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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 12-26-2021, 12:13 PM
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Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
I think I did not use to misspell the word habit...

I think I did not use to misspell the word habit when I was in middle school. Leastaways I was never corrected for it by teachers.

And then I read this post.

On which I blame the most...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 04-16-2019, 07:43 AM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
When you mean to write "middle ear" but end up...

When you mean to write "middle ear" but end up writing "middle earth"...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 10-23-2018, 08:00 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
I think I did not use to misspell the word habit...

I think I did not use to misspell the word habit when I was in middle school. Leastaways I was never corrected for it by teachers.

And then I read this post.

On which I blame the most...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 11-12-2016, 10:45 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
On that note, you ignore most political issues...

On that note, you ignore most political issues because he's a Saruman, he's a Saruman, he's just a Grima, and he thinks he's Gandalf but he still lives in Orthanc. They might have good intentions,...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 10-16-2016, 11:30 AM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
I know, but it would be a fun Pavlovian response....

I know, but it would be a fun Pavlovian response. "It's a behavioural phenomenon: the subject falls asleep immediately at the sound of text from Tolkien's LOTR! Other texts, even with related...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 10-15-2016, 01:21 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
Must be so boring, those books. *yawn* :D

Must be so boring, those books. *yawn* :D
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 01-27-2016, 08:02 AM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
That is actually the secret answer to the reason...

That is actually the secret answer to the reason the Seven don't have that big of an effect on the Dwarves. :cool:
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 01-23-2016, 09:16 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
My mother has read LOTR and TH, and she likes...

My mother has read LOTR and TH, and she likes them (especially LOTR). My father has glancingly seen the movies and heard snippets of the books. He barely knows anything about the story except that...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 01-23-2016, 08:20 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
Hahaha! Oh my. Sometimes my family attempts to...

Hahaha! Oh my. Sometimes my family attempts to strike up a serious conversation about Tolkien or the legendarium or the movies. I try to change the topic, because it's just impossible to explain the...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 07-22-2015, 12:01 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
When you entertain your baby brother with the...

When you entertain your baby brother with the Russian translation of The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late. "And the cow jumped over the moooooooon!!!" :D
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 12-31-2013, 05:28 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
...when on New Year your sister gives you a...

...when on New Year your sister gives you a bookmark with your name in Elvish. :cool:
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 02-24-2013, 01:44 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
When, while going up on a ski lift, you introduce...

When, while going up on a ski lift, you introduce your friend (who just started LOTR) to the rest of the legendarium and how it works and stuff (and, incidentally, encourage him to take a look at the...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 12-31-2012, 05:42 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
When you're asked to make a short funny James...

When you're asked to make a short funny James Bond themed New Year script, and you end up making the script so that there are a bunch of agent helpers who all the time bow and say "at your service",...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 11-26-2012, 06:59 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
You go bowling with friends and spend most of...

You go bowling with friends and spend most of your time changing the names of the players on the computer/screen/thingy to spell the team names as random Tolkien stuff (though I am guilty of a few...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 07-28-2012, 06:37 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
When you and your family are joking about the...

When you and your family are joking about the hobbits forging the five One Ring-s during the Olympics opening ceremony. (And by Eru it was better tenfold than Vancouver's!)
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 06-25-2012, 09:22 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
More like the legendarium in general...

When your younger brother asks you for a riddle, and knowing that you have to keep him occupied but feeling a lack of creativity you just restore to The Hobbit riddles.
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 08-29-2011, 08:43 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
This happened today, for real. It's a bit of a...

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...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 08-28-2011, 01:41 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
...When you kill precious time by answering...

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

After the quality of questions I found there I appreciate our clean shiny "educated" Downs so much...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 06-13-2011, 10:42 AM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
You're obsessed not only with LOTR, but with Tolkien in general, when...

When your little sister, to whom you've just finished reading LOTR aloud, already knows the names of the Valar, the difference between Valar and Maiar, the names of all 5 Istari and who they are,...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 06-05-2011, 06:09 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
You know you're obsessed...

...When you see it written all over the Periodic Table of Elements, as well as other sources.
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 10-21-2010, 03:35 PM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 536,673
Posted By Galadriel55
My signs of being a Tolkienutter (nuts about Tolkien)

1. When something comes up, the first think that comes to mind is an episode from one of Tolkie's works
2. I've read LotR so many times that can tell you from 1 sentence who, when, to who, why, etc,...
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