You know you're obsessed with LOTR when ...

[darethehair]

[newbie here]

When to both impress and confuse your FaceBook friends, you use what little Quenya (language) and Tengwar (font) knowledge to post 'Merry Christmas' and 'Happy New Year' images on those days.

Of course, some will (in a good-natured way) accuse you of being a 'nerd'

The only mistake I made was assuming that they would ask me what the words actually *meant*, but none did

[Aganzir]

I'm not sure if this is a sign of obsession or rather just being pathetic and/or inventive, but...

Flatmate and I want to watch some Richard Armitage in black leather. We sit down on a mattress on the floor, but alas we need something to support the laptop with.
"I usually take random books from the shelf," flatmate says, "but it's one hell of a job to figure out how to get the piles even." She proceeds to rummage in my room, and comes soon back carrying some of my HoME copies. "So this time we'll have two identical piles!"

[Aganzir]

When you mistype Guantánamo as Guantanámo, just because -námo sounds more familiar.

[MCRmyGirl4eva]

When you somehow manage to work LOTR into a discussion about Loki's daddy issues and Mjolnir.... still not quite sure how I pulled that off...

[Galadriel55]

When, while going up on a ski lift, you introduce your friend (who just started LOTR) to the rest of the legendarium and how it works and stuff (and, incidentally, encourage him to take a look at the Downs ).

[MCRmyGirl4eva]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

When, while going up on a ski lift, you introduce your friend (who just started LOTR) to the rest of the legendarium and how it works and stuff (and, incidentally, encourage him to take a look at the Downs ).

Oh, a newbie can't hurt! Hopefully he'll get into it!

When you're reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and your brain somehow autocorrects Benjy the Mouse to Bilbo the Mouse...