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the guy who be short · 08-07-2007, 05:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Di(e!!)

Dear God.

Which one? :P

Graph 1:

Graph 2:

Graph 3:

Now, as we can see from graph one, all three of us are having BDs dreams more frequently these days. Proof that the Downs is taking over our lives.

Graph two shows us how many dreams it takes for our subconscious to dream of a completely new Downer whom we haven't dreamt of before. All three graphs curve upwards. This is because we've dreamt of so many people that it's becoming increasingly difficult to dream of new people.

Graph three shows the average population of each dream. My dreams are very sparsely populated compared to the girls'. Oddwen remains stable while Lommy's and my dreams are slowly becoming more and more populated.

And, just for fun, the total dream count (of just us three, of course):

Feanor 16
Kath 16
Mithalwen 13
Diamond 12
Eomer of the rohirrim 12
Saucepan Man 12
TGWBS - 12
Hookbill 11
Anguirel 9
Lhuna 9
Mormegil 9
Rikae 9
Formendacil 8
Littlemanpoet 8
The phantom 8
Boromir 7
Lalwende 7
Mac 7
Rune 7
Dancing spawn of ungoliant 6
Nilp 6
Thinlomien 6
Davem 5
Durelin 5
Encaitare 5
Glirdan 4
Lalaith 4
Meneltarmacil 4
The only real estel 4
Barrow Wight 3
Bethberry 3
Brinniel 3
Celuien 3
Estelyn 3
Orominuialwen 3
Roa 3
Sleepy ranger 3
Aganzir 2
Alatar 2
Firefoot 2
Fordim 2
Guthang 2
Legate of amon lanc 2
Piosenniel 2
Nogrod 2
Oddwen 2
Wilwarin 2
Volo 2
Azalia of Willowbottom 1
Beren87 1
Bucktardo 1
Cailin 1
Caranlondien 1
Dunwen 1
Elf warrior 1
Farael 1
Gilgalad 1
Glingleglingleglinglefairy 1
Guinevere 1
Heren Istarion 1
Holbytlass 1
Jenny hallu 1
Malkatoj 1
Oliphaunts_rule 1
Paavo 1
Shelob 1
The KA 1
Tombrady12 1

I'm joint third - quite honourable, I think.

Notice that 9 of the top 12 have livejournal. As Oddy, Lommy and I all have LJ, that is clearly the way to get into our dreams, for any of you weird enough to have that as an aspiration.

I promise to do something else now... honest...

Kath · 08-07-2007, 07:42 AM

You really don't have anything better to do with your time do you Jay?

the guy who be short · 08-08-2007, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kathwin

You really don't have anything better to do with your time do you Jay?

It's 11am and I am on the Downs...

No.

Lalaith · 08-08-2007, 04:21 AM

It's a lovely day, the sun is shining! Go outside and play!

(awaits appearance in BD dreamworld as busybody mother figure)

Oddwen · 08-08-2007, 08:39 AM

I had me the first BD dream I've had in a while...I dreamt that Rikae was driving me to her home to meet sir Macalure, but the way was strange. There were multitudes of goats along the causeway, and Rikae explained to me that there were good goats and evil goats, but since goats ruled the land you must give way to all goats.

"This must be Canada," I thought in my dream.

Anyway, we arrived at her home, and met Mac. I was waking up about then, so all I remember is he had a really big head.

I think Orominuialwen may have been mentioned somewhere in there as well.

Mithalwen · 08-08-2007, 09:34 AM

I had a Barrow Down dream! Or rather a BD section of another dream. I was on a road trip with an unidentified other and stopped at a house and asked to see Envinyatar. We were shown to his study which was a converted double decker bus and rather fab. Envinyatar, was much shorter than I expected (average height - his RPG characters tend to be very tall). Unfortunately, once again it finished before much could be said, and my dream moved me back home where for some reason I had to cook for about 50,000 people. Suprisingly this did not faze me despite the fact I was in my own tiny and malfunctioning kitchen. Then someone told me that we had 1,473 people left to feed and I looked at the food on the table (just the amount for a normal family Sunday lunch), and said "this isn't going to be enough" - rather self evident since it was clear that the "family hold back principle wouldn't suffice - and when clamly to prepare more. then the alarm went.

alatar · 08-08-2007, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by the guy who be short

Graph 3:

Graph three shows the average population of each dream. My dreams are very sparsely populated compared to the girls'. Oddwen remains stable while Lommy's and my dreams are slowly becoming more and more populated.

Tenths (fractions) of persons per dream?

You dream of just their arms or heads?

the guy who be short · 08-09-2007, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oddy

since goats ruled the land you must give way to all goats.

Sounds like India, but easier, as goats are smaller and easier to swerve around than cows.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alatar

Tenths (fractions) of persons per dream?

You dream of just their arms or heads?

Sometimes just their souls.

the guy who be short · 08-10-2007, 03:28 AM

I had a Diamond dream recently. She was amazed that houses cost as much as £14000 in the UK (in reality they cost 20 times more) when a flat in New York would only cost £1000 (I also doubt the validity of this claim).

We went to NY to look for a flat for her. There was this building full of empty flats, but Diamond wanted one overlooking a certain road at a certain height and with certain specifications. So, unfortunately, we couldn't find anything for her. On the plus side, I could fly and met some primary school teachers in the flats.

Lalwendë · 08-10-2007, 05:13 AM

I had this dream last night where for some odd reason I was on holiday in this seaside cottage, opened the door and I was in the town centre of a very wet and rainy Southport. To avoid disappointment I told davem we'd at least go and have a look at Broadhurst's bookshop and told him he was bound to find some old tome that he just had to buy. However we got there and instead of being this Victorian building with little rooms, stuffed four storeys high with dusty old second hand books, some chain had bought it up and had turned it into a horrible 'open plan' modern style bookshop on just two storeys. It had no old books any more, and no fireplace to sit in front of, nor did they wrap your books in brown paper and string but stuck them in a carrier bag. In my dream I came on the Downs and begged Mr Hookbill to take the train forthwith to Southport and make sure my nightmare had not come true!!!

And then guess what...I suppose this is just the same thing?!

Hookbill the Goomba · 08-10-2007, 05:48 AM

Lal, I have actually recently been in said bookshop. It is still nice and old style. There is an old man who works there... Or at least, I think he works there. He is asleep all the time, but sits in the corner of the second floor room. They have quite an extensive Tolkien collection. I got my copies of HoME 8, 9 and 10 from there. I may go again to see if they have the other Tolkien biography, the one I don't have.

Incidentally, I had a dream last night that involved some Downers. I only remember snatches of it, but it, for some reason, involved Eomer and lal trying to break into a bank but when the alarm went off they threw a bag of money to me and said 'run!' So we all ran away from the police, going up a set of glass stairs for some reason and occasionally taking a glass lift. It was, apparently, bulletproof glass, which was good because the police kept shooting at us.
I found this really odd, because both Lal and Eomer are police officers in the Downer world.

the phantom · 08-14-2007, 02:49 PM

I had a bit of a fever Saturday night. And everyone knows the best thing about having a fever is the weird dreams.

My odd dream featured no Downers (I think), but was certainly Downs related.

I was in a huge barn with a Werewolf. I had a lighter and there was hay everywhere. I was grabbing handfuls of hay, setting it ablaze, and attempting to touch it to the fur of the Werewolf. I pursued the Werewolf from one end of the barn to the other, climbing ceiling beams, leaping over equipment, and charging up stairs and ladders (there were many levels in this barn). I managed to get a spark on the beast several times, but it was always able to put it out by rolling on the ground or beating the flame with its hands.

After quite a bit of this, the Werewolf seemed to realize that it was, in fact, a Werewolf, and should be doing the chasing rather than being chased. So I spent the next little bit leaping off things and climbing up things, only this time I was the hunted. I still had my lighter, and with the creature constantly trying to get close to me I had many opportunities to burn the Werewolf- which I did. It was fairly repetitive. I tried to create some distance, it closed in on me, I set it on fire, and then I moved away while it put out the flames. And then the same thing again.

Eventually there were burning piles of hay everywhere, and even the walls were BBQing. I climbed up onto a high loft that had an open window- the only way out of the building. The Werewolf jumped up after me. I set the loft ablaze, threw the lighter at the Werewolf (which set it on fire for the hundredth time), and then I jumped out the window, somehow pulling it shut behind me.

My dream ended with me gazing at the blazing barn and wondering if the beast was dead.

08-07-2007, 07:42 AM	#2
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	You really don't have anything better to do with your time do you Jay? __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

08-08-2007, 04:21 AM	#4
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	It's a lovely day, the sun is shining! Go outside and play! (awaits appearance in BD dreamworld as busybody mother figure) __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

08-08-2007, 08:39 AM	#5
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	I had me the first BD dream I've had in a while...I dreamt that Rikae was driving me to her home to meet sir Macalure, but the way was strange. There were multitudes of goats along the causeway, and Rikae explained to me that there were good goats and evil goats, but since goats ruled the land you must give way to all goats. "This must be Canada," I thought in my dream. Anyway, we arrived at her home, and met Mac. I was waking up about then, so all I remember is he had a really big head. I think Orominuialwen may have been mentioned somewhere in there as well. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

08-08-2007, 09:34 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I had a Barrow Down dream! Or rather a BD section of another dream. I was on a road trip with an unidentified other and stopped at a house and asked to see Envinyatar. We were shown to his study which was a converted double decker bus and rather fab. Envinyatar, was much shorter than I expected (average height - his RPG characters tend to be very tall). Unfortunately, once again it finished before much could be said, and my dream moved me back home where for some reason I had to cook for about 50,000 people. Suprisingly this did not faze me despite the fact I was in my own tiny and malfunctioning kitchen. Then someone told me that we had 1,473 people left to feed and I looked at the food on the table (just the amount for a normal family Sunday lunch), and said "this isn't going to be enough" - rather self evident since it was clear that the "family hold back principle wouldn't suffice - and when clamly to prepare more. then the alarm went. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-10-2007, 05:13 AM	#10
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I had this dream last night where for some odd reason I was on holiday in this seaside cottage, opened the door and I was in the town centre of a very wet and rainy Southport. To avoid disappointment I told davem we'd at least go and have a look at Broadhurst's bookshop and told him he was bound to find some old tome that he just had to buy. However we got there and instead of being this Victorian building with little rooms, stuffed four storeys high with dusty old second hand books, some chain had bought it up and had turned it into a horrible 'open plan' modern style bookshop on just two storeys. It had no old books any more, and no fireplace to sit in front of, nor did they wrap your books in brown paper and string but stuck them in a carrier bag. In my dream I came on the Downs and begged Mr Hookbill to take the train forthwith to Southport and make sure my nightmare had not come true!!! And then guess what...I suppose this is just the same thing?! __________________ Gordon's alive!

08-10-2007, 03:28 AM	#9
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	I had a Diamond dream recently. She was amazed that houses cost as much as £14000 in the UK (in reality they cost 20 times more) when a flat in New York would only cost £1000 (I also doubt the validity of this claim). We went to NY to look for a flat for her. There was this building full of empty flats, but Diamond wanted one overlooking a certain road at a certain height and with certain specifications. So, unfortunately, we couldn't find anything for her. On the plus side, I could fly and met some primary school teachers in the flats.

08-10-2007, 05:48 AM	#11
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Lal, I have actually recently been in said bookshop. It is still nice and old style. There is an old man who works there... Or at least, I think he works there. He is asleep all the time, but sits in the corner of the second floor room. They have quite an extensive Tolkien collection. I got my copies of HoME 8, 9 and 10 from there. I may go again to see if they have the other Tolkien biography, the one I don't have. Incidentally, I had a dream last night that involved some Downers. I only remember snatches of it, but it, for some reason, involved Eomer and lal trying to break into a bank but when the alarm went off they threw a bag of money to me and said 'run!' So we all ran away from the police, going up a set of glass stairs for some reason and occasionally taking a glass lift. It was, apparently, bulletproof glass, which was good because the police kept shooting at us. I found this really odd, because both Lal and Eomer are police officers in the Downer world. __________________ 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...

08-14-2007, 02:49 PM	#12
the phantom Beloved Shadow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Stadium Posts: 5,971	I had a bit of a fever Saturday night. And everyone knows the best thing about having a fever is the weird dreams. My odd dream featured no Downers (I think), but was certainly Downs related. I was in a huge barn with a Werewolf. I had a lighter and there was hay everywhere. I was grabbing handfuls of hay, setting it ablaze, and attempting to touch it to the fur of the Werewolf. I pursued the Werewolf from one end of the barn to the other, climbing ceiling beams, leaping over equipment, and charging up stairs and ladders (there were many levels in this barn). I managed to get a spark on the beast several times, but it was always able to put it out by rolling on the ground or beating the flame with its hands. After quite a bit of this, the Werewolf seemed to realize that it was, in fact, a Werewolf, and should be doing the chasing rather than being chased. So I spent the next little bit leaping off things and climbing up things, only this time I was the hunted. I still had my lighter, and with the creature constantly trying to get close to me I had many opportunities to burn the Werewolf- which I did. It was fairly repetitive. I tried to create some distance, it closed in on me, I set it on fire, and then I moved away while it put out the flames. And then the same thing again. Eventually there were burning piles of hay everywhere, and even the walls were BBQing. I climbed up onto a high loft that had an open window- the only way out of the building. The Werewolf jumped up after me. I set the loft ablaze, threw the lighter at the Werewolf (which set it on fire for the hundredth time), and then I jumped out the window, somehow pulling it shut behind me. My dream ended with me gazing at the blazing barn and wondering if the beast was dead. __________________ the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.