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Legolas1 · 08-12-2008, 09:31 AM

Has anyone mentioned this yet?:

When you pick up anything that resembles a stick you pretend your aragorn.

I know i am defo obsessed with them!!!!

legolas1 out!!!

Legolas1 · 08-12-2008, 09:34 AM

I have another!

when you have slightly too long, slightly too pointed ears like me and you go around telling everyone your an elf!

I do that all the time!!!

Lindale · 08-12-2008, 11:26 AM

you tend to see Elves everywhere. and fall in love with them, at some extent.

Mithalwen · 08-12-2008, 11:31 AM

When you get sent pictures by a proud new grandmother and have to resist focusing overexcitedly on the child's perfect tiny and pointy ears

And wishing the small girl on the bus named Arwen would emulate her namesake and sit quietly...

Lindale · 08-12-2008, 11:56 AM

(are there really parents who name their kids after LotR characters? if so, I haven't met them, nor have I met a child named after a book character. well...not in this country where spanish names are often used.)

Mithalwen · 08-15-2008, 01:59 PM

Clearly yes... but some are more conspicuous than others - I remember there was a cheer leader called Eowyn at the Moomba parade in Melbourne I went to and Terry Pratchett met a Galadriel and asked her if she were born in a Welsh hippy commune. However because Sindarin is derived from Welsh many lower profile Elvish names could pass for Welsh names.

Lalwendë · 08-28-2008, 02:38 PM

When, in the midst of a maelstrom of baby noise, you hear Adrian Chiles on The One Show say "Lord of the Rings" and both your heads shoot up and you go "Oooooh" and turn up the TV....only to both go "Oh" in disappointment and look away again as you realise it's just a bad pun (Lord of the Wings - oh pur-lease) referring to an item on butterflies.

08-12-2008, 09:31 AM	#1
Legolas1 Pile O'Bones Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Here now!!!! Posts: 11	Has anyone mentioned this yet?: When you pick up anything that resembles a stick you pretend your aragorn. I know i am defo obsessed with them!!!! legolas1 out!!! __________________ This does not look good. We will not survive the night.

08-12-2008, 09:34 AM	#2
Legolas1 Pile O'Bones Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Here now!!!! Posts: 11	I have another! when you have slightly too long, slightly too pointed ears like me and you go around telling everyone your an elf! I do that all the time!!! __________________ This does not look good. We will not survive the night.

08-12-2008, 11:26 AM	#3
Lindale Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: midway upon... in a forest dark Posts: 975	you tend to see Elves everywhere. and fall in love with them, at some extent. __________________ The heart does things for reasons Reason itself cannot comprehend. - Blaise Pascal Legal Madness.

08-12-2008, 11:31 AM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	When you get sent pictures by a proud new grandmother and have to resist focusing overexcitedly on the child's perfect tiny and pointy ears And wishing the small girl on the bus named Arwen would emulate her namesake and sit quietly... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-12-2008, 11:56 AM	#5
Lindale Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: midway upon... in a forest dark Posts: 975	(are there really parents who name their kids after LotR characters? if so, I haven't met them, nor have I met a child named after a book character. well...not in this country where spanish names are often used.) __________________ The heart does things for reasons Reason itself cannot comprehend. - Blaise Pascal Legal Madness.

08-15-2008, 01:59 PM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Clearly yes... but some are more conspicuous than others - I remember there was a cheer leader called Eowyn at the Moomba parade in Melbourne I went to and Terry Pratchett met a Galadriel and asked her if she were born in a Welsh hippy commune. However because Sindarin is derived from Welsh many lower profile Elvish names could pass for Welsh names. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-28-2008, 02:38 PM	#7
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	When, in the midst of a maelstrom of baby noise, you hear Adrian Chiles on The One Show say "Lord of the Rings" and both your heads shoot up and you go "Oooooh" and turn up the TV....only to both go "Oh" in disappointment and look away again as you realise it's just a bad pun (Lord of the Wings - oh pur-lease) referring to an item on butterflies. __________________ Gordon's alive!