You know you're obsessed with LOTR when ... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

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.

08-05-2011, 04:25 PM	#1
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	#2
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,519	...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	#3
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,519	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