Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs - Page 16 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lhunardawen · 03-15-2006, 01:09 AM

We'll just have to catch him off guard.

You know you're terribly addicted if you toy with the idea of forming an elaborate plan to get Anguirel to put a smilie on a post of his. *evil smilie*

Thinlómien · 03-15-2006, 05:54 AM

Lhuna, if you need help with your plan, you have my sword.

Lhunardawen · 03-15-2006, 06:34 AM

We'll see how it fits.

Hookbill the Goomba · 03-15-2006, 06:43 AM

You know you're addicted to the Barrow Downs when you find yourself attaching THIS to your collage / school / work place notice board. Or something like that.

OR

You nearly fall off your chair when you see that The Saucepan Man has overtaken Lalwendë as the top reputation person!

Cailín · 03-15-2006, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

You nearly fall off your chair when you see that The Saucepan Man has overtaken Lalwendë as the top reputation person!

No! It cannot be! Nothing makes sense anymore in this world.

Thinlómien · 03-15-2006, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

You nearly fall off your chair when you see that The Saucepan Man has overtaken Lalwendë as the top reputation person!

So that's why she's posting in the books right at the moment trying to be intelligent!

Lhunardawen · 03-15-2006, 06:59 AM

Oh sorrow for the once invincible Lalwendavem...

Look what you and your lycanthropy have done, Wolfman Sauce. For shame!

Thinlómien · 03-15-2006, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

Oh sorrow for the once invincible Lalwendavem...

But if you add Lal's and davem's reputations, they surely ARE invincible...

**The Saucepan Man** · 03-15-2006, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Cailín

No! It cannot be! Nothing makes sense anymore in this world.

Not quite sure how to take that ...

Actually, I feel rather a fraud as my reputation has been fattened on naught but a diet of Werewolf, Crazy Captions, Survivor and a certain parody RPG. Not one Tolkien-based discussion related rep in sight (probably because I have not engaged seriously in any Tolkien-based discussion for a while).

But just imagine how invincible Lalwendë would be if she also played Werewolf ...

And, to bring this back on topic, you know you're addicted to the Downs when you spend precious hours not just strategising about and playing Werewolf, but also posting a thread with a lengthy analysis of each game.

As Mith said, borderline Aspergis ...

Lhunardawen · 03-15-2006, 08:21 AM

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Actually, I feel rather a fraud as my reputation has been fattened on naught but a diet of Werewolf, Crazy Captions, Survivor and a certain parody RPG. Not one Tolkien-based discussion related rep in sight (probably because I have not engaged seriously in any Tolkien-based discussion for a while).

Don't say that, SpW...you'll be dragging in a lot of us as well!

Hookbill the Goomba · 03-16-2006, 08:15 AM

I think THIS is a sign that I'm obsessed!

Kath · 03-18-2006, 11:30 AM

Spending half an hour trawling through the member's list in order to find an answer, and making a list of those PT's that caught your eye as you went so you could use them as MSN names later.

the guy who be short · 03-18-2006, 02:58 PM

One of your motives for learning Latin is that everybody on the Downs does, and you want to fit in and understand them.

Anguirel · 03-18-2006, 03:01 PM

Every self-respecting Tolkien fan should be able to say odi et arceo profanum vulgum...

Thinlómien · 03-19-2006, 01:24 PM

When you think peace has been restored, when Lalwende has reclaimed her place at the top of the reputation list.

Diamond18 · 03-19-2006, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Actually, I feel rather a fraud as my reputation has been fattened on naught but a diet of Werewolf, Crazy Captions, Survivor and a certain parody RPG. Not one Tolkien-based discussion related rep in sight (probably because I have not engaged seriously in any Tolkien-based discussion for a while).

Eh, they're overrated. From one Mirth/Roleplaying addict to another, never be ashamed of rep points gained from being creative rather than canonical.

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Originally Posted by Hookbil

I think THIS is a sign that I'm obsessed!

Yes... yes it is. It's quite lovely, though. I had just noticed today how gigantic the Crazy Captions thread is, and my eyes popped out. Like this:

As for my own contribution... I know I'm obsessed when I leave for months only to be drawn back in by the insidious charms of the black and green... even though green text on black background gives me headaches.

Thinlómien · 03-20-2006, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Diamond18

As for my own contribution... I know I'm obsessed when I leave for months only to be drawn back in by the insidious charms of the black and green... even though green text on black background gives me headaches.

GREEN? It's light blue, or turqoise, but not GREEN!

JennyHallu · 03-20-2006, 08:14 AM

Green like grass, Lommy...sorry.

You know you're addicted to the barrowdowns when you find yourself referring to RL things that happened toNight and realize no one else understands the concept of 24 hour days, rather than 12.

Thinlómien · 03-20-2006, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by JennyHallu

Green like grass, Lommy...sorry.

No! You're colorblind! Look at your reputation boxes. They are green. The text is light blueish(?) turqoise.

JennyHallu · 03-20-2006, 08:24 AM

I forget you're European...

Find a picture of Kentucky bluegrass...

The text has more blue in it than the lime green boxes, I would never call it a jewel tone, but I think it's green. Maybe I'm crazy...

I'm probably crazy but I live in a democracy...majority rules, and it's green.

Thinlómien · 03-20-2006, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by JennyHallu

The text has more blue in it than the lime green boxes, I would never call it a jewel tone, but I think it's green. Maybe I'm crazy...

I'm probably crazy but I live in a democracy...majority rules, and it's green.

Lime green! No way!

The first picture is lime green. The secong picture is green. The ball at the beginning of this post is green.

JennyHallu · 03-20-2006, 08:46 AM

This is the exact color of the text on the forum. It looks greener when it isn't surrounded by all the black, gold, and grass-green of everything else.

Diamond18 · 03-20-2006, 10:21 AM

You know you're obsessed when you argue about the exact shade of the text, and provide samples.....

Jenny's right though (like me

), it's green, though kind of a turqoise green rather than a straight green. The rep boxes and the ball icon are different shades of green. But still, if you ask the Barrow-Wight, the color scheem is green/gold/black. G'ahead, PM him.

AbercrombieOfRohan · 03-20-2006, 10:30 AM

I was listening to a song called Core N'Gato (Cor-ay nin gato) and every time they sang the chorus I thought they were saying Tol-in, Tol-in Gaurhoth.

Hookbill the Goomba · 03-20-2006, 10:46 AM

You know you're obsessed when:

- The Barrow Downs is your home page.

- When you tell your teacher at school / college (Or boss at work) that you think s/he should be lynched.

- You spend a long time making a collage of as many crazy captions pictures as you can be bothered getting hold of.

Thinlómien · 03-21-2006, 05:53 AM

Okay, I agree it's not light blue, but it's clearly turqoise, not green. Whatever even the BW says. Unluckily, all sensible persons who can tell turqoise from green happen to be somewhere else so your democracy, Jenny, really isn't democracy.

Hey, Hookbill, you visit this thread quite often! What do you (or anyone else) think about the colour?

JennyHallu · 03-21-2006, 07:41 AM

Actually, this is the color of turquoise...

See how blue? The site is definitely green.

EDIT: And that's the definition of democracy. Majority among whoever votes rules, regardless of how many people don't vote. An abstention (not voting) is counted as a vote for the majority side. Robert's Rules.

Hookbill the Goomba · 03-21-2006, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Hey, Hookbill, you visit this thread quite often! What do you (or anyone else) think about the colour?

I think its irrelevant.

A sign that you’re addicted to the Downs...

You are happy when you’re sick because you go green and look Wightish!

Thinlómien · 03-21-2006, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JennyHallu

Actually, this is the color of turquoise...

See how blue? The site is definitely green.

They're nearly the same color! (The text and the gemstone.)

I think this is a sign of being badly addicted: you debate with a person you don't really actually even know about the text color of the forum.

And Hookbill, I hope you get better, though you will lose your wightish color...

JennyHallu · 03-21-2006, 12:30 PM

Try thinning food dye with water, Hookbill. With a large paint brush you could easily maintain your Wightish shade.

Thinlómien · 03-21-2006, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JennyHallu

Thin: no it isn't.

I've started to see the text as greenish turqoise, and that's entirely your fault!

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And that's the definition of democracy. Majority among whoever votes rules, regardless of how many people don't vote. An abstention (not voting) is counted as a vote for the majority side. Robert's Rules.

What if most of probable voters don't even know about the "election"?

Hookbill the Goomba · 03-21-2006, 12:34 PM

I've had a cold all week and it got a bit worse today so I came home from College.

I used to be all pale, (more than usual) but the green Wight colour is cool!

Lets crawl back on topic, shall we?

Thinlómien · 03-21-2006, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

I think this is a sign of being badly addicted: you debate with a person you don't really actually even know about the text color of the forum.

That's not surely off-topic, is it?

JennyHallu · 03-21-2006, 12:39 PM

Oh fine. (But it's still green. :P)

You know you're addicted to the barrow downs when you compulsively hit refresh and you're not even playing werewolf...

Diamond18 · 03-21-2006, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JennyHallu

You know you're addicted to the barrow downs when you compulsively hit refresh and you're not even playing werewolf...

Hahahahahaha! *oh dear* I've been doing that, too.

Kath · 03-21-2006, 04:29 PM

You know you're addicted when you come home from a long day at school and rather than doing the coursework you swore you'd do in return for a lesson off, you come on here and spend the next hour refreshing the page to keep up with a werewolf game you're not even in anymore!

And to drag this ever so slightly back off topic, I always thought the text was green, but that may have been due to popular opinion!

Nilpaurion Felagund · 03-22-2006, 03:40 AM

How about 'Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to a Barrowdowner'?

Oh, brother . . .

the guy who be short · 03-24-2006, 11:58 AM

You spot Downer lookalikes on your way to school. I regularly see my Eomer and Orominuialwen lookalikes.

Mithalwen · 03-24-2006, 12:05 PM

You have a panic attack when some technical glitch means you can see the Downs but not post or read PMs. It happened this lunchtime but I don't know if the problem was with the computer I was using or the site. My hotmail inbox disappeared too..

Hookbill the Goomba · 03-24-2006, 12:49 PM

When you are walking around town and see someone in a large Snoopy costume and cry out (a little too loudly) "Its Eomer of the Rohirrim!"
I then had to explain to a friend of mine what I meant.

03-15-2006, 05:54 AM	#602
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Lhuna, if you need help with your plan, you have my sword. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-15-2006, 06:43 AM	#604
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	You know you're addicted to the Barrow Downs when you find yourself attaching THIS to your collage / school / work place notice board. Or something like that. OR You nearly fall off your chair when you see that The Saucepan Man has overtaken Lalwendë as the top reputation person! __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket... Last edited by Hookbill the Goomba; 03-15-2006 at 06:48 AM.

03-16-2006, 08:15 AM	#611
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	I think THIS is a sign that I'm obsessed! __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

03-18-2006, 11:30 AM	#612
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Spending half an hour trawling through the member's list in order to find an answer, and making a list of those PT's that caught your eye as you went so you could use them as MSN names later. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

03-18-2006, 03:01 PM	#614
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Every self-respecting Tolkien fan should be able to say odi et arceo profanum vulgum... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

03-15-2006, 01:09 AM	#601
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	We'll just have to catch him off guard. You know you're terribly addicted if you toy with the idea of forming an elaborate plan to get Anguirel to put a smilie on a post of his. evil smilie

03-15-2006, 06:34 AM	#603
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	We'll see how it fits.

03-15-2006, 06:59 AM	#607
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Oh sorrow for the once invincible Lalwendavem... Look what you and your lycanthropy have done, Wolfman Sauce. For shame!

03-18-2006, 02:58 PM	#613
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	One of your motives for learning Latin is that everybody on the Downs does, and you want to fit in and understand them.

03-19-2006, 01:24 PM	#615
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	When you think peace has been restored, when Lalwende has reclaimed her place at the top of the reputation list. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-20-2006, 08:14 AM	#618
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Green like grass, Lommy...sorry. You know you're addicted to the barrowdowns when you find yourself referring to RL things that happened toNight and realize no one else understands the concept of 24 hour days, rather than 12. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-20-2006, 08:24 AM	#620
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	I forget you're European... Find a picture of Kentucky bluegrass... The text has more blue in it than the lime green boxes, I would never call it a jewel tone, but I think it's green. Maybe I'm crazy... I'm probably crazy but I live in a democracy...majority rules, and it's green. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-20-2006, 08:46 AM	#622
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	This is the exact color of the text on the forum. It looks greener when it isn't surrounded by all the black, gold, and grass-green of everything else. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-20-2006, 10:21 AM	#623
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	You know you're obsessed when you argue about the exact shade of the text, and provide samples..... Jenny's right though (like me ), it's green, though kind of a turqoise green rather than a straight green. The rep boxes and the ball icon are different shades of green. But still, if you ask the Barrow-Wight, the color scheem is green/gold/black. G'ahead, PM him. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

03-20-2006, 10:30 AM	#624
AbercrombieOfRohan Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 311	I was listening to a song called Core N'Gato (Cor-ay nin gato) and every time they sang the chorus I thought they were saying Tol-in, Tol-in Gaurhoth.

03-20-2006, 10:46 AM	#625
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	You know you're obsessed when: - The Barrow Downs is your home page. - When you tell your teacher at school / college (Or boss at work) that you think s/he should be lynched. - You spend a long time making a collage of as many crazy captions pictures as you can be bothered getting hold of. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

03-21-2006, 05:53 AM	#626
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Okay, I agree it's not light blue, but it's clearly turqoise, not green. Whatever even the BW says. Unluckily, all sensible persons who can tell turqoise from green happen to be somewhere else so your democracy, Jenny, really isn't democracy. Hey, Hookbill, you visit this thread quite often! What do you (or anyone else) think about the colour? __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-21-2006, 07:41 AM	#627
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Actually, this is the color of turquoise... See how blue? The site is definitely green. EDIT: And that's the definition of democracy. Majority among whoever votes rules, regardless of how many people don't vote. An abstention (not voting) is counted as a vote for the majority side. Robert's Rules. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-21-2006, 12:30 PM	#630
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Thin: No it isn't... Try thinning food dye with water, Hookbill. With a large paint brush you could easily maintain your Wightish shade. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-21-2006, 12:34 PM	#632
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	I've had a cold all week and it got a bit worse today so I came home from College. I used to be all pale, (more than usual) but the green Wight colour is cool! Lets crawl back on topic, shall we? __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

03-21-2006, 12:39 PM	#634
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Crawls painfully from happy place... Oh fine. (But it's still green. :P) You know you're addicted to the barrow downs when you compulsively hit refresh and you're not even playing werewolf... __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-21-2006, 04:29 PM	#636
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	You know you're addicted when you come home from a long day at school and rather than doing the coursework you swore you'd do in return for a lesson off, you come on here and spend the next hour refreshing the page to keep up with a werewolf game you're not even in anymore! And to drag this ever so slightly back off topic, I always thought the text was green, but that may have been due to popular opinion! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

03-22-2006, 03:40 AM	#637
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Ummm . . . How about 'Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to a Barrowdowner'? Oh, brother . . . __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

03-24-2006, 11:58 AM	#638
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	You spot Downer lookalikes on your way to school. I regularly see my Eomer and Orominuialwen lookalikes.

03-24-2006, 12:05 PM	#639
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	You have a panic attack when some technical glitch means you can see the Downs but not post or read PMs. It happened this lunchtime but I don't know if the problem was with the computer I was using or the site. My hotmail inbox disappeared too.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-24-2006, 12:49 PM	#640
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	This actualy happened!!! When you are walking around town and see someone in a large Snoopy costume and cry out (a little too loudly) "Its Eomer of the Rohirrim!" I then had to explain to a friend of mine what I meant. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...