A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR - Page 34

Nerdanel · 12-23-2003, 06:17 PM

Your obsessed, if you draw Uruk Hai on the table, when your teacher is talking about Finlands law...And then forget to erase it.
And when you put anything that happens in the "real" world in connection with LotR.

Guilty. My friends hate me.

**Nurvingiel** · 12-24-2003, 05:10 AM

I do that too! (Not the drawing, but the relating everything to LotR thing).

I was playing Boggle (which is a word game where you try to make words out of randomly assorted letters) with my brother, and I found the word "gift" and immediately thought, "That's how Boromir felt about the Ring."

Nerdanel · 12-24-2003, 11:30 AM

For us, it's nice to see these things, how we are obsessed with LotR. But the people around you can find it a bit... disturbuing..

Nice though to see that I'm not the only one to be like this!

Arathorn · 12-24-2003, 11:45 AM

When you're tummy's rumbling, you say out loud:

I'm sooo hungry, I can eat an orc!

and more disturbingly you answer yourself:

And they don't tastes very nice, do they, precioussss?

Arathorn · 12-24-2003, 11:49 AM

Whenever you see a rerun of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous , you start thinking of that guy in charge of making all those great armor and sets for LOTR.

Maedhros · 12-24-2003, 12:34 PM

If you are a real JRRT fan, you would spend hours like me in trying to find the .txt files of the books and formatting them in order for them to look exactly like the ones in the published book. (Even using hyperlinks too, so that the contents page of the file works too. )

ethuiliel · 12-24-2003, 01:13 PM

Your favorite number is 111, but only when it's eleventy-one. One hundred eleven is just boring.

Still guilty.

samwiselvr2008 · 12-24-2003, 03:47 PM

When all anyone can think to get you for christmas has to do with LOTR in some way (action figures, a trip to the movie ect.)

ethuiliel · 12-24-2003, 07:00 PM

Your mom is taking too long in the post office and you are stuck in the car. The windows are foggy, so you make circles on them with your watch. Then you label them things like: "One Ring", "Nenya", "Narya", and "Vilya". Then you make a list of all the people who ever touched the One Ring, in order. Then you write all the people you can think of who ever had one of the 3, 7, or 9.

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When all anyone can think to get you for christmas has to do with LOTR in some way (action figures, a trip to the movie ect.)

You are confused when you open a Christmas present and it's not LotR-related.

Your friend loves the Lord of the Rings movies, but hasn't read the book yet. So you repeatedly ask her if she has read "it" yet, or when she will start reading "it." And, she always knows what "it" is.

Still guilty. Hey, what's the fun in coming up with obsessive things you haven't done? Then it feels like you're not obsessed enough.

ethuiliel · 12-25-2003, 11:07 AM

The first thing you do after opening your presents on Christmas is go online to post ways you are obsessed...while listening to your new Tolkien Ensemble CD.

You get your sister (the movie fan of the family, while you are the book fan) the Two Towers soundtrack for her birthday, and press the play button of the CD player more than she does.

Elvengirl · 12-25-2003, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by samwiselvr2008
When all anyone can think to get you for christmas has to do with LOTR in some way (action figures, a trip to the movie ect.)

guilty

I recieved many LOTR related things.

Starr Polish · 12-25-2003, 01:15 PM

The soundtrack. I'm going to buy some Tolkien books (think, History of Middle Earth) with the gift certificates I was given.

ethuiliel · 12-25-2003, 09:27 PM

You keep coming back on this thread to post other (true) signs you are obsessed.

You got 2 LotR wall calendars and 2 LotR day calanders for Christmas,... and don't think that it's too much.

You have 10 LotR bookmarks and each day you choose a new one, based on what you are reading that day. (What will I do when I start reading something else?. I guess I'll still use those bookmarks, but I won't be able to match the bookmarks to what I'm reading.)

samwiselvr2008 · 12-26-2003, 10:43 AM

Or when your book is marked so that to find a chapter, all you have to do is pull a tab from the side or the top.

When your friends test you to see if you know what book each chapter is in, by looking in the table of contecnts, saying a chapter name, and seeing if you can tell them wich book it's in, and what part of the book (first or second half).

Or when you play a game with a friend where they tell you how many letters are in a name, the first and last letter, and 1-2 other letters to see if you can tell them what the name is.

when you have a compation with some friends, where you and a friend take one thing, a noun, and see if she can compare it to her boyfriend, and if you can compare it to LOTR, to see who's more obsessed (it was easyer for her b/c she could name things easily for stuff like makeup, electrisidy, and stuff like that while I would have to go out on a branch, and then they told me that it had to relate to the book only, not the movies, so electrisity and makeup were really hard, because I coudn't just say "the charicters in the book had no electrisady")

***Earniel*** · 01-02-2004, 08:51 AM

When it has snowed overnight and your garden is nicely covered with a white blanket and you look outside and just see a glimpse of the end of a large wolflike animal disappearing behind a few bushes.

Your first thought is NOT "Dang, the neighbour's sheparddog got into our garden again, no wonder all our cats don't want to go outside." but "The Brandywine must be frozen! The wolves have crossed the Brandywine river!"

Guilty, guilty, guilty....

ethuiliel · 01-02-2004, 12:23 PM

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You got 2 LotR wall calendars and 2 LotR day calanders for Christmas,... and don't think that it's too much.

and the only reason you are excited on New Years Eve is that at midnight you can put up those calandars.

***Valandil*** · 01-02-2004, 03:46 PM

c...c...can't ... stay away... from Entmoot!

**Nurvingiel** · 01-03-2004, 03:39 AM

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Originally posted by Valandil
c...c...can't ... stay away... from Entmoot!

Agreed! This is outlined by a 4 digit post count. Congrats.

If you're not at 1000 posts, you know you're obsessed with LotR when you know you will post a lot and long enough to achieve this thing.

Nerdanel · 01-03-2004, 04:48 PM

I soon should start concentrating on school, but my mind is on Tolkien-books all the time! Actually, I'm getting withdrawal symptoms if I'm away from his books or the films OR Entmoot for to long (that is 24 hours..)

Isn't it wonderful?

samwiselvr2008 · 01-03-2004, 10:53 PM

When you try to chill from the books/movies etc. for a while, but you ceep getting these images going through your head, and ceep hearing quotes from the charicters in your head, and just can't wate to open the book or do something Tolkienish again.

12-23-2003, 06:17 PM	#661
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	Your obsessed, if you draw Uruk Hai on the table, when your teacher is talking about Finlands law...And then forget to erase it. And when you put anything that happens in the "real" world in connection with LotR. Guilty. My friends hate me. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

12-24-2003, 11:30 AM	#663
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	For us, it's nice to see these things, how we are obsessed with LotR. But the people around you can find it a bit... disturbuing.. Nice though to see that I'm not the only one to be like this! __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

12-24-2003, 11:45 AM	#664
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	When you're tummy's rumbling, you say out loud: *I'm sooo hungry, I can eat an orc!* and more disturbingly you answer yourself: *And they don't tastes very nice, do they, precioussss?* __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures... Last edited by Arathorn : 12-24-2003 at 11:46 AM.

12-24-2003, 11:49 AM	#665
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	Whenever you see a rerun of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous , you start thinking of that guy in charge of making all those great armor and sets for LOTR. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

12-24-2003, 12:34 PM	#666
Maedhros The Tall Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Formenos Posts: 578	If you are a real JRRT fan, you would spend hours like me in trying to find the .txt files of the books and formatting them in order for them to look exactly like the ones in the published book. (Even using hyperlinks too, so that the contents page of the file works too. ) __________________ “What does the term american refers to” asked the boy, and the wise man answered: “Lets look at the dictionary then.” As an adjective American is: 1. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people, language, or culture. 2. Of or relating to North or South America, the West Indies, or the Western Hemisphere. As a noun American is: A native or inhabitant of America. A citizen of the United States. Then the boy asked, “What is America then?”, and the wise man looked at the dictionary again: 1. The United States. 2. also the A·mer·i·cas. The landmasses and islands of North America, Central America, and South America. Confused, the boy asked, “Does the term american refers solely to a us citizen or to any person in North, Central or South America?” The wise man replied: “What do you think?”, and the boy answered: “It is clear to me that while the term american is used to refers to us citizens, one can also use it to refer to any person who is from that continent too,” the boy thought for a while and asked the wise man, “Am I right?”, and he replied: “But of course.” The boy wondered, why is it that some people refuse to acknowledge the fact that the term american refers not only to US citizens but to anyone of the American continent?, but then sadly, the boy understood, that it is the calamity of ignorance.

12-24-2003, 01:13 PM	#667
ethuiliel Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: USA until I find a way to get to Middle Earth Posts: 681	Your favorite number is 111, but only when it's eleventy-one. One hundred eleven is just boring. Still guilty. __________________ "...but I love not the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend: the city of the Men of Numenor." "'I would,' said Faramir. And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many. And many indeed saw them and the light that shone about them as they came down from the walls and went hand in hand to the Houses of Healing."

12-24-2003, 03:47 PM	#668
samwiselvr2008 Elf Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hobbiton Posts: 739	When all anyone can think to get you for christmas has to do with LOTR in some way (action figures, a trip to the movie ect.) __________________ Jesus loves you! Movie vewing count from the theater: Return of the King:9 Two Towers: 11 Fellowship: 13 FRODO LIVES!

12-25-2003, 11:07 AM	#670
ethuiliel Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: USA until I find a way to get to Middle Earth Posts: 681	The first thing you do after opening your presents on Christmas is go online to post ways you are obsessed...while listening to your new Tolkien Ensemble CD. You get your sister (the movie fan of the family, while you are the book fan) the Two Towers soundtrack for her birthday, and press the play button of the CD player more than she does. __________________ "...but I love not the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend: the city of the Men of Numenor." "'I would,' said Faramir. And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many. And many indeed saw them and the light that shone about them as they came down from the walls and went hand in hand to the Houses of Healing."

12-25-2003, 01:15 PM	#672
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	The soundtrack. I'm going to buy some Tolkien books (think, History of Middle Earth) with the gift certificates I was given. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

12-25-2003, 09:27 PM	#673
ethuiliel Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: USA until I find a way to get to Middle Earth Posts: 681	You keep coming back on this thread to post other (true) signs you are obsessed. You got 2 LotR wall calendars and 2 LotR day calanders for Christmas,... and don't think that it's too much. You have 10 LotR bookmarks and each day you choose a new one, based on what you are reading that day. (What will I do when I start reading something else?. I guess I'll still use those bookmarks, but I won't be able to match the bookmarks to what I'm reading.) __________________ "...but I love not the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend: the city of the Men of Numenor." "'I would,' said Faramir. And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many. And many indeed saw them and the light that shone about them as they came down from the walls and went hand in hand to the Houses of Healing."

12-26-2003, 10:43 AM	#674
samwiselvr2008 Elf Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hobbiton Posts: 739	Or when your book is marked so that to find a chapter, all you have to do is pull a tab from the side or the top. When your friends test you to see if you know what book each chapter is in, by looking in the table of contecnts, saying a chapter name, and seeing if you can tell them wich book it's in, and what part of the book (first or second half). Or when you play a game with a friend where they tell you how many letters are in a name, the first and last letter, and 1-2 other letters to see if you can tell them what the name is. when you have a compation with some friends, where you and a friend take one thing, a noun, and see if she can compare it to her boyfriend, and if you can compare it to LOTR, to see who's more obsessed (it was easyer for her b/c she could name things easily for stuff like makeup, electrisidy, and stuff like that while I would have to go out on a branch, and then they told me that it had to relate to the book only, not the movies, so electrisity and makeup were really hard, because I coudn't just say "the charicters in the book had no electrisady") __________________ Jesus loves you! Movie vewing count from the theater: Return of the King:9 Two Towers: 11 Fellowship: 13 FRODO LIVES!

01-02-2004, 08:51 AM	#675
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	When it has snowed overnight and your garden is nicely covered with a white blanket and you look outside and just see a glimpse of the end of a large wolflike animal disappearing behind a few bushes. Your first thought is NOT "Dang, the neighbour's sheparddog got into our garden again, no wonder all our cats don't want to go outside." but "The Brandywine must be frozen! The wolves have crossed the Brandywine river!" Guilty, guilty, guilty.... __________________ We are not things.

01-02-2004, 03:46 PM	#677
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	c...c...can't ... stay away... from Entmoot!

01-03-2004, 04:48 PM	#679
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	I soon should start concentrating on school, but my mind is on Tolkien-books all the time! Actually, I'm getting withdrawal symptoms if I'm away from his books or the films OR Entmoot for to long (that is 24 hours..) Isn't it wonderful? __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

01-03-2004, 10:53 PM	#680
samwiselvr2008 Elf Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hobbiton Posts: 739	When you try to chill from the books/movies etc. for a while, but you ceep getting these images going through your head, and ceep hearing quotes from the charicters in your head, and just can't wate to open the book or do something Tolkienish again. __________________ Jesus loves you! Movie vewing count from the theater: Return of the King:9 Two Towers: 11 Fellowship: 13 FRODO LIVES!

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