornflake package saying "Kelloggs Multi Groin".

Multi-groin?! Duh-bull-you-tea-eff.
That just sounds wrong.

Kath · 03-17-2008, 10:38 AM

Well a talking cereal package would be enough to startle anyone!

Thinlómien · 03-17-2008, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Kath

Well a talking cereal package would be enough to startle anyone!

Yes. It had a very scary deep growling voice...

Groin Redbeard · 03-17-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Today I was startled by a cornflake package saying "Kelloggs Multi Groin".

My goodness, I couldn't help but smile when I read that!

Meneltarmacil · 03-17-2008, 04:42 PM

I ran across something with the word "lynched" in it on the Internet, and immediately went here to check on the latest Werewolf game.

Actually, you know you're addicted when the word "lynch" reminds you more of Werewolf than it does of hate crimes.

Rikae · 03-18-2008, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Today I was startled by a cornflake package saying "Kelloggs Multi Groin".

That would startle me too, for entirely different reasons...

ew.

A Little Green · 03-18-2008, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Lommy

Today I was startled by a cornflake package saying "Kelloggs Multi Groin".

It was around three hours after seeing that post when I happened to meet a friend of mine on the corridor and she said "Look what I have for snack!" and showed me a small package of Kelloggs Multi Groin

She must have wondered why a started laughing at it...

A Little Green · 03-25-2008, 03:44 PM

When you are watching a film classic like "The Thing" and all you can think of is "Hey, this is just like in WW!"

Thinlómien · 03-25-2008, 03:46 PM

Greenie... pssst... another sign: you double post on this thread.

Volo · 03-25-2008, 04:35 PM

When one makes a smiley for the site and tries to, desperately, advertise it. *winkwink*

Gwathagor · 03-25-2008, 04:56 PM

This evening in the cafeteria, I found myself compulsively analyzing everybody who walked by my table. It's a scary place now, because there's people everywhere and YOU DON'T KNOW WHO MIGHT BE A WEREWOLF.

Maybe I need therapy.

Kath · 03-25-2008, 05:05 PM

When you meet a fellow 'Downer and at least half your conversation revolves around the 'Downs, it's inhabitants and werewolf games.

Thinlómien · 03-26-2008, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Kath

When you meet a fellow 'Downer and at least half your conversation revolves around the 'Downs, it's inhabitants and werewolf games.

When you meet a fellow 'Downer who is also one of your best RL friends and at least half of your conversation revolves around the 'Downs, it's inhabitants and werewolf games.

As if we had nothing else in common or nothing else to talk about...

And this happens regularly...

(But I might have exaggerated when I said "at least half"... but a lot of it, anyway....)

Legate of Amon Lanc · 03-26-2008, 03:30 AM

When you find out that you can think of some reasons which would imply that you are NOT addicted to Barrow-Downs, then you think whether you should not start a thread "Top Ten Signs You Are Not Addicted to the Barrow-Downs" and then, a feeling of deep sadness falls upon you since you start thinking that it is possible you might not be addicted to the Barrow-Downs anymore...

Thinlómien · 03-26-2008, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

When you find out that you can think of some reasons which would imply that you are NOT addicted to Barrow-Downs, then you think whether you should not start a thread "Top Ten Signs You Are Not Addicted to the Barrow-Downs" and then, a feeling of deep sadness falls upon you since you start thinking that it is possible you might not be addicted to the Barrow-Downs anymore...

Legate, that's incredibly silly...

I think one rather obvious sign is that you're sad that you don't have BD dreams more often. That might be a bit outdated complaint, though, since I just had one the night before last night. And besides, to defend myself a bit

, my 'downs dreams tend to be crazier than my normal dreams, so maybe I'm just missing crazy dreams, not BD dreams...

Legate of Amon Lanc · 03-26-2008, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Legate, that's incredibly silly...

Yes, tell me about it...

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I think one rather obvious sign is that you're sad that you don't have BD dreams more often. That might be a bit outdated complaint, though, since I just had one the night before last night. And besides, to defend myself a bit, my 'downs dreams tend to be crazier than my normal dreams, so maybe I'm just missing crazy dreams, not BD dreams...

But don't expect anyone to accept your defense

I actually had BD dreams in all the last three or four nights, but they were all just very short and not very interesting (like, this night I had a dream that a Wolf player PMed me that they have chosen a Night kill, but that it is just preliminary and the real choice will be posted only later).

Rune Son of Bjarne · 03-26-2008, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

I think one rather obvious sign is that you're sad that you don't have BD dreams more often. That might be a bit outdated complaint, though, since I just had one the night before last night. And besides, to defend myself a bit

, my 'downs dreams tend to be crazier than my normal dreams, so maybe I'm just missing crazy dreams, not BD dreams...

I used to have a lot of BD-dreams, I would not post them all because some was too blury or simply not interesting. . .but I would not go a month without a dream. Now I dream of everything else that BD, sometimes I wake up with the feeling that someone from the Downs was in my dream, but I never can remember.

Aganzir · 03-26-2008, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

When you meet a fellow 'Downer who is also one of your best RL friends and at least half of your conversation revolves around the 'Downs, it's inhabitants and werewolf games.

As if we had nothing else in common or nothing else to talk about...

And this happens regularly...

(But I might have exaggerated when I said "at least half"... but a lot of it, anyway....)

Oh, seconded! How come we seem to be this similar to each other? We even have the same addictions.

Honestly, no, you didn't exaggerate.

And one should never complain if she has a friend who tells her also those of her dreams that she doesn't dare to post on the dream thread.

Volo · 03-28-2008, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

When you meet a fellow 'Downer who is also one of your best RL friends and at least half of your conversation revolves around the 'Downs, it's inhabitants and werewolf games.

When you meet a non 'Downer who is also one of your best RL friends and at least half of your conversation revolves around the 'Downs, it's inhabitants and werewolf games.

Volo · 03-29-2008, 09:28 AM

At last I double post here!

I got an album of an Australian goth rock band Floodland from the library to see what it's like. In their song Sister of Mercy, I'm quite convinced that they sing "Lommy blind" at one point. What amuses me even more is that the booklet has lyrics of all the other songs but not this one, nor could I find them on the net.

Aganzir · 03-31-2008, 01:45 PM

This is actually almost the same as half of the talk with a RL friend concerning the Downs, but anyway...
You can speak about nothing but the Downs for five hours although there surely would have been also other topics.

Also, your friend starting to have BD dreams might be a reason to be worried.

Eönwë · 03-31-2008, 03:24 PM

When when you hear Kelloggs Multi Groin you laugh for 5 minutes. ANd thats just for the barrow Downs side of the cereal's name.

Eönwë · 04-05-2008, 03:16 AM

When you still sometimes chuckle to yourself about Kelloggs Multi Groin, even after that many days

A Little Green · 04-06-2008, 04:47 AM

When you are doing a biology exam with a question about the speciation of lemmings and you chuckle at the scientific name of the lemming, lemmus lemmus, because you think it resembles Lommy...

Gwathagor · 04-06-2008, 07:40 AM

When you are studying Dante's Inferno, and you summarize Ulysses' final voyage with:

"Ulysses sails around the world, ends up at Purgatory and is killed by a werewolf...I mean whirlpool."

03-07-2008, 03:12 PM	#1003
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,798	Once the site is working again (properly) I'll have to put up a little rhyme thing I jotted down. Basically, I was frustrated because the site wasn't working, so I e-mailed a friend complaining and decided to put it in rhyme for kicks and giggles. __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.

03-07-2008, 04:17 PM	#1004
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,645	When you actually start wondering on something random if there should be a BD addiction related to it and you just forgot what it was. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

03-10-2008, 09:28 PM	#1005
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,276	When you and Laurinque dance around and shout for joy when the Barrow-Downs is working for you again, because you're so excited! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

03-11-2008, 07:05 AM	#1006
MaultheStoor Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The cave under the Misty Mountains. Just take a wrong turn in the goblin's tunnels. Posts: 34	When you grab you computer every time you hear a Black Rider. Then you say you can feel someone stabbing you (cough Witch King cough). __________________ Leave now, and never come back! Gollum, Gollum! See? You made him mad.

03-11-2008, 11:20 AM	#1008
A Little Green Leaf-clad Lady Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,574	I was reading a National Geographic article about some Indonesian village near a particularly vicious volcano. There was this quote about a farmer called Udi at the time of an eruption: "Even the resident monkeys descended in droves, but not Udi and his fellow villagers." I think I don't need to elaborate. __________________ "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."

03-11-2008, 12:04 PM	#1009
MaultheStoor Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The cave under the Misty Mountains. Just take a wrong turn in the goblin's tunnels. Posts: 34	I don't know about you, but I can pretty much quote word-for-word everything Frodo said on the trip to Mount Doom. I can also do a mean Gollum impression, but cough, cough I save that for parties... __________________ Leave now, and never come back! Gollum, Gollum! See? You made him mad.

03-11-2008, 02:29 PM	#1010
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,585	You spend your morning lecture telling your friends how wonderful it is that you can get to the 'Downs straight from the e-mail and don't have to check two different sites each time, and you don't even mind when they stare at you with pitying expressions. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

03-12-2008, 07:00 AM	#1013
MaultheStoor Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The cave under the Misty Mountains. Just take a wrong turn in the goblin's tunnels. Posts: 34	I scared the crap out of everyone at work. I guess sneaking up behind a co-worker and callin her a "stupid, fat Hobbit!" wasn't such a good idea... __________________ Leave now, and never come back! Gollum, Gollum! See? You made him mad.

03-17-2008, 03:09 AM	#1015
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,217	Today I was startled by a cornflake package saying "Kelloggs Multi Groin". __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-17-2008, 10:38 AM	#1017
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,585	Well a talking cereal package would be enough to startle anyone! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

03-17-2008, 04:42 PM	#1020
Meneltarmacil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The bottom of the ocean, discussing philosophy with a giant squid Posts: 2,265	I ran across something with the word "lynched" in it on the Internet, and immediately went here to check on the latest Werewolf game. Actually, you know you're addicted when the word "lynch" reminds you more of Werewolf than it does of hate crimes. __________________ I ♣ baby seals.

03-25-2008, 03:44 PM	#1023
A Little Green Leaf-clad Lady Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,574	When you are watching a film classic like "The Thing" and all you can think of is "Hey, this is just like in WW!" __________________ "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."

03-25-2008, 03:46 PM	#1024
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,217	Greenie... pssst... another sign: you double post on this thread. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-25-2008, 04:35 PM	#1025
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,645	When one makes a smiley for the site and tries to, desperately, advertise it. winkwink __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

03-25-2008, 04:56 PM	#1026
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,545	This evening in the cafeteria, I found myself compulsively analyzing everybody who walked by my table. It's a scary place now, because there's people everywhere and YOU DON'T KNOW WHO MIGHT BE A WEREWOLF. Maybe I need therapy. __________________ Stories and songs.

03-25-2008, 05:05 PM	#1027
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,585	When you meet a fellow 'Downer and at least half your conversation revolves around the 'Downs, it's inhabitants and werewolf games. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

03-26-2008, 03:30 AM	#1029
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,506	When you find out that you can think of some reasons which would imply that you are NOT addicted to Barrow-Downs, then you think whether you should not start a thread "Top Ten Signs You Are Not Addicted to the Barrow-Downs" and then, a feeling of deep sadness falls upon you since you start thinking that it is possible you might not be addicted to the Barrow-Downs anymore... __________________ "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

03-29-2008, 09:28 AM	#1035
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,645	At last I double post here! I got an album of an Australian goth rock band Floodland from the library to see what it's like. In their song Sister of Mercy, I'm quite convinced that they sing "Lommy blind" at one point. What amuses me even more is that the booklet has lyrics of all the other songs but not this one, nor could I find them on the net. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

03-31-2008, 01:45 PM	#1036
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,549	This is actually almost the same as half of the talk with a RL friend concerning the Downs, but anyway... You can speak about nothing but the Downs for five hours although there surely would have been also other topics. Also, your friend starting to have BD dreams might be a reason to be worried. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

03-31-2008, 03:24 PM	#1037
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,953	When when you hear Kelloggs Multi Groin you laugh for 5 minutes. ANd thats just for the barrow Downs side of the cereal's name. __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

04-05-2008, 03:16 AM	#1038
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,953	When you still sometimes chuckle to yourself about Kelloggs Multi Groin, even after that many days __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

04-06-2008, 04:47 AM	#1039
A Little Green Leaf-clad Lady Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,574	When you are doing a biology exam with a question about the speciation of lemmings and you chuckle at the scientific name of the lemming, lemmus lemmus, because you think it resembles Lommy... __________________ "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."

04-06-2008, 07:40 AM	#1040
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,545	When you are studying Dante's Inferno, and you summarize Ulysses' final voyage with: "Ulysses sails around the world, ends up at Purgatory and is killed by a werewolf...I mean whirlpool." __________________ Stories and songs.