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05-27-2008, 08:09 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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Well, to keep to the topic, it happened that today I was reading a part of a book from which I am supposed to write a paper. The book is in English, and at one moment the author wrote this:
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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05-28-2008, 07:48 AM
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Flame Imperishable
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When you have nothing to do so every 10 minutes you constantly check if there have been any new posts.
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05-28-2008, 09:36 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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Oh, I know precisely in which "stage" you are currently, Eönwë
I have gone through it too...Now, there's one thing which I consider a rather scary sign of addiction, which I should as well post to the BD Dreams thread, but... I had a dream today which I don't remember, almost at all, but what I remember is that I posted on this thread about some sign of addiction... I don't actually recall what it was, but I remember it was quite serious. The most serious thing however was, that the dream was so vivid that I was not sure whether I really haven't posted that sign here...
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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05-28-2008, 12:56 PM
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05-28-2008, 04:09 PM
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05-28-2008, 07:28 PM
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Hauntress of the Havens
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05-29-2008, 11:44 AM
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Silver in My Silent Heart
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Haha! We were walking in the city with Lommy, when I saw two girls (from our school) carrying a sign saying "I ♥ MAC".
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05-29-2008, 11:58 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
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Anyway, it was plain hilarious as the sign was very big and there was nothing else on it (except in very small print at the bottom).
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05-29-2008, 02:43 PM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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Though seriously, I think it's been better for some time, however I am quite convinced it will return someday Oops... (who readeth, understand...)
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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05-31-2008, 02:15 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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Double-posting?
When you have BD dreams about five days in a row, and are somewhat saddened by the fact that you don't remember their content well and thus can't post them.
Also, when all of a sudden you start thinking of weird similitudes, like "He is thin like Lómien." 
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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05-31-2008, 07:19 AM
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Hauntress of the Havens
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05-31-2008, 01:00 PM
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05-31-2008, 02:20 PM
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Stormdancer of Doom
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...and every time you check, you're tempted to add a post to the RPG that says
WILL SOMEBODY ELSE POST ngphwqzbgrffglnksnrg
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06-04-2008, 04:08 AM
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Hauntress of the Havens
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I just realised that all this time, I've been unconsciously imagining Arthur Weasley as Nogrod.
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06-04-2008, 06:08 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
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*dies* Oh, the hilariousity. And I really have to admit there's a similarity!
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06-04-2008, 06:44 AM
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Pilgrim Soul
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Hopefully not plug collecting...
 When you see an Irish pub called Finns - and think of Lommie and co.
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06-04-2008, 11:31 AM
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When you see PM (for Prime Minister) and immediately think of Private Messaging.
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06-04-2008, 10:37 PM
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The Sweetest Spoiler
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Heh. Nice one.
 I was listening to the TV and they were interviewing some random Finnish guy. I immediately looked up to see if it was Noggie.
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"My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.
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06-04-2008, 10:39 PM
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Shade with a Blade
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Stories and songs. |
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06-04-2008, 10:41 PM
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The Sweetest Spoiler
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"My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.
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06-06-2008, 03:47 AM
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Hauntress of the Havens
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I assign walks down the BD memory lane to Orthanc.
Whoops, wrong thread. I was searching for something (still am, as I post this, actually) in the announcements subforum and couldn't help re-reading some of the threads every so often. It's time-consuming (and I'm supposed to be doing something else, but who here isn't? ) but I'm having a lot of fun! Look, I even unearthed this for y'all. I'm quite sure Enca won't mind (even if she no longer wanders here)...
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06-06-2008, 08:24 AM
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Drummer in the Deep
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I work at a secondhand store where we accumulate a copious amount of clothes. I was putting away some of the said garments when I could have sworn I saw a shirt that said "Abercrombie of Rohan". I flipped back to it, but it had morphed to that other boring trademark.
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06-06-2008, 04:15 PM
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I saw a van with the words "Mac tools" on it, and did a double take, then I thought: what is Mac doing in England?
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06-06-2008, 05:10 PM
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Silver in My Silent Heart
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When a friend has internet on his phone and while ordering a meal you decide that one just must try if one can enter BD by phone and post a post on the Addiction thread. Half way the post he was half way his meal, and then I pressed some button which deleted my whole message.
I'm not getting such a phone.
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06-06-2008, 05:18 PM
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The Sweetest Spoiler
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"My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.
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06-07-2008, 03:35 AM
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Leaf-clad Lady
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I consider it a serious sign of addiction that I start laughing aloud at some seemingly ordinary passages of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Like these:
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06-07-2008, 07:06 PM
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The Sweetest Spoiler
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HAHA! Now you have me doing the same thing! Blast.... The Day's over, and I'm still expecting posts for some reason. And nobody's even on IM, so I've got nothing to do....dagnabbit.
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"My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.
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06-08-2008, 12:16 AM
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Estelo dagnir, Melo ring
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Well, I won't say this is about my addiction to the Downs, really...it's more about how much the 'Downs has meant for me (yes yes, take the sappyness out of Mirth, I know!)... On my high school class ring (I almost didn't bother to get one), I had inscribed on one side just below the stone my year of graduation very traditionally, and on the other, 'Durelin'.
Makes me more fond of it than I'd ever thought I'd be, in addition to the old name of my school being on there, too (they're changing locations after a looooonnng time, and so changed the name because the name was connected to the place...) Yeah, I think I'd answer to 'Durelin' if anyone ever started calling me that "in RL". |
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06-08-2008, 01:59 PM
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The Sweetest Spoiler
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Awwww, that's cool, Dure. Hehe is it sad that I answer to Sally on a regular basis? *shifty eyes*
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"My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.
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06-08-2008, 02:16 PM
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Mellifluous Maia
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then again, I can't pronounce his real name correctly anyway (now THAT is sad). |
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06-09-2008, 11:02 AM
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Leaf-clad Lady
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Speaking of Mac... I think it's a sign of addiction when you are watching a Germany - Poland football match and your thoughts go like "Ooh that one looks just like Mac... Hey he's German as well!" Here is a pic of him. (Actually he only looks like Mac from a distance and only when he looks grim or scowls at the camera, but still...)
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06-09-2008, 10:37 PM
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The Sweetest Spoiler
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Who else saw WW and immediately thought....well, you know....
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"My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.
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06-11-2008, 01:00 PM
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When you are driving around town and you see a sign that you think says Rikae and then you turn back and realize it said Rilke... And I thought for a moment that Rikae had come to my city... Or when you and your friend were on the Downs so regularly that I started calling her Lauri and she called me TGEW... and when your sitting down at lunch and the only thing you can talk about is the Barrow-Downs!
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06-11-2008, 03:08 PM
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Silver in My Silent Heart
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George R.R. Martin is one annoying guy, having names like Moat Cailin, Lord Mormont and Lommy Greenhands in his novels. Gah, freak.
edit: And not only that but in the town of Turku there was a great big sign of Aga on some building, apart from having three or so boats floating together with names from Kurt Vonnegut's Deadeye Dick (ok, not Tolkien or BD, but I was reading that at the time). Last edited by Volo; 06-11-2008 at 03:12 PM. |
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06-12-2008, 05:24 AM
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Silver in My Silent Heart
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06-12-2008, 09:22 AM
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06-12-2008, 12:52 PM
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Hauntress of the Havens
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Mac, WW! From what planet are you?
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