A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR

[azalea]

Originally posted by Pimpernel
hey, im under 28, and i know that show!!

Oh,yeah, I forgot about Nick at Nite!

[Estel13]

Originally posted by Celebriel
PM me if you want to know.

Sorry for getting off topic. To compensate, every time I walk in the woods I am compelled to say "I think we should get off the road" and then "Get off the road!". Tee hehe.

Tarry ho!

I'd like to do that, but I'd probably lose some friends. My *friend* Caleb already thinks I'm way to obsessed about LOTR and Lord Aragorn. No, he's not my boyfriend.

[Indril Anarion]

My friends and family already think I'm exaggerantly (if that's even a word) obssessed with LOTR and all things Tolkein. Here are some reason's why:

1) Quote any character's linefrom either the book or movie constantly
2) make up funny what-ifs (such as: what if Hobbits were musically inclined? I came up with the band Lil' Froddie and the SuperHobbits)
3) morph popular songs to LOTR themes (Like Elfheads: Oops I Killed an Orc Again) Find their homepage here:http://members.lycos.co.uk/greenleafgreenleaf/
4) Beg mom to cook mushrooms just to have the excuse to bring up Hobbits at the dinner table
5) Watch everything and read everything having to do with LOTR or Tolkein
6) Dream about fighting Orcs alongside Aragorn, Legolas, and Frodo
7) Day-dream about what it would be like to be an elf warrior princess
8) Walk with a posture like Galadreil and speak softly and elegantly (big plus with chiropractors and English teachers lol)
9) Demand why Lembas is not being served at your favorite restraunt
10) Look at a carrot and think of Merry's "I think I've broken something" line
11) Go to the park and sit by a tree waiting for it to talk to you (My obsession has not yet evolved to this state)
12) Go outdoors and think of Legolas and write poetry
13) Look into your bathtub and expect to see "things that were, things that are, and things that have not yet come to pass"
14) Think that all orange/red marbles are the eye of Sauron, and all blue marbles Plantirs
15) Frequently wear a ring around a chain (I actually have a replica of the Ring of Power)
16) Try and open your front door using the password: Mellon
17) Ask if all drinks come in pints
18) Substitute cursing when things go wrong with "Fool of a Took"
19) Referr to Cockroaches as Orcs and squash them with a shrill cry (Die, Orc!, This is for Boromir!, Don't mess with Fellowship, etc.)
20) Take advertising or street signs and spot LOTR names in them (There's this street near my school known as Bark Dull Way, and I can't help but think of Barak-Dul)

I am guilty of all these, unless stated otherwise. So, if you think I'm a big freak...I don't care, because I love LOTR!

[me9996]

Originally Posted by Indril Anarion

My friends and family already think I'm exaggerantly (if that's even a word) obssessed with LOTR and all things Tolkein. Here are some reason's why:

6) Dream about fighting Orcs alongside Aragorn, Legolas, and Frodo

I am guilty of all these, unless stated otherwise. So, if you think I'm a big freak...I don't care, because I love LOTR!

I don't think number 6 is right (I do it all the time!)
of corce if I was obssessed I wouldn't admit it .

[Nurvingiel]

I think we're all in the same boat - boat of Lorien that is!

My friend's compiling a list called "100 ways to know you study too much when" and the first entry is "you compile a list of ways to know you study too much."

[TinuvielChild]

* Gollum really does live in your basement.
* You take notes in Tengwar in school
* You read the name Peter Jackson in a Michael Crichton novel and do a double take.
* You spend hours reloading www.lordoftherings.net just so you can hear Viggo (or Orli, or Lijah, or whomever) say "Welcome to LordoftheRings.net" one more time
* You can walk on a rope across a river.
* You remember posting most of these on the original YKYLTTMW thread, but now have even more.
* You are obsessed with trying to move up a notch in the "Top 10 Posters" section of the Members thingy.


By the way, I'm guilty of all of these.

[TinuvielChild]

More....


* You have become addicted to computer Solitaire just from having nothing better to do while waiting for 90 seconds to pass between posts.
* You are an expert on climbing trees.
* You wish to take archery, horseback riding, and broadsword lessons.
* You refer to friends as "mellon", your boyfriend/girlfriend as "melethronin", and evil teachers as "yrch". (melethron-nin = my lover; yrch = plural of orc in Quenya)

edit: thank you, Elvedans; I was thinking of trees instead of friends.

[Nurvingiel]

Originally posted by TinuvielChild
* You spend hours reloading www.lordoftherings.net just so you can hear Viggo (or Orli, or Lijah, or whomever) say "Welcome to LordoftheRings.net" one more time

I don't spend hours at it, but when ever I go there, I refresh it several times so I can here Sam or Legolas or Gandalf.

(Who are these Sean, Orlando, and Ian people? I only know people from Middle-earth. By the way, did you know the surviing members of the fellowship are here, in our time, and dressed in modern clothing? Wow. The hobbits are a lot taller than I expected.)

[Elvedans]

Originally posted by TinuvielChild
More....


* You have become addicted to computer Solitaire just from having nothing better to do while waiting for 90 seconds to pass between posts.
* You are an expert on climbing trees.
* You wish to take archery, horseback riding, and broadsword lessons.
* You refer to friends as "mellyrn", your boyfriend/girlfriend as "melethronin", and evil teachers as "yrch". (mellyrn = plural of mellon; melethron-nin = my lover; yrch = plural of orc in Quenya)

Mellyrn is the plural of mallorn isnt it? i dont think my friends would be too pleased if i started calling them trees.

[Lady of Rohan]

~when you fail a test you say,"I know what is the matter with me. I need smoke. I haven't tasted it since the morning before the snow storm."
~when your parents ask you what you want for dinner you say Lembas bread
~when some one offers you to sleep in the topo bunk of the bunk-bed you say that we hobbits aren't very fond of heights

[Elvedans]

Originally posted by Lady of Rohan

~when some one offers you to sleep in the topo bunk of the bunk-bed you say that we hobbits aren't very fond of heights

Actually i'm more of a Lothlorien elf. "I must sleep on the top bunk, it is too dangerous on the ground as orcs are close."

[Estel13]

Originally posted by Indril Anarion
My friends and family already think I'm exaggerantly (if that's even a word) obssessed with LOTR and all things Tolkein. Here are some reason's why:

1) Quote any character's linefrom either the book or movie constantly
2) make up funny what-ifs (such as: what if Hobbits were musically inclined? I came up with the band Lil' Froddie and the SuperHobbits)
3) morph popular songs to LOTR themes (Like Elfheads: Oops I Killed an Orc Again) Find their homepage here:http://members.lycos.co.uk/greenleafgreenleaf/
4) Beg mom to cook mushrooms just to have the excuse to bring up Hobbits at the dinner table
5) Watch everything and read everything having to do with LOTR or Tolkein
6) Dream about fighting Orcs alongside Aragorn, Legolas, and Frodo
7) Day-dream about what it would be like to be an elf warrior princess
8) Walk with a posture like Galadreil and speak softly and elegantly (big plus with chiropractors and English teachers lol)
9) Demand why Lembas is not being served at your favorite restraunt
10) Look at a carrot and think of Merry's "I think I've broken something" line
11) Go to the park and sit by a tree waiting for it to talk to you (My obsession has not yet evolved to this state)
12) Go outdoors and think of Legolas and write poetry
13) Look into your bathtub and expect to see "things that were, things that are, and things that have not yet come to pass"
14) Think that all orange/red marbles are the eye of Sauron, and all blue marbles Plantirs
15) Frequently wear a ring around a chain (I actually have a replica of the Ring of Power)
16) Try and open your front door using the password: Mellon
17) Ask if all drinks come in pints
18) Substitute cursing when things go wrong with "Fool of a Took"
19) Referr to Cockroaches as Orcs and squash them with a shrill cry (Die, Orc!, This is for Boromir!, Don't mess with Fellowship, etc.)
20) Take advertising or street signs and spot LOTR names in them (There's this street near my school known as Bark Dull Way, and I can't help but think of Barak-Dul)

I am guilty of all these, unless stated otherwise. So, if you think I'm a big freak...I don't care, because I love LOTR!

I am oh so guilty of 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, and variations of 18. Because I am about 6 inches shorter than my *friend* Caleb, he always teases me about my height, so now I've started to think of myself as a hobbit and him as Aragorn. Yes, this is quite ridiculous.

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

You know you are "obsessed"(such a strong word!) if while playing "The Sims" PC game, you create a home with characters from Middle Earth.
Im guilty of this. Those are great Estel13! lol.

[TinuvielChild]

* You refer to a friend who has recently betrayed you as Saruman.
* You have decided to name your sons after the seven sons of Fëanor (or your seven cats, if you don't feel like giving birth to seven sons).
* Your walls are smothered with LotR pictures and drawings.
* People know to only give you LotR gifts.
* You want to learn how to draw only so that you can draw scenes from LotR.
* You want to live in a combination hobbit hole and Lórien talan.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally posted by TinuvielChild
1)* You have decided to name your sons after the seven sons of Fëanor (or your seven cats, if you don't feel like giving birth to seven sons).
2) * People know to only give you LotR gifts.
3) * You want to learn how to draw only so that you can draw scenes from LotR.
4) * You want to live in a combination hobbit hole and Lórien talan.

1) LOL!
2) ALMOST guilty; also get Gregorian Chants.
3) Kinda similar; I want to write to do my best to emulate (but not copy of course, just create a work with a similar though undoutable lesser feel to it) Tolkien. My greatest goal is to come somewhere close to nearly appproaching being almost half as good as Tolkien.
4) o.O How would you do that...

[Lady of Rohan]

Originally posted by Legolas_GreenLeaf
You know you are "obsessed"(such a strong word!) if while playing "The Sims" PC game, you create a home with characters from Middle Earth.
Im guilty of this.

Same here! So far I have the Baggins', the Bombadil's, and the Gamgee's. The Took's wil be my next creations.

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

lol..I already have the Took family! I don't have the brandybucks yet though.

[TinuvielChild]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
4) o.O How would you do that...

Simple. You create the hobbit hole, right next to a nice big tree. You create a staircase up the tree, connecting to the inside of the hobbit hole. The staircase comes out in the talan!


* You have actually thought about the logistics of combining hobbit and elf living styles.

[Nurvingiel]

... and then inside the hobbit hole is a tunnel that leads into a mine (Dwarf) and the tree outside is located in a huge, old forest (Ent).

[Estel13]

I can never decide if I want to live in Rivendell or Hobbiton or Gondor. As my Location could probably tell you.
Thanx, Legolas_Greenleaf! When you're obsessed, you're obsessed.(Read, crazy.)