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Bom Tombadillo · 06-03-2011, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Loslote

. . . you giggle uncontrollably when you encounter a Tolkien reference in a book.

This is me. I laugh when I realize people outside of the Downs and my church (a veritable hotbed of Tolkien fans!) even know the books exist.

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Originally Posted by mormegil

. . . you have to enter fake names into the computer database and the first ones that come to mind are not common ones like 'Bob Jones' but rather LOTR names.

Also me. I had to create another user-thingamajig so Tech Support could get a program working on my computer (I forget exactly why) and I put in "Tom Bombadil."

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

You want to change mothers? Mine's really annoying. She'll start talking about some sort of Tolkien-esque thing and she doesn't even know what she's talking about. I'll say "Mum, that wasn't even in the book." and "You've never read about Tom Bombadil!" She does the same thing with Doctor Who...

Argh, I don't think I could bear that. My father knows next to nothing about Lord of the Rings (he though Gollum was a Golem - as in, animated clay) but he at least understands Who most of the time. I'd hate it if he were confused by BOTH of my favorite media . . .

Galadriel55 · 06-05-2011, 06:09 PM

...When you see it written all over the Periodic Table of Elements, as well as other sources.

Galadriel55 · 06-13-2011, 10:42 AM

When your little sister, to whom you've just finished reading LOTR aloud, already knows the names of the Valar, the difference between Valar and Maiar, the names of all 5 Istari and who they are, Beren's and Turin's stories, Vanyar Noldor and Teleri, Elrond's lineage, the kinslayings, all the names in the family trees at the end of The Sil, etc etc.

Kitanna · 06-21-2011, 07:36 AM

After learning that whales can survive for over a hundred years, you begin to suspect maybe they're really our world's versions of elves. Just maybe old age and sickness doesn't kill them.

Bom Tombadillo · 08-05-2011, 04:25 PM

. . . you occupy time on long, boring car rides by looking out of the window at the trees and deciding which ones look like Ents.

Wait. Only one thing? My Arda-obsession is insufficient! I must commit ritual LotRuku now.

Galadriel55 · 08-28-2011, 01:41 PM

...When you kill precious time by answering Tolkien-related questions on WikiAnswers.

After the quality of questions I found there I appreciate our clean shiny "educated" Downs so much more.

It's quite hilarious and sad at the same time. People ask things like "how do you write like J R R Tolkien?" and "What path fif J.R.R. Tolkien take to reach his goals?" (these are real questions!

) The word spelling does not exist. Neither does research.

Galadriel55 · 08-29-2011, 08:43 PM

This happened today, for real. It's a bit of a story.

I was washing the windows on the second floor of my house. Some of them I could do on both sides without much trouble, but for others I had to stand halfway out the window to reach certain spots. Just beneath one window there is a wide cornice, so I stood on it, since that is more comfortable than leaning out the window. And then, I don't know what I was thinking, but I closed the window behind myself. And then I realised that I locked myself out, standing on the roof, two storeys up.

Now, this is where my obsession with LOTR becomes evident: the first thing that I mentally called myself was ninnyhammer. Out of all the names I could use. I could definitely pick a more colourful one. But ninnyhammer was the first that came to mind. My obsession has deep roots, it seems.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-14-2012, 01:03 PM

I'm so obsessed with LotR that I've rubbed off on my brother. Here's a conversation we had recently:

Seth: Can you not wait until December?
Me: Well, I have to wait until December. We can't speed up time. Why?
Seth: I can't wait until December.
Me: Why is that?
Seth: Well, you know...
Me: No I don't.
Seth: The Hobbit movie comes out in December.
Me: I know that I'm excited about that, but I didn't think that you were.
Seth: Well, I am.
Me: Well, I'm not going to take you to see it until you actually finish reading the book.
Seth: I'm going to finish reading it!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 03-20-2013, 10:38 AM

My brother and I just got the LEGO Lord of the Rings game. Oh my Eru! It is fantastic. Besides being based almost solely on the films, the world is expansive and fun to explore. I bought Tom Bombadil to play yesterday and today got Radagast the Brown. I have barely been doing anything else for the past few days, and last night I dreamt of LEGO hobbits. Lord of the Rings was a first love of sorts, and I almost had forgotten how much I love it. It's funny how it took a LEGO video game to really get back to it.

MCRmyGirl4eva · 06-14-2012, 03:23 PM

When you dragged your friend into the public library and used his card (Because you lost yours) to check out The Treason of Isengard and the extended VHS version of FOTR, even though you own the regular VHS version
AND he gives you permission to steal them because he knows how obsessed you are, and he doesn't mind paying the fine

When you got your best friend obsessed, and are letting her borrow your copies of the movies in an attempt to in turn make her boyfriend obsessed

When you randomly walk around in school holding The Two Towers movie, and manage to talk your english teacher into playing it once everyone finished their final exam, and you had a half an hour left. (Unfortunately, she couldn't get the VCR to work)

When you end up having conversations with a kid that you extremely dislike, merely because he is the only one genuinely interested in your LOTR rants, despite the fact that he only knows the movies, and doesn't criticize your crude maps of Middle-Earth

MCRmyGirl4eva · 06-15-2012, 09:47 AM

When you watch The Two Towers, pretending that you don't have exams the next morning.

Gandalf: *pops out of the ground* YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
Me: What the heck?!?
Gandalf: Gotta go finish fighting the Balrog. Bye!
Me: *Stares at Kool-Aid* What the heck do they put in this stuff?

Galadriel55 · 06-25-2012, 09:22 PM

When your younger brother asks you for a riddle, and knowing that you have to keep him occupied but feeling a lack of creativity you just restore to The Hobbit riddles.

MCRmyGirl4eva · 06-28-2012, 02:30 PM

When you, checked out the extended versions of the movies from the library, only because your versions are not extended.

06-05-2011, 06:09 PM	#2
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,496	You know you're obsessed... ...When you see it written all over the Periodic Table of Elements, as well as other sources. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

06-13-2011, 10:42 AM	#3
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,496	You're obsessed not only with LOTR, but with Tolkien in general, when... When your little sister, to whom you've just finished reading LOTR aloud, already knows the names of the Valar, the difference between Valar and Maiar, the names of all 5 Istari and who they are, Beren's and Turin's stories, Vanyar Noldor and Teleri, Elrond's lineage, the kinslayings, all the names in the family trees at the end of The Sil, etc etc. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

06-21-2011, 07:36 AM	#4
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	After learning that whales can survive for over a hundred years, you begin to suspect maybe they're really our world's versions of elves. Just maybe old age and sickness doesn't kill them. __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

08-05-2011, 04:25 PM	#5
Bom Tombadillo Wight Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Behind you . . . . BOO! Posts: 222	. . . you occupy time on long, boring car rides by looking out of the window at the trees and deciding which ones look like Ents. Wait. Only one thing? My Arda-obsession is insufficient! I must commit ritual LotRuku now. __________________ Every human should have a cat or two in their care, to teach them the meaning of the word, and to correct them. Phenris Dorph

08-28-2011, 01:41 PM	#6
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,496	...When you kill precious time by answering Tolkien-related questions on WikiAnswers. After the quality of questions I found there I appreciate our clean shiny "educated" Downs so much more. It's quite hilarious and sad at the same time. People ask things like "how do you write like J R R Tolkien?" and "What path fif J.R.R. Tolkien take to reach his goals?" (these are real questions! ) The word spelling does not exist. Neither does research. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

08-29-2011, 08:43 PM	#7
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,496	This happened today, for real. It's a bit of a story. I was washing the windows on the second floor of my house. Some of them I could do on both sides without much trouble, but for others I had to stand halfway out the window to reach certain spots. Just beneath one window there is a wide cornice, so I stood on it, since that is more comfortable than leaning out the window. And then, I don't know what I was thinking, but I closed the window behind myself. And then I realised that I locked myself out, standing on the roof, two storeys up. Now, this is where my obsession with LOTR becomes evident: the first thing that I mentally called myself was ninnyhammer. Out of all the names I could use. I could definitely pick a more colourful one. But ninnyhammer was the first that came to mind. My obsession has deep roots, it seems. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

06-14-2012, 01:03 PM	#8
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I'm so obsessed with LotR that I've rubbed off on my brother. Here's a conversation we had recently: Seth: Can you not wait until December? Me: Well, I have to wait until December. We can't speed up time. Why? Seth: I can't wait until December. Me: Why is that? Seth: Well, you know... Me: No I don't. Seth: The Hobbit movie comes out in December. Me: I know that I'm excited about that, but I didn't think that you were. Seth: Well, I am. Me: Well, I'm not going to take you to see it until you actually finish reading the book. Seth: I'm going to finish reading it! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

03-20-2013, 10:38 AM	#9
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	My brother and I just got the LEGO Lord of the Rings game. Oh my Eru! It is fantastic. Besides being based almost solely on the films, the world is expansive and fun to explore. I bought Tom Bombadil to play yesterday and today got Radagast the Brown. I have barely been doing anything else for the past few days, and last night I dreamt of LEGO hobbits. Lord of the Rings was a first love of sorts, and I almost had forgotten how much I love it. It's funny how it took a LEGO video game to really get back to it. __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

06-14-2012, 03:23 PM	#10
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	When you dragged your friend into the public library and used his card (Because you lost yours) to check out The Treason of Isengard and the extended VHS version of FOTR, even though you own the regular VHS version AND he gives you permission to steal them because he knows how obsessed you are, and he doesn't mind paying the fine When you got your best friend obsessed, and are letting her borrow your copies of the movies in an attempt to in turn make her boyfriend obsessed When you randomly walk around in school holding The Two Towers movie, and manage to talk your english teacher into playing it once everyone finished their final exam, and you had a half an hour left. (Unfortunately, she couldn't get the VCR to work) When you end up having conversations with a kid that you extremely dislike, merely because he is the only one genuinely interested in your LOTR rants, despite the fact that he only knows the movies, and doesn't criticize your crude maps of Middle-Earth __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

06-15-2012, 09:47 AM	#11
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	When you watch The Two Towers, pretending that you don't have exams the next morning. Gandalf: pops out of the ground YOU SHALL NOT PASS! Me: What the heck?!? Gandalf: Gotta go finish fighting the Balrog. Bye! Me: Stares at Kool-Aid What the heck do they put in this stuff? __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam." Last edited by mormegil; 05-29-2013 at 10:19 PM. Reason: mild language

06-25-2012, 09:22 PM	#12
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,496	More like the legendarium in general... When your younger brother asks you for a riddle, and knowing that you have to keep him occupied but feeling a lack of creativity you just restore to The Hobbit riddles. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

06-28-2012, 02:30 PM	#13
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	When you, checked out the extended versions of the movies from the library, only because your versions are not extended. __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."