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

[Mithadan]

Hmmmm. *Frowns and trots off to figure out which of Sophia's posts he is supposed to be deleting...

[Amanaduial the archer]

You log into BD before you unpack from a short trip abroad.

*slowly and sheepishly raises hand* Guilty.

*shifty eyes, then whispers to Sophia, trying not to let Mith hear* uh huh.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

*gulps and whispers back to Aman* once it was Sharku... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[Amanaduial the archer]

*Nods sympathetically at Sophia, patting gently on the back* There, there, it'll be alright...my worst was when of the mods threatened to break my characters ankle...

Oh no, wait; that happened didnt it?! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

oh dear, here's another one... I'm strangely addicted, I fear.

Symptom #348972: Your roommates can name off at least six barrowdowners whose posts made you laugh without stopping to think.

Symptom #348973: You use quotes from Revenge of the Entish Bow on your quote of the day list.

[Niluial]

You make Barrow Downs your home page!!

[Diamond18]

Symptom #348973: You use quotes from Revenge of the Entish Bow on your quote of the day list.

Woo hoo! My work here is done. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[Niluial]

Symptom #348972: Your roommates can name off at least six barrowdowners whose posts made you laugh without stopping to think.

That sound familiar.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

You make Barrow Downs your home page!!

Done! Not Barrowdowns home either, the forum home page. *blushes*

[Niluial]

Done! Not Barrowdowns home either, the forum home page. *blushes*

Wow!!! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] you are bad... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] hmm I think I'll do that [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] !!

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

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You make Barrow Downs your home page!!
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Done! Not Barrowdowns home either, the forum home page. *blushes*

And you're not the only one... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

~Menelien

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

You are no longer able to rerereread (or however meny res) the His Dark Materials trilogy without Lyra Greenleaf's avatar popping up all the time. And this doesn't annoy you, you're just glad to get another reminder about the Downs [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

~Menelien

[Eressië Ailin]

Even Peter Pan is related to the Downs (heh... Arien).

Symptom #348973: You use quotes from Revenge of the Entish Bow on your quote of the day list.

The Ent that was broken!

“Seek for the Ent that was broken:
With the Cow Keeper it dwells;
There shall nonsense be spoken
More wicked than Dulldor-spells.
There shall be a token dwarf
A half-elf, elf, wizard and man,
For Isildur's cousin shall waken,
And form a big-hair 80’s band.”

WHo ever knew that would come the BW?

And yes, the BD forum is my homepage. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[vanwalossien]

You make Barrow Downs your home page!!

I think I'm even worse than that. TolkienWorld is my homepage, with the URL for voting for the BarrowDowns. I automatically vote for BD every time I go online..! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

That's really funny. I think I should try it [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

~Menelien

[Kiah]

1. You know your a Barrowholic when you eat slice after slice of wonder bread and insist it is lembas.
2. You have the One Ring from those LOTR bookmarks you can get at Border's and wear it on a gold chain and speak to it.
3. You keep on trying to speak elvish to your friends and they now run at the sight of you.
4. You talk about LOTR and the Barrow-Downs 24/7 to people on the Barrow-Downs chat line.
5. You are on the Barrow-Downs all the time to see all the new topics and write something on every one.
6. You watch the movie and read the books more than you did for Star Wars.
7. You now know the Council of Elrond scene by heart and quote it to everyone you meet.
8. You memorized everyone's name who is registered on the Barrow-Downs.
9. You flip out when people say 'elfish' instead of 'elvish'
10. You have both the VHS and DVD extended version in case one or the other player gets broken.
11. You suddenly wake up in the night and shout "I forgot to post my new topic!"
12. You have dreams about hobbits and elves.
13. You write stuff like this.
14. You eat 7 meals a day just like the hobbits.
15. You, despite the fact that before you heard of LOTR were terrified of mushrooms, eat the little funguses and shout "mushrooms!" whenever you see them.
16. You look for any Legolas, Frodo, or Boromir (or any cute LOTR person) pictures on google and your computer is now stuffed full of them.
17. You watch, read, or listen to something that has to do with LOTR every day in order to write something about it on the Forum.
18. You have an addiction to computers now.
19. You stay up till 3am writing things about Barrow-Downs.
20. Last but not least....You spell your last name now after the person you think is the hottest LOTR charecter.

[Amanaduial the archer]

You have time to write out long lists of things that make you a barrowholic. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] (Kiah...)

[Mithadan]

You spend 6 days overseeing and organizing a birthday party and awards show for a website! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

[ May 07, 2003: Message edited by: Mithadan ]

[Amanaduial the archer]

Lol.

-Instead of having the sayings of great philosophers, actors, playwrights etc in your sig, you have a quote from a PM someone sent to you. (a prize to anyone who can guess whose the one below is)

-You can name a barrow member for every number of the alphabet.

[ May 07, 2003: Message edited by: Amanaduial the archer ]

[Diamond18]

The Ent that was broken!

Also one of my favorite quotes from that RPG. I'll admit that I laughed myself silly. One of many REB quotes which pop into my head daily, making me grin like a dopey Workmudian Elf. Yes, I'm addicted, and it's sad.

A half-elf, elf, wizard and man,

To this day, I'm still smarting that he left both my characters out of the poem. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

[vanwalossien]

You can name a barrow member for every letter of the alphabet

Aman
Bêthberry
Carlas
DarkRose
Eärendil
Frieda
GreatWarg
Helka
Ithaeliel
Judge Simon
Kalessin
Lush
Maril
Naaramare
O
Pallando B.C.
Q
Raefindel
Samwise
Thenamir
Underhill, Mr
Vardamar
W
X-phial, the
Y
Z
Almost... I'm sure I know someone at O Q W Y and Z too, I should know...

[Mithadan]

Obloquy and Zifnab

[Diamond18]

Yavanna Kementari, Quirkette, and...Wain Rider? Warg Rider? Something like that...

[Eressië Ailin]

Wainrider.

What about Orual?

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

More signs of addiction...

1. You have insomnia. You get up in the middle of the night, having not yet slept at all, walk half-dreaming to the computer, and only realize you've turned it on and are on the Downs when you start typing a reply to some post or the other.

2. You have stopped caring about your grades. At all. When given a huge project due tomorrow, you send your teacher an e-mail with some weak excuse to grant you an extension, sigh, with that done, and turn on the familiar green screen. (My current situation, I'm afraid.)

3. You don't eat lunch at school anymore. You sneak into the library instead, look with contempt at those who have already somehow gotten in (they all play games on the net- no way to get them off things like Neopets), and turn on the familiar green screen.

4. You could be calling a friend over now. But you aren't. Why bother? She's online anyway.

~Menelien

[vanwalossien]

they all play games on the net- no way to get them off things like Neopets

Oh, I have two neopets, thanks for reminding me, I'm gonna log on and see if they've died yet. The Barrow-Downs are killing them, I keep forgetting about them [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Amanaduial the archer]

You all tried it?!

Ah well, here goes...man, I didnt say I could do it! But anyway...

Amanaduial...ok, Aerandir Carnesir then
Brinniel
Cuthalion
Dwarin Thunderhammer
Erresse Ailin (I cant get the accents, sorry!)
Faybevin Bombadil
Gorothlammothiel
Helkahothion
Ithaeliel
Judge Simon
Kittiewhirl1677
Lush
Marileangorifurnimaluim
Noverarnwen
Orual
Piosenniel
Qurikette
Rimbaud
Sapphire_flame
Tar-Palantir
(Mr) Underhill (not cheating!)
VanimaEdhel
Waendoliel
X Phial
Yavanna Kementari
Zifnab

Hurrah!

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Lol [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
I have been on here all night. I guess that counts as a sign of addiction...? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

~Menelien

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

I am still here [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

You take the book written by Simon Tolkien, JRRT's grandson, out of the library as soon as possible and read it all the time except when you're on the Downs. Schoolwork has been pushed out altogether or is done at 3 in the morning.

~Menelien

[Amanaduial the archer]

Or done on the bus in the morning.

[elven maiden Earwen]

Or in advisory the next morning

[Amanaduial the archer]

Or form period, assuming we have the Nurse or the really dopey latin teacher taking the register (she doesnt notice. Our form teacher is too quick- she gets angry, and whats even scarier, she gets angry in French.)

[VanimaEdhel]

Aman thought of me first? I'm flattered!

Oh: how is the Simon Tolkien book? I've been wondering about it...

- You promise yourself you've broken the addiction, but noooo...here it is: it's Mother's Day and are you with your mother all the way upstairs? Noooooo: you're here saying, "yup, done that...that's me...yup. Oh! I've done that! Yipyip!"

- You spend your life looking for quotes for your "Quote of the Month", then get really stressed and actually lose sleep over the fact that all the ones you really want to use are inappropriate for the Barrow-Downs (blah [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] ).

[Amanaduial the archer]

At the Downies Awards, you get the Im-not-addicted-I-can-quit-anytime RPG award.

Hmmm...

[VanimaEdhel]

Okay, the recipient of that award wins! lol [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[Amanaduial the archer]

*Takes a bow*

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

EDIT: Ah, hang on a moment...note, you have been here since february last year and you have more posts than some of the mods? Oh, I think we have another winner...come on, Vanima, dont be bashful...

[ May 11, 2003: Message edited by: Amanaduial the archer ]

[VanimaEdhel]

I still say I'm not completely addicted. A lot of those posts are the many RPG's I've been in.

I've also been on a lot less as of late, due to school, sports and plays (not quite living up to my award as well as I should).

[Amanaduial the archer]

Tut tut, honestly Vanima, shameful... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Ditto actually. I got the award...but have now found myself forced to cut down on RPGs! Nooo!

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

(she doesnt notice. Our form teacher is too quick- she gets angry, and whats even scarier, she gets angry in French.)

Ours gets angry in Hebrew... [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]
And yes, I just finished the Simon Tolkien book, I loved it, but it has nothing to do with JRRT's works, and even the writing style isn't similar. I don't know if you guys would like it, but I recommend it. A few parts that weren't that great, but I liked it anyway. More signs... you're sick again, and should be doing homework, but are still on the Downs.

~Menelien

[Amanaduial the archer]

In Hebrew? Hmm. Bring an umbrella. And no, I am not anti-semetic! Dont even bother saying it!

My bf is trying to teach me Hebrew, in biology. I so far know la, lei, lo, loo and laa. Thatll get me far...