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

Aganzir · 02-18-2008, 02:27 PM

In the place where I attend art classes, there's a wall some children have painted to. One of the paintings is a crippled Superman who, I think, looks exactly like littlemanpoet. It amuses me very much every time I see it, and lately (unless I misheard) Lommy has also agreed that it looks like him.

satansaloser2005 · 02-18-2008, 02:44 PM

I just read the last couple pages of this thread and I was in stitches! So much of it is stuff that I do too. :P

This one's already been done, sort of, but still....

When you're talking with a couple friends (one who knows of WW and one who doesn't) and you completely leave the other person out of the conversation because they have no idea what's going on.

Also, when you're talking to friends and you talk about nothing but WW. You know you should shut up and ask them how their day went, especially since they've never heard of WW, but....I mean, come on! It's WW!

Finduilas · 02-18-2008, 07:49 PM

When you get into a computer game, and they ask you to type in your nickname, and you enter Findy...

satansaloser2005 · 02-18-2008, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Finduilas

When you get into a computer game, and they ask you to type in your nickname, and you enter Findy...

*chuckles* Sadly, I can't claim that as obsession. I use Sally as a nickname on all my boards for games and stuff. Mostly because no one seems to be able to spell my real name. Seriously, how hard can it be to spell Kayla? It's exactly like it sounds. Kay. La. That's all.

Anyway....to stay on topic and all that snazz....

I'm in a playwriting class and I just realized that the author of our book....his last name is Downs. It just made me laugh, because of course we all know where my mind went.

Hookbill the Goomba · 02-19-2008, 05:26 AM

This paragraph in a piece of homework I did for my Fantasy Fiction Module at University...

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"When Ahâziah brought his people out of Lizarn, the Bears were troubled greatly. There was a leader among them named Rune the son of Bjarne, the son of Mære, and he sought to bring the Dinosaurs back to their homeland. But Ahâziah would not listen to him and wandered away East. Rune was saddened by their going, for the Bears were great friends to the Dinosaurs. So he took council with his friends and they journeyed through the wild lands of Lizarn, seeking the Stone of Tsuwriy'el, for it was greatly desired by the King of the Dinosaurs. But they found it not. They heard a rumour that the Dragons of the Drago Lands had taken it. So Rune set sail and went thither. After twelve Years, he returned, alone and did not speak of what had passed in the Drago Lands, except that he had seen the stone and he could not take it."

I do like these Downs references.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 02-19-2008, 09:31 AM

OH, MY!!!

A sign of addiction: When you have a folder in your computer, called "Barrow-downs", and it has 195 MB!!! And don't ask me what's inside it so that it's so big - I don't know even myself! The biggest files I can think of and I know they are there are Paper Telephone concepts. But still.

A Little Green · 02-20-2008, 09:20 AM

When you see a costume rental called Lavem and you find it amusing because it makes you think about Lalwendë and davem...

Volo · 02-23-2008, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Aganzir

In the place where I attend art classes, there's a wall some children have painted to. One of the paintings is a crippled Superman who, I think, looks exactly like littlemanpoet. It amuses me very much every time I see it, and lately (unless I misheard) Lommy has also agreed that it looks like him.

Haha! And I have a Latvian friend who looks exactly like Elempi.

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

OH, MY!!!

A sign of addiction: When you have a folder in your computer, called "Barrow-downs", and it has 195 MB!!! And don't ask me what's inside it so that it's so big - I don't know even myself! The biggest files I can think of and I know they are there are Paper Telephone concepts. But still.

indeed! I have 44MB and I regard that a lot.

My own addiction that I noticed about a week ago but couldn't post here (I was afraid I would forget it - another addiction?) is that when having to make a collective desicion I "vote". I've been doing that for a longer period of time, but never before WW.

A Little Green · 02-26-2008, 09:02 AM

When you (and Nogrod, mind you) are quite convinced that Lommy is talking about legative feelings instead of negative...

Nogrod · 02-26-2008, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by A Little Green

When you (and Nogrod, mind you) are quite convinced that Lommy is talking about legative feelings instead of negative...

That's actually true...

A Little Green · 02-26-2008, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Nog

That's actually true...

Yeah right, what did you expect?

Thinlómien · 02-26-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by A Little Green

When you (and Nogrod, mind you) are quite convinced that Lommy is talking about legative feelings instead of negative...

Yes, I often make ex tempore aphorisms like "legative feelings are like warts; they must be frozen"...

(Not that it was a good ex tempore aphorism in any case...

) I only wonder what does the word legative mean? Does it have something to do with legislation?

Rikae · 02-26-2008, 12:20 PM

This was on the assigned to Mordor thread, but I think Kath was right in suggesting it belongs here as well:

When you feel the need to clarify "WWII" by adding "the war, not the werewolf game."

(Hey, at least Mac and I are on the same side in some werewolf games...)

Hookbill the Goomba · 02-26-2008, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by A Little Green

When you (and Nogrod, mind you) are quite convinced that Lommy is talking about legative feelings instead of negative...

Just one typo away from 'Legotive' feelings. I'm sure Formendacil would identify.

Thinlómien · 02-26-2008, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Just one typo away from 'Legotive' feelings. I'm sure Formendacil would identify.

Haha, but actually legotive reminds me more of Legolas-tive than actual legos... I guess this belongs to the You Know You're Obsessed with LotR when... -thread.

THE Ka · 02-26-2008, 04:28 PM

When you, for one of the first times, become so absorbed in WW that you contemplate the method of brushing your teeth and tying your shoes at the same time.

Or, (as what happened in Volo's last WW):

Your friends eventually start reading WW with you, and play backseat WW player to the point of giggling...

~ Ka

Thinlómien · 02-27-2008, 02:11 AM

When you spend your Swedish lesson by studying the US map on the classroom wall and try to find as many 'downer locations you can instead of studying the chapter that you know will be in the exam...

Or alternatively, what I'm doing now: when during a media lesson you should be looking for information on a designer you're going to interview, you go to 'downs instead.

02-18-2008, 02:27 PM	#1
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	In the place where I attend art classes, there's a wall some children have painted to. One of the paintings is a crippled Superman who, I think, looks exactly like littlemanpoet. It amuses me very much every time I see it, and lately (unless I misheard) Lommy has also agreed that it looks like him. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

02-18-2008, 02:44 PM	#2
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	I just read the last couple pages of this thread and I was in stitches! So much of it is stuff that I do too. :P This one's already been done, sort of, but still.... When you're talking with a couple friends (one who knows of WW and one who doesn't) and you completely leave the other person out of the conversation because they have no idea what's going on. Also, when you're talking to friends and you talk about nothing but WW. You know you should shut up and ask them how their day went, especially since they've never heard of WW, but....I mean, come on! It's WW! __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.

02-18-2008, 07:49 PM	#3
Finduilas Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Home. Where rolling green hills and clear rivers are practically my backyard. Posts: 595	When you get into a computer game, and they ask you to type in your nickname, and you enter Findy... __________________ One (1) book of rules and traffic regulations, which may not be bent or broken. ~ The Phantom Tollbooth

02-19-2008, 09:31 AM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	OH, MY!!! A sign of addiction: When you have a folder in your computer, called "Barrow-downs", and it has 195 MB!!! And don't ask me what's inside it so that it's so big - I don't know even myself! The biggest files I can think of and I know they are there are Paper Telephone concepts. But still. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

02-20-2008, 09:20 AM	#7
A Little Green Leaf-clad Lady Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,571	When you see a costume rental called Lavem and you find it amusing because it makes you think about Lalwendë and davem... __________________ "But some stories, small, simple ones about setting out on adventures or people doing wonders, tales of miracles and monsters, have outlasted all the people who told them, and some of them have outlasted the lands in which they were created."

02-26-2008, 09:02 AM	#9
A Little Green Leaf-clad Lady Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,571	When you (and Nogrod, mind you) are quite convinced that Lommy is talking about legative feelings instead of negative... __________________ "But some stories, small, simple ones about setting out on adventures or people doing wonders, tales of miracles and monsters, have outlasted all the people who told them, and some of them have outlasted the lands in which they were created."

02-26-2008, 12:20 PM	#13
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	This was on the assigned to Mordor thread, but I think Kath was right in suggesting it belongs here as well: When you feel the need to clarify "WWII" by adding "the war, not the werewolf game." (Hey, at least Mac and I are on the same side in some werewolf games...)

02-26-2008, 04:28 PM	#16
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	When you, for one of the first times, become so absorbed in WW that you contemplate the method of brushing your teeth and tying your shoes at the same time. Or, (as what happened in Volo's last WW): Your friends eventually start reading WW with you, and play backseat WW player to the point of giggling... ~ Ka __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni?

02-27-2008, 02:11 AM	#17
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	When you spend your Swedish lesson by studying the US map on the classroom wall and try to find as many 'downer locations you can instead of studying the chapter that you know will be in the exam... Or alternatively, what I'm doing now: when during a media lesson you should be looking for information on a designer you're going to interview, you go to 'downs instead. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

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