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

[Thinlómien]

What about the following?

1) Your friend tells you a hilarious dream of hers and you almost tell her to post in BD dreams, even though she's not a 'downer and the dream is not 'downs-related.

2) You leaf through a manual for some gadget and when you first accidently come across with the Czech version you decide to look for more funny languages and you happen to open the page in Danish and when you try again you hit the German instructions and this all makes you think: "really creepy... this must be magic: 'downer languages...."

3) Probably if someone counted how many times per day I think about BD or ww or anything related to them, the result would be quite alarming...

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

2) You leaf through a manual for some gadget and when you first accidently come across with the Czech version you decide to look for more funny languages and you happen to open the page in Danish and when you try again you hit the German instructions and this all makes you think: "really creepy... this must be magic: 'downer languages...."

As long as you didn't find Fungoltch and Shcmurt's language.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

3) Probably if someone counted how many times per day I think about BD or ww or anything related to them, the result would be quite alarming...

I think how many hours per day will be more appropriate. Because some two weeks ago, I was traveling to the other side of the city, which took about an hour; and because of too many people in the traffic I was not able to open and read a book as I am used to, I was thinking all the way - and thinking about Downs-related things. It felt really strange to concentrate for an hour, without interruption, on thinking just about the Downs.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

I think how many hours per day will be more appropriate. Because some two weeks ago, I was traveling to the other side of the city, which took about an hour; and because of too many people in the traffic I was not able to open and read a book as I am used to, I was thinking all the way - and thinking about Downs-related things.It felt really strange to concentrate for an hour, without interruption, on thinking just about the Downs.

That's a bit crazy. Although I must admit having thought about the 'downs for long times at nights when trying to sleep, but admittedly it has mostly been werewolf those times. And not being able to sleep because of werewolf is something really bad...

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

That's a bit crazy. Although I must admit having thought about the 'downs for long times at nights when trying to sleep, but admittedly it has mostly been werewolf those times. And not being able to sleep because of werewolf is something really bad...

Well I didn't have such problems with Werewolf, fortunately... although recently, I had problems to fall asleep when I suddenly got an idea for a WW setting after I went to bed. One cannot simply fall asleep with a sudden inspiration and interesting ideas unfolding in his mind.

But what are you saying, a bit? That's an euphemism, to be sure.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

But what are you saying, a bit? That's an euphemism, to be sure.

Hmmm... possibly. But if I called that kind of things crazy, I wonder what should my signs of addiction called, so it' better to call you behaviour just "a bit crazy" just to be on the safe side myself.

I just noticed one more serious sign of BD addiction. I just got my English research paper back and I realised I've been just as careless about making up new words as in ww. Fortunately my teacher seemed not to mind it too much, at least she had not mentioned it in the feedback she had written. Also, what I actually think is even more alarming: when I read my final words it really reminded me of my posts in the BD. I don't know which is the bad thing: that such comparison even occured to me at all or that the style in which I write English school things resembles my BD posting style that much.... but I think it's odd anyway.

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Volo

Hih! "The fate of the innocent(s) is in your hands." -my English book. Nah, no more WW today.

Guess how much I laughed at that when I had that English course. Also, in my English book was a quote Nogrod had used in his ww game (this is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper), and I came across it the very next morning after he had used it. It was enough to amuse me for the rest of the day.

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

I was not able to open and read a book as I am used to, I was thinking all the way - and thinking about Downs-related things.

I do that also (but not for an hour yet ). I still remember the time when I opened the book even if I had only three minutes or something before it was my bus stop, but nowadays I may just think "15 minutes till I'm home, I might as well not read this time," and even if I didn't intend it, I end up thinking about the Downs.

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

And not being able to sleep because of werewolf is something really bad...

Also, waking up before I'd like to because werewolf keeps interrupting my dreams is truly horrible. At some point in the morning, when I'm almost awake but still tired enough to sleep, I start having dreams in which I read the werewolf thread, don't remember anything what people have posted and have no idea what's happening. Not always, but during too many games. It'd be interesting to really remember those things after I've woken up.

And for those people who spoke about songs... Guess if it's nice to listen to the soundtrack for Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame when Clopin sings "so here is a riddle to guess if you can, who is the monster and who is the man." It even isn't anything that obviously ww-sounding.

Anyway, we were watching some video at school today, and there was a man who was on computer. The website he was reading had a black background, and the first thing I thought was "Oh, he's on the Downs."

And I just love those logarithms that are written "lg". They keep me happy in the boring Math classes.

[satansaloser2005]

Once the site is working again (properly) I'll have to put up a little rhyme thing I jotted down. Basically, I was frustrated because the site wasn't working, so I e-mailed a friend complaining and decided to put it in rhyme for kicks and giggles.