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

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Umm... dude is your bf a bad Hebrew teacher then. That's not where you start... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] By the way, our Hebrew teacher wants us to do everything in Hebrew, so I guess she's just giving us an example with the hebrew yelling...

~Menelien

[Amanaduial the archer]

Do you go to a Jewish school then?

Yes, Im aware that she isnt a great teacher. We were hyper at the time, she was writing on a scrap smaller than my little finger and then the teacher caught us. Yeah, not fun detention.

Man, I got further teaching her greek and I havent been learning that since I was four!

[Diamond18]

There's a thread here for talking about the Simon Tolkien book, if you'd like. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] (Shameless self-promotion, gotta love it. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img])

[Brinniel]

You're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you are meditating and the first happy place you think of is the BD. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

You scare me. I've done that.

Do you go to a Jewish school then?

Yeah, but I can't say I myself am very religious *coughcoughreadinclassescoughcough*

~Menelien

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

You're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you are meditating and the first happy place you think of is the BD.

Brinniel wins.

Symptom #23943509: you get free AOL cds so you don't have to be offline while you wait for your network adapter to be fixed.

Symptom #23943510: you check your PMs before your email accounts after an absence.

[Amanaduial the archer]

*coughcoughreadinclassescoughcough*

LOL! Hey, I read in church and I'm getting confirmed (probably) next year!

I would like to go to a religious school actually.

[The Barrow-Wight]

I think you all need to review the first pot in this topic before continuin here.

[Brinniel]

Symptom #23943510: you check your PMs before your email accounts after an absence.

Isn't that something everyone does? I always visit the BD first and checking email is the last thing I do when I'm on the internet.

You're addicted to the BD when you sit at the computer for ten minutes trying think of more ways to be addicted. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Symptom #23943510: you check your PMs before your email accounts after an absence.

Guilty.

You should be reading Merchant of Venice right now. But you aren't. And guess what you are doing... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

~Menelien

[Lyra Greenleaf]

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.

I'm a symptom! How astounding that is! (I'm also an addict)

Let me try my list. I didn't read the other ones. Well, only about 2 entries...

Amanaduial the Archer
Brinniel
Carrun
Durelin
Elanor
Feanor of the Peredhil
Galadrieloftheolden
Helkahothion
Iarwain
Jessica Jade
Kryssal
Lyra Greenleaf [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Maril.....
Niluial
Orual
P
Q
Ruling Ring, the
Sophia the Thunder Mistress
Tar Palantir
U
VanimaEdhel
Witch King, the
X Phial, the
Yavanna_Kementari
Z

How did I forget Pio? *Hits head against wall for 20 minutes*

[ May 18, 2003: Message edited by: Lyra Greenleaf ]

[Annalaliath]

I tend to have withdrall symptoms if I haven't been on at least once in a day.

So desperate are you to find another Barrow Downer in your area that you start to dream of them. Of Downers at your school, somehow hiding from the rest, or at least me.

[vanwalossien]

Hmm, I think it's quite alarming when you in fact name things after BD'ers... I created a new character in Baldur's Gate last week, and when I couldn't think of a name for it, I picked the first that came to my mind. It's a female halfling warrior called Lush... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

That's... strange... but I've done similar things, so I won't comment. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

I tend to have withdrall symptoms if I haven't been on at least once in a day.
So desperate are you to find another Barrow Downer in your area that you start to dream of them. Of Downers at your school, somehow hiding from the rest, or at least me.

Welcome to the club [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

~Menelien

[Annunfuiniel]

My latest critical self-observation revealed some new symptoms of BD addiction:

1. You know which day it is only because you see the date in every new post in the forums.
2. Consequently you have no idea where your calendar is for you haven't used it in...well, ages. (Who needs real world anyway?)
3. Your computer is on 24/7 and you're online pretty much all the time (God bless ADSL!). That makes the BD more easily accessible in the midnight hours, too.
4. You're thinking about postponing your visit to your parents - not that they don't have internet access (they do) but there you can't use it as often as you need to.
5. You haven't had warm meal in, er, 4 days. Hey, who wants to cook when you can browse the Downs instead??
6.

When you consider hiding your screenname so other BD'ers won't see how much time you spend here...

Been there, done that and way over it... You seldom see me but trust me when I say - I'm HERE!

On my way to consult my shrink,
[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]Annun

[Arafangwen]

1. You know which day it is only because you see the date in every new post in the forums.
2. Consequently you have no idea where your calendar is for you haven't used it in...well, ages. (Who needs real world anyway?)
3. Your computer is on 24/7 and you're online pretty much all the time (God bless ADSL!). That makes the BD more easily accessible in the midnight hours, too.
4. You're thinking about postponing your visit to your parents - not that they don't have internet access (they do) but there you can't use it as often as you need to.

1 Yes!
2 Yes!
3 Yes!
4 Grandparents actualy, but yes!

~You're considering permanently attaching yourself to the computer chair(not like you aren't already [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] )

~If you ever compare some in real life(what is that anyways?) it's always to someone from LOTR or from the Barrow Downs [img]smilies/redface.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

~If you're ever off the Barrow Downs, you're asleep.

~You don't get off the Barrow Downs even when you're bored because someone you think is fun might show up any minute

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

You sit all night at the Downs while nobody is posting, merely to be the first to see it if they do [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Your mother now knows the names of most of the BDers... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

You have dreams about them constantly, the last one starting off as a normal (extremely wacky, that is) one, ending up with you holding 20 kittens and naming each one after a BDer...

~Menelien

[Lyra Greenleaf]

I have to name a rabbit, and my family want a LOTR name but I was toying with a BDs name. Perhaps Helka... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Or at least a character which is both. (Could be you, Galadriel!)

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

It would be an honor to have a rabbit named after you [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] No really, I will certainly name pets after BDers, if I'm ever allowed to get any...
Lyra: I'm allergic to rabbit fur!
(At least I hope not [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] )

~Menelien

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

So desperate are you to find another Barrow Downer in your area that you start to dream of them. Of Downers at your school, somehow hiding from the rest, or at least me.

Guilty as charged!

1. You know which day it is only because you see the date in every new post in the forums.

Again, guilty.

New Symptom- good PMs make your whole day happy, bad ones make you depressed and antisocial.

And another- your email address shows 67 new messages, but all are pm notifiers, you can't bear to delete them, even though you haven't even read them.

Sophia

[vanwalossien]

I discovered yet another sign of addiction today, and I'm getting a bit worried. Can a Barrow-Addiction be bad for you?
I realised that almost all the computers in the conference room at mum's work suggest 'www.barrowdowns.com' as soon as I type 'ba' in the address line in the browser.. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] I don't think anybody else there did that...

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

I am also guilty of that, except that it is at my school computer room...

~Menelien

[Eressië Ailin]

This morning I was reading a bit of The Phantom of the Opera, and I came across the name Darius. Of course, the first thing that popped into my head was, 'Lyra!' There have been so many other Phantom connections that I can't think of right now...

Arafangwen, is it safe to assume that you are a Phantom phan? *crosses fingers*

[ June 01, 2003: Message edited by: Eressië Ailin ]

[Arafangwen]

It depends on what Phantom you're talking about . Actualy, I love all of the Phantoms I know [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] . I really do like the Phantom of the Opera though, but that's not the-. I'm just digging myself deeper and deeper into this hole.....

[Lyra Greenleaf]

This morning I was reading a bit of The Phantom of the Opera, and I came across the name Darius. Of course, the first thing that popped into my head was, 'Lyra!'

Aha! Wrong Darius but never mind. I'm a symptom again!

How about it was my Prom (what us Brits call a Prom anyhow) half way through the BDs birthday party and as I got up to dance I had visions of the macarena, exploding Balrog wings and a hippo... People might have wondered at my demonic grin!

[vanwalossien]

A very obvious sign of addiction is to see BD'ers everywhere, like when you read in a travel guide about Ireland's lush, green countryside, but when you spot the word 'beren' and think of Beren87 before Beren Erchamion, then you're mad... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[ June 04, 2003: Message edited by: vanwalossien ]

[Neferchoirwen]

I look out my backyard and imagine my dogs are hobbits...

I carried my friend's two-month-old baby and thought it was a hobbit...

I keep the downs on my computer when I'm online, and I get all tense when I'm in school and I'm not on a computer somewhere...

[Annalaliath]

You tend to recomend the Barrow Downs to everyone that you meet.

You pester your friend to go look at the Barow Downs.

And finally the Barrow Downs is the first thing you do in the morning( if you don't have work).

[Beren87]

Your girlfriend begins to call herself a "Barrow-widow". [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Neferchoirwen]

...I treat Barrow Downs as a sedative, next to coffee.

Addiction to Eowyn Challenge: I just walked for 2 miles under the 1pm sun, foregoing any transportation just to get more miles on the challenge.

Ah, the Eowyn challenge! I am also adicted to that! I've even started to carry my counter thingy around with me everywhere.

*Even the people who don't know you, know that they should tell you they don't like the Barrow Downs before you start introducing them to every aspect of it, ie.=you have quite a reputation for obsession

[Beren87]

as a sedative, next to coffee

...? coffee...isn't exactly a sedative.

You know you're addicted when you get more excited about the PT you just got than the date you have tonight.

[ June 07, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

[vanwalossien]

Your girlfriend begins to call herself a "Barrow-widow".

Beren, that is really alarming! Though not having a boyfriend because your social life is Barrow-based is just as bad... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] And also, using the prefix barrow- on every possible word is a bit worrying. Like having a word file called Barrow-Quotes on your PC, full of BDers' sigs and other quotes from the Downs.

[VanimaEdhel]

The highlight of your day, even though you just took the SAT II's and think you did really well, was seeing that the X-Men-related locations are increasing, even though they are all ganging up on you. You also go around looking at people's Locations just for fun.

EDIT:

Like having a word file called Barrow-Quotes on your PC, full of BDers' sigs and other quotes from the Downs.

I have one called "Barrow Downs Chat Quotes", so don't be alarmed. And now, for the record, with size 7 font, 1/2 inch margins on every side, and three columns, it is now nearly two full pages long.

[ June 07, 2003: Message edited by: VanimaEdhel ]

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

You know you're addicted when you get more excited about the PT you just got than the date you have tonight

I didn't have a date, but I did get pretty darn excited about the PT.

I also have a Barrow-Quotes file, and it is also very long. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Sophia

[Lyra Greenleaf]

Yes! Jumping up and down and squealing when you get a PT is a bad sign. Especially when your sister is having all her friends around for her birthday party...

SOPHIA: coughcough CONGRATULATIONS! I thought I shouldn't make a post on the RTC discussion thread just for that.

[Sirithheruwen]

Hey, I can relate to most of these. Here's another one!:

When you freak out whenever it takes about 15 seconds to load.

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I get all depressed when no one is posting very much on the threads I frequent, or when someone hasn't responded to one of my PMs yet, or when I have a reslly good quiz question to ask, but my last answer han't been confirmed yet.

[Elennar Starfire]

Like having a word file called Barrow-Quotes on your PC, full of BDers' sigs and other quotes from the Downs.

I have a file for sigs I like, another one for locations I like, and another one for random quotes. They are long, and growing...

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

I have a file for sigs I like, another one for locations I like, and another one for random quotes. They are long, and growing...

I should do that! Starting with your sig and location (I've always liked your location). [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]