- When you use Lord of the Rings characters to help you remember things for an American History test.
- When you burn yourself in arts class and instead of screaming "ow" or "ouch" like a normal person you shout "It burns! It burns us!" (lol, the girl next to me leaned over and said "alright precious"

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- When you're at work and you hear the faint sound of the LOTR soundtrack and must stop whatever you're doing and search for the source of the music.
- When you see a large spider at work and keep calling it Shelob (The stupid spider wouldn't die! Curses! I eventually had to find someone else to kill it *shudders* Curse Shelob and her followers!)
- When you're at a Barenaked Ladies concert and you think one of the people on the screen before the show looks like Andy Serkis and during the show you swear one of the lead singers looks a bit like Sam (not completely! Just a bit...)