Battle of the dorks - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Thinlómien · 02-02-2006, 09:48 AM

I tried to make a play script to our spring party at school when I was about eight years old... And yes you know, it was the Lord of the Rings! Now I can just imagine how long the play would have been... I got to Weathertop before I stopped. I still have the script somewhere.

Valier · 02-02-2006, 11:03 AM

Well the week the last film came out, my local paper had a huge LOTR spread in there everyday. I actually got all of them.
Also I'm still attempting to make my own 3dish map of M.E. that will hang on the wall.......it's slow going.
I guess this would make me a dork...Or is it just everyone else who doesn't do that type of stuff.

Bêthberry · 02-02-2006, 11:17 AM

I almost bought a "Lord of the Rinks" tee shirt the other weekend--complete with a fellowship pose (including Arwen) in skates, with the actors played by various Great White North animals, such as moose, beaver, squirrel, elk, etc.

Now, was I a dork for thinking about buying it or a dork for not buying it?

Thinlómien · 02-02-2006, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Now, was I a dork for thinking about buying it or a dork for not buying it?

For both, I think

Rune Son of Bjarne · 02-02-2006, 11:27 AM

I have wached the Exended editons back to back only with small pauses wich I used to play Werewolf. Now that was fun.

I use many hours each days just reading on the Downs, infact ever since I became a member I have not gone to bed before 2 AM. (I allways have to check one more time or write one more PM or talk to someone over msn)

I wached the TTT 5 times in the movie theaters.

I spend a party at my school on beeing drunk and sing The Fall of Gil-Galad to everybody.

Maeggaladiel · 02-02-2006, 11:49 AM

-I own most of the LOTR-related video games, or have owned them at some point.

-I have the poster advertising said game hanging on the back of my door.

-There's a LOTR action figure sitting on my desk at this very moment. He happens to be aiming a bow at a Pirates of the Caribbean action figure right now, since he's jealous that Johnny Depp has the better position on my desk.

-I spent time positioning said action figures in said poses.

-I once tried to learn Elvish. I know about ten random useless phrases as a result of that endeavor.

-When I was younger and had long hair, I wore it back like the elves in the movies did.

-I'm here, aren't I?

Fordim Hedgethistle · 02-02-2006, 12:10 PM

Some Pretty Standard Ones

I can say "hello" in Elvish.

I studied Dwarvish runes so I could write secret messages in them.

I have corrected friends, acquaintances and almost total strangers when they make mistakes in Tolkien lore. (Example: "It's pronounced SOUR-on, not SORE-on.")

Somewhat Dorkier Things I Have Done

I have drawn maps of places for which Tolkien does not provide enough detail for my liking (Edoras, the lands south of the Shire, etc)

I wrote a short story in which I appear, as myself, called by the Valar as an emissary from the future so that I can be present at the Coronation of Aragorn to give him greetings on behalf of the later Ages of Men.

And Finally: The Dorkiest Thing I Have Ever Done (Tolkien-Related Or Not)

When I was a teenager I spent one weekend camping in the woods a few miles from my house pretending to be Aragorn the Ranger watching over the Shire. I had a full costume including a fake sword (broken one foot above the hilt), I slept in a bedroll rather than a tent, and I paid a visit to the place where my father Arathorn had been slain to erect a cairn in his memory. I also did some pining for Arwen (not hard, since at the time I was in love with a dark-haired girl who was too good for me....).

Bb: you really shoulda bought the shirt.

the phantom · 02-02-2006, 12:54 PM

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When I was a teenager I spent one weekend camping in the woods a few miles from my house pretending to be Aragorn the Ranger watching over the Shire...

I read Fordim's story and thought "Cool, I'd like to do that!" rather than "that's dorky".

02-02-2006, 09:48 AM	#1
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I tried to make a play script to our spring party at school when I was about eight years old... And yes you know, it was the Lord of the Rings! Now I can just imagine how long the play would have been... I got to Weathertop before I stopped. I still have the script somewhere. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

02-02-2006, 11:17 AM	#3
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	I almost bought a "Lord of the Rinks" tee shirt the other weekend--complete with a fellowship pose (including Arwen) in skates, with the actors played by various Great White North animals, such as moose, beaver, squirrel, elk, etc. Now, was I a dork for thinking about buying it or a dork for not buying it? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

02-02-2006, 11:49 AM	#6
Maeggaladiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The end of the world as we know it. I feel fine, incidentally. Posts: 500	-I own most of the LOTR-related video games, or have owned them at some point. -I have the poster advertising said game hanging on the back of my door. -There's a LOTR action figure sitting on my desk at this very moment. He happens to be aiming a bow at a Pirates of the Caribbean action figure right now, since he's jealous that Johnny Depp has the better position on my desk. -I spent time positioning said action figures in said poses. -I once tried to learn Elvish. I know about ten random useless phrases as a result of that endeavor. -When I was younger and had long hair, I wore it back like the elves in the movies did. -I'm here, aren't I? __________________ "Wide ne bith wel," cwaeth se the geheirde on helle hriman.

02-02-2006, 12:10 PM	#7
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Some Pretty Standard Ones I can say "hello" in Elvish. I studied Dwarvish runes so I could write secret messages in them. I have corrected friends, acquaintances and almost total strangers when they make mistakes in Tolkien lore. (Example: "It's pronounced SOUR-on, not SORE-on.") Somewhat Dorkier Things I Have Done I have drawn maps of places for which Tolkien does not provide enough detail for my liking (Edoras, the lands south of the Shire, etc) I wrote a short story in which I appear, as myself, called by the Valar as an emissary from the future so that I can be present at the Coronation of Aragorn to give him greetings on behalf of the later Ages of Men. And Finally: The Dorkiest Thing I Have Ever Done (Tolkien-Related Or Not) When I was a teenager I spent one weekend camping in the woods a few miles from my house pretending to be Aragorn the Ranger watching over the Shire. I had a full costume including a fake sword (broken one foot above the hilt), I slept in a bedroll rather than a tent, and I paid a visit to the place where my father Arathorn had been slain to erect a cairn in his memory. I also did some pining for Arwen (not hard, since at the time I was in love with a dark-haired girl who was too good for me....). Bb: you really shoulda bought the shirt. __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.

02-02-2006, 11:03 AM	#2
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	Well the week the last film came out, my local paper had a huge LOTR spread in there everyday. I actually got all of them. Also I'm still attempting to make my own 3dish map of M.E. that will hang on the wall.......it's slow going. I guess this would make me a dork...Or is it just everyone else who doesn't do that type of stuff.