Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs - Page 14 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-28-2008, 12:06 PM

When you see a Wheel Barrow painted white and think "Ha-ha! Wheel Barrow Wight!

"

...

Yes.

Kath · 04-28-2008, 03:30 PM

When you laugh so hard at Hooky's post above that your bemused housemates stare at you and when you try to explain ... well, let's just say they really didn't get it.

Thinlómien · 04-29-2008, 12:34 AM

When finding the verb "caber" from your book makes your Spanish lesson suddenly far more amusing than it was before...

Thinlómien · 04-29-2008, 05:52 AM

Does this count: for the last two days or so, I've been mistyping every single word ending in -mit as -mith, like just a while ago I wrote admith. And I don't even realise the typo before reading through it again...

Eönwë · 04-29-2008, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

When you see a Wheel Barrow painted white and think "Ha-ha! Wheel Barrow Wight!

"

When this suddenly reminds you of this post*, for example: "Its a wheel bawow wight!"

*It might be because its Hookbilll's thread, or it might be because I go on the Downs too much...

Eönwë · 04-29-2008, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Does this count: for the last two days or so, I've been mistyping every single word ending in -mit as -mith, like just a while ago I wrote admith. And I don't even realise the typo before reading through it again...

This sounds to me like like a classic case of Mithalwen addiction.

Maybe we should start a new thread "Are you addicted to a Downer's name?" or something like that.

Volo · 05-02-2008, 02:32 AM

I was copying political songs on to my computer: My player automatically downloads the titles for the songs, but this time it downloaded them without capital letters so I had to edit them. At the song "Kommunismin ylistys" (Praise to Communism) I typoed an L instead of a K in the beginning and found Praise to Lommunism quite amusing.

EDIT: Oh, and this was also amusing when it got to Xyzzy.

Mithalwen · 05-02-2008, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eönwë

This sounds to me like like a classic case of Mithalwen addiction.

Maybe we should start a new thread "Are you addicted to a Downer's name?" or something like that.

I was aware of having a potentially addictive personality - I didn't realise it was contagious. FOr Lommie's sake I hope there is a 12 step programme.

A Little Green · 05-04-2008, 09:08 AM

When you are at your friend's place and her dad is watching a Denmark - Czech Republic ice hockey match and you think "Oooh Rune is losing, the game is 4-2 for Legate!"

wilwarin538 · 04-09-2010, 10:23 AM

So at my placement they were doing a craft with some seeds, and one pack was of Perennial seeds and on the top it said Shasta Daisies.

It was cool....and is my new nickname for Shasta....

Pitchwife · 04-09-2010, 11:15 AM

You know you're a Barrow Downs junkie when you come across your BD screen name in a discussion of the book you originally borrowed it from and it takes you a split second to remind yourself that this isn't the Downs and no one's talking about you.

Eönwë · 04-10-2010, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

You know you're a Barrow Downs junkie when you come across your BD screen name in a discussion of the book you originally borrowed it from and it takes you a split second to remind yourself that this isn't the Downs and no one's talking about you.

It's ok. *comforts* We all do it. Or at least I do.

If someone mentions Eönwë on the BDs, it always takes a second to realise that they're not talking about me.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 04-10-2010, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eönwë

If someone mentions Eönwë on the BDs, it always takes a second to realise that they're not talking about me.

Well, of course they're talking about you. Why wouldn't they be?

You know that you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you see a sign every day when you go to school that you always read as "Better Quality Bacon" when, to the untrained eye, it says "Better Quality Service".

Loslote · 04-10-2010, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

Well, of course they're talking about you. Why wouldn't they be?

You know that you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you see a sign every day when you go to school that you always read as "Better Quality Bacon" when, to the untrained eye, it says "Better Quality Service".

Loslote's Better Quality Bacon would have Better Quality Service, too, if its owner/manager/server weren't in jail so often.

Loslote · 04-09-2010, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wilwarin538

So at my placement they were doing a craft with some seeds, and one pack was of Perennial seeds and on the top it said Shasta Daisies.

It was cool....and is my new nickname for Shasta....

Am I the only one who now has the song "Santa Baby" (only as Shasta Daisy) in my head? I may just have to parody it.

wilwarin538 · 04-09-2010, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loslote

Am I the only one who now has the song "Santa Baby" (only as Shasta Daisy) in my head?

ahahahahahahahaha

Now I do.

04-28-2008, 12:06 PM	#1
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	When you see a Wheel Barrow painted white and think "Ha-ha! Wheel Barrow Wight! " ... Yes. __________________ 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...

04-28-2008, 03:30 PM	#2
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	When you laugh so hard at Hooky's post above that your bemused housemates stare at you and when you try to explain ... well, let's just say they really didn't get it. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

04-29-2008, 12:34 AM	#3
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	When finding the verb "caber" from your book makes your Spanish lesson suddenly far more amusing than it was before... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

04-29-2008, 05:52 AM	#4
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Does this count: for the last two days or so, I've been mistyping every single word ending in -mit as -mith, like just a while ago I wrote admith. And I don't even realise the typo before reading through it again... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

05-02-2008, 02:32 AM	#7
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	I was copying political songs on to my computer: My player automatically downloads the titles for the songs, but this time it downloaded them without capital letters so I had to edit them. At the song "Kommunismin ylistys" (Praise to Communism) I typoed an L instead of a K in the beginning and found Praise to Lommunism quite amusing. EDIT: Oh, and this was also amusing when it got to Xyzzy. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page Last edited by Volo; 05-02-2008 at 02:37 AM.

05-04-2008, 09:08 AM	#9
A Little Green Leaf-clad Lady Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,571	When you are at your friend's place and her dad is watching a Denmark - Czech Republic ice hockey match and you think "Oooh Rune is losing, the game is 4-2 for Legate!" __________________ "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."

04-09-2010, 10:23 AM	#10
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	So at my placement they were doing a craft with some seeds, and one pack was of Perennial seeds and on the top it said Shasta Daisies. It was cool....and is my new nickname for Shasta.... __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

04-09-2010, 11:15 AM	#11
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	You know you're a Barrow Downs junkie when you come across your BD screen name in a discussion of the book you originally borrowed it from and it takes you a split second to remind yourself that this isn't the Downs and no one's talking about you. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

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