A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR II

[Rosie Gamgee]

You know you're obsessed when:

You consider youself THE authority on Tolkien in your neighborhood. If friends or family bring it up, you MUST te the conversation to show how much you admire Tolkien.

Every time you watch the movies you keep going, "You know, in the books, it was sooo much cooler, because--" (at this point people tell you to shut up).

You can't imagine life without it.

You keep a copy of the books in the bathroom with the Reader's Digest magazine (and you never pick up Reader's Digest).

You think anyone who likes LotR is your new best friend. They, however, often have other ideas about you.

Everything reminds you of something in Middle-Earth. "That ring SO looks like Narya!", "I could totally build a hobbit hole under that hill right there; it's perfect!", "You know, you guys fighting like that makes me think of the Kinslayings..."