A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR

[cassiopeia]

You pronounce 'celebrities' 'kelebrities'. :D

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Elvedans
Have you ever noticed that there is a place in New Zealand called Dunadan? I have to keep correcting myself when i say Dunedain instead!

Are you talking about Dunedin? :confused:

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally posted by cassiopeia
You pronounce 'celebrities' 'kelebrities'. :D

LOL! :D

[TinuvielChild]

Hey, I do that....:o ;)


You've decided to go hiking, but you can't leave until you've found 5 short people, one wizened old man, one rugged-and-manly-looking guy with a sword, and one man with a serious jewelry fetish to come along (you're the elf).

[Elvedans]

When i am an independent adult i want every room in my new zealand house to be a different place in middle earth and i will make myself my own clothes which will be Arwenesque gowns and things like that. I will never wear a coat just a cloak.

[Gamigar]

I sometimes find myself carrying a staff and singing the road goes ever on and on when i walk my dog. ive gotten a couple of wierd looks from other people walking their dogs.:D

[Nurvingiel]

When you're listening to music, you try to relate it to LotR in some way. I don't know about you guys, but Mornay's Dream, from Braveheart, really reminds me of FotR.

[Estel13]

Originally posted by samwiselvr2008
Diddoe, I also have the quoting problem, people just sorda look at me really wierd, so I'm trying to forse myself to only say it in my head and not out loud!

*shrugs* I don't care what people think. If they think I'm weird when I quote LOTR, that's their problem. I yam what I yam. Thank you, Popeye.:D And I am weird, so it doesn't really make any difference. :p

[Pimpernel]

Originally posted by support_your_local_elf
Whenever you see something that's spelling is close to something in LotR, you have to blink a couple times to see what it really is ( I'm very guilty of that one. Anyone else have the same problem?)
yah, i do that...there was this sign on the road that said 'island' and i thought it said imladris...and i thought riverhead was rivendell....
durn i just had a really good one and now i forgot it...poo:mad:

[Elvedans]

Hpw cool is this? The british passport office is in Aragon Court!!!!!!

[Miranda]

Originally posted by Elvedans
Hpw cool is this? The british passport office is in Aragon Court!!!!!!

Yes darling ARAGON court- no r! Therefore its probably named after the first wife of Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon! The number of times I have written Aragorn in her name in history class though!:rolleyes: I can tell I'm obsessed with LOTR when my now finished fan fic sits there staring at me and I decide to add "just one more scene!" Mx

[Nurvingiel]

That's probably named after Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess, and first wife of Henry VIII.

I went to London, and I went to Hampton Courst, Henry VIII famous palace. When I saw "Catherine of Aragon" I was subtley thinking LotR. And when I just typed her name, I accidentally wrote "Aragorn".

Obsessed? I think we are. :p

[Elvedans]

Oh stuff Catherine of Aragon! I bet the people who made the street sign just couldn't spell and that it is really named after Aragorn.

[TinuvielChild]

You think that "May it Be" would make such an excellent lullaby.

You can find 3-5 degrees of separation between you and any member of the LotR cast. (guilty!)

[TinuvielChild]

You print out the ENTIRE Ardalambion Quenya course and carry it with you at all times, so that if you should happen to have 2 spare minutes of free time, you can devote it to learning Quenya.


At least two of your email addresses includes a name/element from Tolkien's work, and at least one of your passwords.

[Elf Girl]

Originally posted by TinuvielChild
You print out the ENTIRE Ardalambion Quenya course and carry it with you at all times, so that if you should happen to have 2 spare minutes of free time, you can devote it to learning Quenya.
*fruitlessly attempts to look innocent*

[azalea]

Cleaning up after a dinner party you say:
Chip the glasses and crack the plates!
Blunt the knives and bend the forks! , etc.

[Indril Anarion]

I know I've posted here already (20 obsessive behaviors) but I've got more.

At least two of your email addresses includes a name/element from Tolkien's work, and at least one of your passwords.

I am guilty of these. My alias' include elvenprincess; ladyoftherings; Idril Anarion (my name in Elvish); and I have passwords like Frodo, legolas, and elvenbow

I'm constantly quoting the movies and I think my sister has permantly labeled me "LOTR Obbsessed"
I'm always mixing up names at school: Mythil Violet becomes Mythrill Violet; Barkdull Way becomes Barak Dull Way (sorry if misspelled); The element argon becomes Aragorn; ect...

Walk barefoot outside with an Elvish pose

Check out my first post...then you'll really think I'm wierd...lol...

I don't have woods where I'm from, but I pretend in my back yard...lol

[Gwaimir Windgem]

If you order a birthday cake for you and your twin brother, and have it say "Happy Birthday Elladan and Elrohir" on it...and ask for a portrait of Tolkien.

Guilty. ;)

[cassiopeia]

You go to the botanical gardens and see a plant called Primula, and tell somebody that that was the name of Frodo's mother.
(Guilty :o )

[Gwaimir Windgem]

If I found myself in that position, I can't imagine not being guilty...

o.O

[Linaewen]

i) You start a fight with your really good friend because she said LotR sucks. This was referring to LotR in general, so because it included the books (i don't really care if anyone likes the movie or not), you felt you had to beat out that horrible belief

ii) Your Indonesian teacher takes off a percent on your assignment that has a ME theme because you wrote 'Kemeja Frodo terbuat dari mithril' (Frodo's shirt is made from mithril) and she thought you were trying to say an Indonesian word when you wrote mithril.

[Linaewen]

You start a fight with another friend because when you introduced her to the 'moot, and she said it was the 'entmoot thang' while chatting, you bite her head off and say it is 'JUST ENTMOOT!!'

[Celebriel]

Today I just noticed that the seat in front of me on the bus looks like Hobbiton. I even found a little Hobbit hole.

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

ok, if you think a bus seat looks like a hobbit hole...then you are very obsessed. lol;)

[Nurvingiel]

In Economics class, you mistake the abbreviation for "Balance of Payments" (BoP) for a fellow Mooters name, Beard of Pants (also BoP)!

Hi BoP!

[TinuvielChild]

You see a picture in the local free newspaper and recognize it as looking very much like a fellow Mooter's avatar, and then proceed to spend about ten minutes thinking about all the cool things that Mooter has said/done in your time on the moot, and what that Mooter looks like, etc. :D

[Linaewen]

Today, you raved on to the class for ten minutes about how the movie adaptation of 'To Kill A Mockingbird' was so much better than the movie adaptation of TTT (mainly because the changes made sense). Then, when your friend had the nerve to ask you if the book LotR was good, you gave her the STARE (the are-you-kidding-me? stare) for such a long period of time she began to feel exceedingly uncomfortable.

Your friends begin to refer to you as 'My LotR buddy' after they realise you will continually talk about the book and lecture them about how bad the movie TTT is, how you say names (NOT Argon *shudder* - refer to 'Do your friends frustrate you? thread)

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

Your friends begin to refer to you as 'My LotR buddy' after they realise you will continually talk about the book and lecture them about how bad the movie TTT is, how you say names (NOT Argon *shudder* - refer to 'Do your friends frustrate you? thread)
HOW BAD TTT IS??! What are you talking about? The movie was great!

Anyway...today someone started coughing and they kept making a 'gollum' noise. When I told him that, he looked at me like I was losing my mind. lol:D

[Gwaimir Windgem]

You heard her. How bad TTT is. :p Go Lin!

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

jeesh. I think I'm going to retire from the entmoot. Everyone hates LOTR movies!!!! TTT was bad ? NO...That movie was a-w-e-s-o-m-e. You are all just perfectionists. IMO, no one could have done better than PJ!!!!!!!;)

[TinuvielChild]

Hey, if you're going to obsess about PJ and how well ( :rolleyes: ) he did TTT, scoot along over to the LotR Movies thread where you belong. Here there be addicts. ;)


You're talking about things you like to do, and you accidentally say "Fencing is one of my hobbits" instead of "hobbies". (I did that in an interview! :eek: Fortunately, the interviewer was also a Tolkien fan, and understood. ;))

Friends know not to ask you questions like "Who's Thranduil?" when you comment that they look as though they could be related to Thranduil, because you will go on and on for hours about Thranduil, his history, his lineage, his children, how he's described in LotR and the Hobbit....you get the picture. :D

[samwiselvr2008]

When the ents have contacted your friend and asked them to deliver a letter to you saying that you are granted the tital HONORARY ENT (quote from letter) "because of her love and appreciation of our kin." and the letter even includes a pin to wear with a tree/ent on it!

When your class is working on an assighment in the computer lab, and about 5 diffrent people ask you were they can get Lord of the Rings pictures from (I wonder why they asked me???).

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Nurvingiel
In Economics class, you mistake the abbreviation for "Balance of Payments" (BoP) for a fellow Mooters name, Beard of Pants (also BoP)!


:D (I also do the same when I see the abbrev. of Birds of Pray.:o)

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally posted by Legolas_GreenLeaf
jeesh. I think I'm going to retire from the entmoot. Everyone hates LOTR movies!!!! TTT was bad ? NO...That movie was a-w-e-s-o-m-e. You are all just perfectionists. IMO, no one could have done better than PJ!!!!!!!;)

Bah. Not all. Dunedain certainly doesn't. And most of the people in the movie forum. And of course not Black Breathelizer. :eek: You should look up some of his posts. That would certainly comfort you; give you strength to exist with us idiots. :)

That depends. If you want an action flick with boob shot and kisssing scene thrown in, maybe not. If you want the LORD of the RINGS, then I disagree profoundly.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Legolas_GreenLeaf
jeesh. I think I'm going to retire from the entmoot. Everyone hates LOTR movies!!!! TTT was bad ? NO...That movie was a-w-e-s-o-m-e. You are all just perfectionists. IMO, no one could have done better than PJ!!!!!!!;)

I'm no perfectionist. I thought FotR was alright. Didn't you read my post about To Kill a Mockingbird the movie? I praised that!

Yes! TTT was horrendous!(as an adaptation - like GW said way back). Even as a movie it was bad- I tried to watch it for what it was and i still found it boring. For the first time ever, I was waiting for a movie to end.

That depends. If you want an action flick with boob shot and kisssing scene thrown in, maybe not. If you want the LORD of the RINGS, then I disagree profoundly.

What was the boob shot? Arwen. I guess I missed that. Probably was sleeping.

[Linaewen]

Back on topic-
Up til now, I haven't really had any need for a signature ('Here's a little line, here's another squiggly one- that's my signature!)
Now, I'm making up one that includes tengwar characters of my initials- the one for 'L' and the one for 'Ch'

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Yep, it was Arwen. She was wearing a see-through dress when they focussed on the Evenstar during the "mushy love stuff".

[azalea]

ENOUGH! (we need a "going-crazy" smiley, with his eyes shown as two swirls) Enough w/ the movie in here, already! If you feel the need to comment on it either way -- scroll down to the movies forum! Feel free to argue about it in the TT thread at the top.:) thanks!

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

Hey, if you're going to obsess about PJ and how well ( ) he did TTT, scoot along over to the LotR Movies thread where you belong. Here there be addicts.
Where I belong? I don't belong there. I need to defend the awesome lord of the ring movies here too!!AND arwens dress was NOT transparent people! only pervs would care about that. no offense!;)

anyway.....yup i think we are going off subject...ok...back on topic! hmmm...ways to tell you are obsessed w/ lotr! - You defend the movies when other people say how much it wasn't good enough!hehe;)

[Gwaimir Windgem]

No, that has nothing to do with the Lord of the Rings, but rather with those wannabe-movies. :p


Erhem, I was PROTESTING it, hello! :rolleyes: And it was see-through. And if you want to continue, movie forum or PM, please.

And now for something completely different: Me ON-topic.

-silence-
-chirrupping-

I am obsessed.

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

I don't see how you can be obsessed when you don't enjoy to movies.:confused:

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Simple: Because I was a fan of the book all of my life, then PJ came along, and I refused to consider a movie which didn't even have the same characters as the same.

Besides, Tolkien was around for like fifty years before the movies, and there were people plenty obsessed. The Lord of the Rings is MUCH more than those movies. :p

[Starr Polish]

And I can't see how you can say you're obsessed unless you're learning the book inside out and don't own more than two books related to or by Tolkien (I currently own six).

P.S. GW, your PM box is full.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Hmm...let's see...

3 LotR
1 Silmarillion
2 Letters
1 LOTR RPG Corebook
1 Ruth Noel's Little Red Book of Horrors.

Thanks, will start clearing it out. :)

[Starr Polish]

1 LOTR (I have a one volume version, so could count as 3)
1 Silmarillion
1 Letters
1 Hobbit (soon to be 2)
1 JRR Tolkien, Author of the Century
1 The Guide to Middle Earth

So 6 or 8, depending on how you count LOTR.

I also own a red journal that says "there and Back again" and has the initials BB on it. I haven't written in it yet and I've had it for more than a year.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Used to have more; but my Hobbit and a few of my reference books seem to have disappeared.

O, also forgot:

1 Tolkien Bestiary

[Linaewen]

Erm, slightly embarassed that I have such a tiny collection. No worries, I'm soon to expand it, as soon as I can get into Borders....

Today we played Celebrity Heads in English. For my friend, I wrote Frodo as her 'celebrity' (the most likely one for them to know). I was referring, of course, to the book character, not the movie one. But no-one in my class has read the books :mad: so I had to settle for movie-Frodo.
Anyway, when my friend asked 'Am I American?' I protested loudly when everyone said yes (I could only say no- saying he was from the Shire would have been a bit obvious). Then, when they agreed to something ridiculous (Can't remember what it was) I accidentally said 'No! That wasn't Fr-' Which caused the entire class to look at me- astounded that someone as intelligent as me practically gave the answer away. :p

[Linaewen]

Today, when I was rattling on to my mum about how beautiful Tengwar is, she started to have that look . You know the one, the non-LotR-enlightened one. So I said; 'Yes, I know you think I'm insane.' And she replied 'No, you're not insane. You're just weird.'
Which caused me to be very happy, and I told her it was a compliment for us 'Lord-of-the-Ring-holics' (direct quote from her) to be considered as such. I then commenced telling her about LotR-enlightenment. Afterwards, I began reading Ainulindale to her to demonstrate the beauty. I even read while standing outside my room, which is right next to the bathroom where the renovators are working, so they got an earful of glorious beauty as well. I was still reading 5 minutes later when my dad snatched the book off me (causing me to scream) and begin yelling 'Curse you, unenlightened people!' I now refer to my dad as Sauron.

Another example of LotR obsession-
For Psychology at school, we had to do this activity which involved writing down 5 boy's names beginning with S. I had to ask my teacher if it was specifically boys names she wanted, because I could only think of other male names. To which she said 'Well, aren't boy's names also men's names? What names are you thinking of?'
I said 'Never mind,' I couldn't very well tell her I could only think of 'Sam' (which was ok), 'Sauron' and 'Saruman.'

[Elvellyn]

If you sneak on the 'Moot at 6:30 in the morning when you are grounded from the internet.









Guilty.

[Elf Girl]

I have:

The beautiful red expenive collector's one-volume LotR
The cheap, movie-cover one-volume LotR
Basic three-volume LotR
My mom's ancient three-volume LotR
Big orange The Hobbit
Beautiful green expensive collector's The Hobbit
My mom's first edition paperback Sil
The Letters of JRR Tolkien
Some biography of JRR Tolkien
The Road Goes Ever On

So 14. I'm obsessed! Yay!

Linaewen: *sigh* Some people simply will not see the light. Fortunatly for me, my mom was an avid fanatic in her day.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Elf Girl
I have:

The beautiful red expenive collector's one-volume LotR
The cheap, movie-cover one-volume LotR
Basic three-volume LotR
My mom's ancient three-volume LotR
Big orange The Hobbit
Beautiful green expensive collector's The Hobbit
My mom's first edition paperback Sil
The Letters of JRR Tolkien
Some biography of JRR Tolkien
The Road Goes Ever On

So 14. I'm obsessed! Yay!

Linaewen: *sigh* Some people simply will not see the light. Fortunatly for me, my mom was an avid fanatic in her day.

I'm so envious. Of both the number of books you have, and the fact that your mum understands. It's not hard to see why I have to turn to the 'Moot constantly, what with knowing NO-ONE who has read the books. Deadly serious.
Also, about that cheap Movie LotR. I hate them for some reason. I think they are ugly. I bought the ones that have John Howe's illustrations on the cover, and they were also much cheaper. I don't see the point of me buying any really expensive LotR books, as I will be too paranoid to take them off the shelf anyhoo. (Just in case a bit of dust sticks to a page)

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

I own so many I don't even know how many!:)

[azalea]

Well, in my pre-Entmoot days, I only owned 3 Tolkien books (two versions of The Hobbit -- one a paperback I got around 1983) and a big hardcover w/ illustrations from the animated movie [but it is the original text, not the movie text], and the copy of Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien), but I also had a 1977 Hildebrandt Bros. Tolkien calendar (which I still have) and a John Howe poster I got in 1992 (which is now in a cheap frame hanging in my bedroom) -- does that count? (Plus the R-B animated videos of both The Hobbit and TLotR, and the 45 of the R-B version of The Hobbit, well, okay that's from when I was a kid. Plus when I was a kid we had the four LP set of that movie [my bro has that now], and the book on tape of The Hobbit [not the animated movie, the real book read aloud, which my dad illegally taped from a record we checked out at the library], which my parents still have).

If I wanted to read LotR or The Silmarillion, I'd just borrow my dad's copies (an original hardcover 1977 Silm, which was the one I tried to read on my first attempt and couldn't get past the Akallabeth; and a three-book late 1960s Ballantine paperback edition of LotR, which has illustrations by Tolkien on the covers, one of which is actually supposed to illustrate a scene from The Silm, but they put it on the cover of TTT). However, when I became a 'mooter, I found it necessary to have the books... let's just say on hand at all times! So my brother bought me the cheapest version of LotR he could find at the store where he worked, which is a one book movie-cover edition (I had to pay him back. I am poor, so I have to go w/ the cheap stuff:( ) and then bought myself a paperback copy of The Silm. I have them all right here next to the computer, so I can cheat at the trivia games;) !

Thus concludes "The things no one wanted to know about Azalea's collection of Tolkien-related stuff.:)

But it shows my level of obsession, I guess. I wonder how many books other people had before the movies. If someone had the three main works, PLUS all the "other" stuff, including ALL the HoME BEFORE the movies, then I'd say they were probably pretty obsessed!
(I just had deja vu.)

edit: Oh, and I have a David Day book that someone gave me.

[Elf Girl]

Originally posted by Linaewen
I bought the ones that have John Howe's illustrations on the cover, and they were also much cheaper.
*splutter* You can buy 1-volume ones with John Howe's illustrations on the cover?! And I'm stuck with that evil movie Gandalf?! Luckyluckylucky Linaewen...

Originally posted by Linaewen
I don't see the point of me buying any really expensive LotR books, as I will be too paranoid to take them off the shelf anyhoo. (Just in case a bit of dust sticks to a page)
Heheh I never take them off the shelf, but I'm still proud of them... *ogles her beautiful LotR and Hobbit from a distance*

[Eowyn, Lady of Rohan]

ok, i guess i'm not as LOTR crazy as you guys. (Probably cause I haven't read the entire sieres yet.) I'm not at all afraid of black horses.

[cassiopeia]

Grr, I have the movie cover LOTR, but my excuse is my sister bought it. I have nice covers of the Sil and the Hobbit: all black with a small picture on the front. I even put contact on the books so they don't get wrecked 'cause I thumb through them all the time.
Another obsession: I am seriously considering getting a LOTR tattoo. I haven't decided what yet.

[TinuvielChild]

3 LotR
My mum's old expensive purty hard-cover LotR (3 volumes)
2 Silmarillion
3 Hobbit
1 Lost Tales
1 HoME
1 Ruth S. Noel Guidebook for the Tolkien-Obsessed (I think GW knows what I mean...;))
1 Tolkien Reader

So let's see...that's 15! Wow...Okay, so one copy of the Silmarillion was to replace my brother's copy because it spent a month in my backpack, and is now held together by one heck of a lot of duct tape (it's like the Force: it has a Dark Side, a light side, and it holds the Universe together! :D). One copy of the Hobbit is the big hardcover one with pictures from the animated version which I think is the same one as azalea has; and the aptly-named (by GW) Ruth Noel Little Red Book of Horrors, which is most well-thumbed. Whee....I'm addicted....let's have a party! :D :D :D

[BeardofPants]

3 Copies of LOTR (One of which is a pretty rare Folio edition)
2 Copies of the Hobbit (One is Folio)
1 Silmarillion (First Edition)
1 Unfinished Tales
1 Tolkien's Letters
All of HoME, bar PoME
An Atlas of Middle Earth
A book on Tolkien's Artwork: Artist and Illustrator
Roverandom
Farmer Giles of Ham

I know I've forgotten something... have to update it when I get home.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

-is overcome by a sudden urge to bop Beardie over the head and take her books-

Or barring that:

Wanna trade? :D

[cassiopeia]

Oh, I am sooo jealous of everyone. I have one copy each of the Hobbit, The Sil and LOTR. Thank goodness for libraries...

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Wanna trade? :D

Nyah! :p :p

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Aw, come on! Don't you want Noel's language book? :D

Um...but I'm keeping the Corebook. You can pick one book to keep, too. ;)

[Elf Girl]

Oh, I forgot:
1 Unfinishid Tales

That's 15! :p

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
You can pick one book to keep, too. ;)

In that case... I want to keep them all. :p

[Ninquelote]

Here's one way to tell if you're obsessed with LoTR.
The first thing you've baked is Lembas. (http://www.angelfire.com/clone/carbon/Lembas.gif)

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally posted by BeardofPants
In that case... I want to keep them all. :p

NO, that's NOT what I meant! :mad:

[Pimpernel]

Originally posted by Ninquelote
Here's one way to tell if you're obsessed with LoTR.
The first thing you've baked is Lembas. (http://www.angelfire.com/clone/carbon/Lembas.gif)
recipe please!!! was it good??? they looked a little strange....

hehe, i have one:
you had a party celebrating the destruction of the ring (sadly not on the exact date, which was March 25...oh well, that friday was good enough)
hehe, in the party, my dad put a fire in the fireplace and we threw a ring my friend made (out of gold wire) in...we destryoed it!!! (actually, my dad found it the next day ..but thats not the point)

[Linaewen]

More ways to tell you're obsessed with LotR-

-You spend half of your time standing in your backyard, arms outstretched (no, not Lalia the fat style) in an effort to see why your friends there want to be tree-ish. You think they'd be much better off as Ents, but they haven't replied to you yet.

-Your bathroom is being renovated, and as such, you have a trailer full of bathroom bits (tiles, shower screens etc) in your front yard. Your parents will not allow you near this, because you have already told them that you wish to flood it because it reminds you so much of the Fall of Isengard (and the majority of the work Treebeard has done for you)

- No-one will talk to you because they know that it will take you ages to get to the point, and what you're saying is continually punctuated with 'Hroooom' and 'Don't be hasty'

- You will not use a telephone because they are cheap imitations of the Palantir. (The computer is different- that is the only way you may get to Entmoot

- You've collected as many clothes as possible for camp that will make you look like Faramir when you are forced to hike for hours there. (And when the enemy walks by, you will ambush them with bows and arrows)

- You shudder every time you think of the word 'Argon' because your friend used in place of 'Aragorn'

-You constantly get Tolkien-related words stuck in your head (Gothmog, Idril Celebrindal, Smeagol)

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Elf Girl
*splutter* You can buy 1-volume ones with John Howe's illustrations on the cover?! And I'm stuck with that evil movie Gandalf?! Luckyluckylucky Linaewen...


No, it's three separate volumes. But, huh! Elf-Girl's got a movie-cover! I'll be getting the gorgeous hard-cover ones as soon as I save enough....

[Linaewen]

Yes.. sorry about posting the third time in a row. It's not my fault I have to be on when no-one can reply!

You know you're obsessed when..
-You chase after anyone who looks like they might be carrying a Tolkien book.

Yesterday, while working at my uncle's store, I saw a man walk in, clutching a book that looked suspiciously like a hardcover edition of one of the HoME books. I unintentionally made such a show of trying to get a look at the cover to see whether my guess was correct, that the man looked at me strangely and asked 'Are you ok?'. I was forced to sit back down and act normally.

[Nurvingiel]

You and your two best friends have ENT, MAN, and ELF as your names on MSN. We actually based this on which LotR races we were most like. I'm ENT, even though I'm a girl, because of our three letter symmetry.

[Ninquelote]

Originally posted by Pimpernel
recipe please!!! was it good??? they looked a little strange....


Actually it tasted like the cereal that I used in it...
Of course they look strange, I forgot to use milk!
As for the recepie... I got it from someone else, so I can't really say it's mine. I just used a few substitutions (that became the downfall of the baking.)

[Pimpernel]

About the lembas...if you can...get me the recipe...
As for the topic...
You know you're obsessed with LotR when...
You pick up weeds, transplant them into yogurt containers, then give them LotR names...actually, its a lot of fun!! I even measure them everyday...so far Merry and Sam have grown the most, and poor Frodo has a cut...mebbe the Ringwraiths visited overnight...hehe...

[azalea]

Someone posted a lembas recipe on here a long time ago, I think in the ME forum. It might be in the "Middle Earth recipes" thread, but if not, do a search of the word "lembas." Although I think it's a different one than Ninquilote made.

I got a paperback of UT today!:) I think I'll have to get Letters online. I found the Corebook of that roleplaying game, but I think it's out of my budget right now.:( I almost got Roverandom today, too, but it was $12! I think I'll check the library on that one.

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

here try this recipe. i havent tried it though.

What Tolkien says about Lembas
-They contain honey
-they are light-colored on the inside and light brown crust
-they are thin and regular-shaped. This implies they were made on some kind of griddle iron. The closest modern equivalent is a Krumkake iron. ( pizzelle iron)

Some other things we can guess.
They contain the fruit and maybe the flower-water of the Mallorn tree. I substituted oranges, although kumquats or a hand of Buddha fruit might be better.
They probably had some kind of finely ground light-colored nut in them. I used almonds.
They contained some kind of nourishing flour. I used semolina flour, which is a more primitive flour, and also more nourishing.
Galadriel probably used some kind of grinder to refine the ingredients. I used a blender.

The recipe:
3 eggs
1 cup honey (preferably wild honey)
1 tablespoon grated orange peel or three kumquats or one large finger of a hand of Buddha.
2 teaspoons orange flower water (optional)
3 oz blanched almonds
1/4 cup melted butter
2-1/4 cups semolina flour
1/2 teaspoon salt

Place eggs, honey, orange peel or other fruit, orange flower water, and almonds in blender. Blend on high for 3 minutes. Add 1 cup of the flour. Blend for 1 minute. Scrape into a bowl and add remaining flour and salt. Whisk or stir until well blended. Bake lembas on a pizzelle or krumkake iron 15 seconds each or until lightly brown. You may substitute a waffle iron but add a teaspoon of baking powder. The texture will not be quite accurate in a waffle iron.

[Bombadillo]

I'm going to try that now.

More on the topic:
For every place you go, there's a place in LotR that it reminds you of. (me)

You play with Legos as a teenager or adult just to make LotR characters. (me)

[Nurvingiel]

You know you're obsessed when... you imagine what Frodo's quest would be like if he had to do it in your city.

I was doing this with my campus, and I decided the Forestry building would be Rivendell, and the Engineering building would be the Lonely Mountain. The biggest Parkade would be the Mines of Moria, and the neighbouring forest would be Lothlorien. The Japanese gardens would be the Shire. The largest, ugliest

Obviously there's some flaws, and my personal Middle-earth is far from complete, but that's the sort of thing Tolkienites do while walking to class!

[Linaewen]

I've just gotten back from camp. As soon as I came back home, I ran straight to my PC to get to Entmoot.

While I was away, I demonstrated several ways to show I am obsessed with Middle Earth etc:

-When we went to a museum and I saw the word 'tween' (short for between) in a display, I did a double-take because it reminded me of the start of LotR when Frodo was in his tweens
-I was envious of my friends who had pointy hoods on their jackets because it was more Faramir-ish than my horrible round hood
-Still at the museum, I saw a pretend blacksmith's workshop. I considered stealing some tools from there so I could make my own reforged sword, like Anduril.
-I again did a double-take at the museum when I saw the word 'ent' (someone's surname)
-Whenever I saw the word 'Jaguar' on my friends' clothes, I kept on thinking it said 'Tengwar' instead
-Everybody, and I mean everybody knows that I am obsessed with LotR
-My friends know that I will get furious if anyone criticizes LotR (I cracked it when they said Sam and Frodo were gay)
-My two most used nicknames are 'Lee' and 'Hobbit'
-My friend and I discovered that the other had read LotR and loved it, so we discussed it for ages. I now cannot call her by her real name and can only refer to her as 'Aragorn'

That's all I can remember now. Will post more later.

PS. Thanks for the lembas recipe. I'm going to make it soon. Yum

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally posted by Linaewen
(short for vetween)

Vetween? :confused:

[Ninquelote]

Originally posted by Legolas_GreenLeaf
The recipe:
3 eggs
1 cup honey (preferably wild honey)
1 tablespoon grated orange peel or three kumquats or one large finger of a hand of Buddha.
2 teaspoons orange flower water (optional)
3 oz blanched almonds
1/4 cup melted butter
2-1/4 cups semolina flour
1/2 teaspoon salt

Place eggs, honey, orange peel or other fruit, orange flower water, and almonds in blender. Blend on high for 3 minutes. Add 1 cup of the flour. Blend for 1 minute. Scrape into a bowl and add remaining flour and salt. Whisk or stir until well blended. Bake lembas on a pizzelle or krumkake iron 15 seconds each or until lightly brown. You may substitute a waffle iron but add a teaspoon of baking powder. The texture will not be quite accurate in a waffle iron.

Eep! I used something completely different!

I'll try this one too, it'll probably not taste as bad, or be as crumbly. (I only used one egg before.)

[azalea]

Has anyone done this one yet?
-- You keep LotR on the non-fiction section of your bookshelf!

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally posted by Ninquelote
Eep! I used something completely different!

I'll try this one too, it'll probably not taste as bad, or be as crumbly. (I only used one egg before.)

I believe that actually lembas used corn, did it not?

[Elf Girl]

It says in the Letters "wheat-flour", that's just regular flour.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Vetween? :confused:

Hush. You know what I meant. You're just trying to get back at me, ELROHOR!


Originally posted by azalea
Has anyone done this one yet?
-- You keep LotR on the non-fiction section of your bookshelf!

I totally would, if I had a non-fiction section on my bookshelf. (Will make one now)

[Diaxion]

If you are obsessed and Crazy about Lord of the Rings than you prbably are a member to entmoot

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

Has anyone done this one yet?--You keep LotR on the non-fiction section of your bookshelf!
I do! I do! and I thought I was the only one azalea!

If you are obsessed and Crazy about Lord of the Rings than you prbably are a member to entmoot
Yeah, that is the most obvious one, of course! especially to those who have made over a thousand posts!!:D

[azalea]

Actually you might be the only one -- I don't, but the thought occurred to me as I was trying to organize my books. My Tolkien works are right here in a pile next to my computer!:)

[Elf Girl]

Originally posted by Legolas_GreenLeaf
Yeah, that is the most obvious one, of course! especially to those who have made over a thousand posts!!:D
*glances at post count* Hmm.

~ When people ask for your name, you say "Elf or Human?"

[Aralyn]

You wear a cape over your head in restuarants, smoking and cast suspicious glances at everyone

You go crazy buying twelve different editions of the books

[Earniel]

Originally posted by azalea
My Tolkien works are right here in a pile next to my computer!:)

Amazing how they tend to amass there isn't it? Since a few months my Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales haven't even left the computer room anymore, together with my two english dictionaries.

If you're obsessed with Tolkien and his works, his books will start to form piles in your home.

If you're also a 'mooter you will find those piles next to your computer. :D

[Elf Girl]

*glances at stack of Tolkien next to computer* Hmm.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally posted by Elf Girl
*glances at post count* Hmm.

~ When people ask for your name, you say "Elf or Human?"

MANNISH, m'dear. Not Human, MANNISH! :p

[Elf Girl]

If I were to say that, the Atani children would understand me even less than they do now.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Eärniel
Amazing how they tend to amass there isn't it? Since a few months my Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales haven't even left the computer room anymore, together with my two english dictionaries.

If you're obsessed with Tolkien and his works, his books will start to form piles in your home.

If you're also a 'mooter you will find those piles next to your computer. :D

Yeah, that's true.. my piles of books have shifted from various places even today. First, they were in my room (where they should be), then to my living room when I was showing my dad my fave books (Silm followed by LotR). Then, they got scattered when I was reciting poetry from the books and teaching my family Mellon! and Mae govannen! (My dad can speak it very well now:D )

Today, I have worked out that my father is an Elf and my mother is Numenorean. (My dad is very good at Elvish, my mum too scared of LotR-ness to be an elf- she specifically stated that she is human) She is scared of LotR because of how it has taken over my life. :) Too bad that I can't be a hobbit, it would just be too strange a combination. :(

I am also teaching my sister some poetry. Now she knows the first 2 lines of 'Three rings for the Elven kings under the sky..'

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

She is scared of LotR because of how it has taken over my life
You mom is scared of LotR because you enjoy it so much? I have never heard anyone say that they are scared of LotR.....:confused:

[Aralyn]

I saw a lady in church who looked like an elf then a boy who looked like a hobbit. I was so freaked them I stopped halucinating . . .

I can see what you're saying Lin. My dad says that's all you ever talk about. and "Are you learning elvis?" Argh

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

I saw a lady in church who looked like an elf then a boy who looked like a hobbit. I was so freaked them I stopped halucinating . . .
lol...same here. I saw a woman at the store who had pointy ears like an elf. I noticed them right when I saw her...because they weren't just a little pointy...they were so pointy they looked fake! I almost got to the point to ask her if they were real.:p

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Aralyn

I can see what you're saying Lin. My dad says that's all you ever talk about. and "Are you learning elvis?" Argh

OMG! That's exactly what my mum said! (Elvis) *shudders*

Some more ways:
-you forget the names for things in this world, and accidently replace them with words from LotR. When I was trying to tell my cousin about this ride called the Tower of Terror, I completely forgot the name and had to pause for a couple of seconds to recall what it was. (All I could think of was the Two Towers)
I even forgot my real name and accidently said Linaewen instead, once.
-You subconciously begin reciting Tolkien poetry (And apparrently walk around muttering things about Elves and evil)

[Bombadillo]

You start taking notes in shorthand by referring to LotR. Example:
~ The Muslims were victorious over the Hindus because Hindu leaders would often fight among themselves= orcish Hindu leaders
~ The Hindus also had unwise battle tactics. They uses elephants as weapons, but they were easily frightened and the killed numerous Hindus as well as Muslims= Hindu oliphaunts were bad

But hey, it works. I passed the test. :)

[Elf Girl]

Today I was singing "Earendil was a mariner..." very quietly under my breath in Spanish. I got to a part I knew well, so I stopped thinking about singing and did my work. Suddenly I realized I was singing REALLY LOUD and the whole class was looking at me. Then I tried to sing too high and my voice gave this SQUEAK and the whole class burst out laughing. :o

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Do you know the music to that? :eek:

[Elf Girl]

No. Maybe a third of it.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Where'd you learn it?

I often sing the first two stanzas of "Snow-white! Snow-white!
" according to the Tolkien Ensemble at work.

[Elf Girl]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Where'd you learn it?
I thought you meant the lyrics...

I have my own tune.

[Pimpernel]

hehe, i have a good one:
you have a pin that says 'Frodo Lives!' and you take it everywhere with you...
my pin is soo kewl, my friend got it for me when she was in mass. or somewhere north of LI Sound...if anyone knows where i'm talking about...lol, am i rambling??
heres another:
you cant find one of your tolkien books and you freak out, running all over the house screaming 'my precious!! where has it gone?? precious!!' until your parents tell you to shut up, then you comfort yourself under your breath 'where has it gone precious? we wont let the nasty orcs steal it from us, nooo precious....'
hehe, gee, i think i might just be crazy...now where would i get an idea like that??:D

[Legolas_GreenLeaf]

you cant find one of your tolkien books and you freak out, running all over the house screaming 'my precious!! where has it gone?? precious!!' until your parents tell you to shut up, then you comfort yourself under your breath 'where has it gone precious? we wont let the nasty orcs steal it from us, nooo precious....'

lol. Do your parents get annoyed and tired of lotr with you too? My parents make bets with me to see if I won't mention or read anything that has to do with lotr. I always lose.:D

[azalea]

LOL, Pimpernel, I did that when I couldn't find my Silmarillion, but luckily I have no parents at my house to stop my "Golluming!":D

[samwiselvr2008]

LOL, that was funny!

When you buy flip flops and hairy stuff to atach to it, and then go to the theater with hairy feet. (You get so many weird looks when you do that! Or maybe it was the pointy ears?)

[Eowyn, Lady of Rohan]

here's my tolkein works I have: (Don't die of a heart attack ;) )

TTT
and the fellowship

[Nurvingiel]

Is confuzzled... are you saying you don't know any Tolkien words? Here's a good one to add to your repetoire: mellon. It means friend in elvish. Also, see my signature for an excellent Gandalf quote. It's from the part where the Fellowship is going to Moria, and they are attacked by Wargs. The quote is the spell Gandalf uses to light a tree on fire. They then drive off the Wargs.

You know you're obsessed when you help people build up their Tolkein repetoires. :D

[Lady of Rohan]

Originally posted by Pimpernel

you cant find one of your tolkien books and you freak out, running all over the house screaming 'my precious!! where has it gone?? precious!!' until your parents tell you to shut up, then you comfort yourself under your breath 'where has it gone precious? we wont let the nasty orcs steal it from us, nooo precious....'

Yah, I do that too. Except sometimes, my nasty sisters hide then on me. And one time I decided to bring one of my LotR books to school to read, and people from my class would take them and go running around the class, until I cornered them, yelling at them in elvish (even though I only know, like, 12 words).

[Elf Girl]

~ all the Easter eggs you die are related to LotR. *eyes purple egg with "LotR" written all over it with white crayon*

[Bunnie_Queen_1146]

Originally posted by Lady of Rohan
Yah, I do that too. Except sometimes, my nasty sisters hide then on me. And one time I decided to bring one of my LotR books to school to read, and people from my class would take them and go running around the class, until I cornered them, yelling at them in elvish (even though I only know, like, 12 words).
yea everyone was talking it dident i help you?

i painted eggs today and i coloured one purple.(i hope i was not spamming?)

[Sminty_Smeagol]

the only elvish i know is "eru laita elye, ely rauko ulcolli helda periannath!" which is, god bless you, you smelly evil naked hobbit!

heh, taught myself, as apparent ;)

[trace]

i think that those things are sweet. (apart from the running up to bears one. slightly crazy, and stealing gnomes from your neighbours to go sailing with. slightly creepy.:confused:

[Linaewen]

You spend hours adding all the Tolkien words that aren't in the Microsoft Word Vocabulary to the database. (And I mean all of them)
e.g. Faramir *right-click, add*
Boromir *right-click, add*
Denethor*right-click, add*
Eowyn*right-click, add*


etc.

[Linaewen]

You are always wandering about. Either because :
a) You are pretending to be in Arda (you are homesick)
or
b) You forget what you are doing because you are thinking about something Entmoot or Tolkien-related. (I did this when thinking about the Valar or something or other)

[Bombadillo]

Originally posted by Linaewen
You spend hours adding all the Tolkien words that aren't in the Microsoft Word Vocabulary to the database. (And I mean all of them)
e.g. Faramir *right-click, add*
Boromir *right-click, add*
Denethor*right-click, add*
Eowyn*right-click, add*


etc. Just finished that. I had to double-check some of the spellings and accent marks.

[azalea]

You see the word eleven and your mind reads it as "elven."

[cassiopeia]

Originally posted by Linaewen
You spend hours adding all the Tolkien words that aren't in the Microsoft Word Vocabulary to the database. (And I mean all of them)
e.g. Faramir *right-click, add*
Boromir *right-click, add*
Denethor*right-click, add*
Eowyn*right-click, add*
etc.
Oh, yes! When I run spellcheck, I get annoyed when it says I spelt Frodo or Galadriel wrong. I finally realised you can add those words to the dictionary. :rolleyes:

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by cassiopeia
Oh, yes! When I run spellcheck, I get annoyed when it says I spelt Frodo or Galadriel wrong. I finally realised you can add those words to the dictionary. :rolleyes:

No, you know what annoys be more? That it doesn't even have TOLKIEN! I got furious! Something else that is annoying is that you have to add in Frodo's and Galadriel's and all that jazz as well, because they are 'new' words too. :mad:

You know what? I just copied a Quenya wordlist into Word. Haha. Half a thousand words with the squiggly red line underneath.

[Elf Girl]

Originally posted by azalea
You see the word eleven and your mind reads it as "elven."
My friend did the opposite. I gave here the Three Rings... poem and she read it as "Three rings for the eleven kings..."

[Radagast The Brown]

originally posted by Elf Gir
My friend did the opposite. I gave here the Three Rings... poem and she read it as "Three rings for the eleven kings..." :D :eek:

[Elf Girl]

She thought the book would be about the eleven kings fighting over the three rings...

[Linaewen]

Back to the topic we were on before; I got 2 Tolkien books today! w00t! The HoMe are way to expensive now, so I can't get them yet... Crud! So now I have
1 LotR (3 volumes)
1 The Hobbit
1 Silmarillion
1 UT

- which I think is the basic Tolkien collection...

[Lalaith]

What about the appendix?

[Aragorn_of_the_west]

The appendix is part of the big LOTR book- at least in my book, after the three books the appendix appears.

[Lalaith]

It is in my english version too, but in the german version it was a seperate book. Very annoying.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Lalaith
It is in my english version too, but in the german version it was a seperate book. Very annoying.

In all the versions I have seen, it is considered a part of RotK or of the one volume editions.

Following me again, Lai?

[Linaewen]

I forgot to mention; on topic:
-You convince everyone to use 'Oh My Eru/Iluvatar' rather than the traditional exclamations.

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Linaewen
In all the versions I have seen, it is considered a part of RotK or of the one volume editions.

Following me again, Lai?
Of course following you. I thought that you would recognize it.

Oh my Eru? Thats good. I think I'll use it some time.

[Elf Girl]

I prefer "By all the Valar!"

[Linaewen]

Oh my Eru? Thats good. I think I'll use it some time.

I notice you have already. (Eru is easier to say as it is only 2 syllables- that's why I use it, but Iluvatar is good also)

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Elf Girl
I prefer "By all the Valar!"
that's also very good, I'll use them both

[Linaewen]

Yeah. 'By all the Valar' is also good.

You know you're obsessed when:
-You get back at your best bud for making a very difficult quiz about herself by making your own quiz about yourself. However, this contains mainly questions about LotR. Hehe. Of course.

[Lalaith]

I probably made every LotR character test out there.

[Indril Anarion]

I know I've posted here before, but I've got some more...

1)You make plans to have a big party on opening night of the ROTK
2)You get a group of Tolkien loving friends together and dress up in LOTR costumes to go see the movie on opening day
3)You drive your sister mad by giving her loads of facts about anything doing with LOTR
4) You want to take archery lessons
5) You want a hooded Elven-looking cloak to wear everyday
6) You hide your One Ring Replica so that no one can takes the Precious
7) Bring up LOTR in almost every conversation
8) Try to keep your obsessions a secret from your family so that they won't take LOTR away from you (I came so close to having LOTR taken away:eek: ...decided to lay low for awhile)
9) Sneak away to Tolkien sites when parents think you're studying (like right now)
10) Think of LOTR 24/7 (that's an obvious one):rolleyes:

Well, that's all I can think of...for now...

[Bombadillo]

Hahahaa! Those are good. I'm driving my little bro crazy by talking about LotR constantly. But it's to great to not talk about. He's getting mad and he says he'll never read it. Now I'm worried.

[Radagast The Brown]

originally posted by Elf Girl
I prefer "By all the Valar!" Yeah, it sounds much better then 'oh my Eru' or 'oh my Iluvatar'.

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Indril Anarion
I know I've posted here before, but I've got some more...

1)You make plans to have a big party on opening night of the ROTK
2)You get a group of Tolkien loving friends together and dress up in LOTR costumes to go see the movie on opening day
3)You drive your sister mad by giving her loads of facts about anything doing with LOTR
4) You want to take archery lessons
5) You want a hooded Elven-looking cloak to wear everyday
6) You hide your One Ring Replica so that no one can takes the Precious
7) Bring up LOTR in almost every conversation
8) Try to keep your obsessions a secret from your family so that they won't take LOTR away from you (I came so close to having LOTR taken away:eek: ...decided to lay low for awhile)
9) Sneak away to Tolkien sites when parents think you're studying (like right now)
10) Think of LOTR 24/7 (that's an obvious one):rolleyes:

Well, that's all I can think of...for now...
I love them all, except 8) and 9).
My family doesn't mind my obsession with Tolkien.

[Nurvingiel]

My dad helped foster my LotR obsession, though he's not obessed himself. Here's some more.

1) You've posted over 30 times in this thread
2) You try to avoid wearing shoes, and roll up your pants, so you can pretend you're a hobbit.
3) You cite hobbits as examples of why short people are awesome. (I might have said that one before.)

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Radagast The Brown
Yeah, it sounds much better then 'oh my Eru' or 'oh my Iluvatar'.

*shakes head* Not nice, not nice at all. *runs off to cry*
I can't really say 'By all the Valar' - it cracks me up because I didn't make it up myself.

[Lalaith]

The last day I always thought that I had a hobbit foot. Just because my foot is hurt and swollen and therefore I have plasters on it and then a bandage and over it the sock. My foot looks so huge, it just reminds me of Hobbits.
And another thing of my obsession:
In Biologie we talked about Evolution. That we have some things in our ears that remind of the pointy ears of animals.
All I thought was: Our the pointy ears of Elves.

[Radagast The Brown]

originally posted by Linaewen
*shakes head* Not nice, not nice at all. *runs off to cry*
I can't really say 'By all the Valar' - it cracks me up because I didn't make it up myself.Oh. Ok. Than make a new one, just make it good this time.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Radagast The Brown
Oh. Ok. Than make a new one, just make it good this time.

Nasty... Why don't you make up your own then? Yeesh! Then watch some Mooter trash it, when it wasn't addressed to them in the first place, eh?

[Lalaith]

All this stuff sounds so dumb in translated into german.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Lalaith
All this stuff sounds so dumb in translated into german.

Haha. Who cares? Say it in English!

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Linaewen
Haha. Who cares? Say it in English!
That would sound even more dumb. Talking german to my friends and then saying : Oh my Eru.
They would think that I'm totally insane.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Lalaith
That would sound even more dumb. Talking german to my friends and then saying : Oh my Eru.
They would think that I'm totally insane.
Ah well. That's your problem. Just come to Australia already!(Damnit, I can't shorthand it to Aus, as I usually would, because of the clash- Austria)

I guess you will just need to make up your own phrase in German..

[Radagast The Brown]

originally posted by Lin
Nasty... Why don't you make up your own then? Yeesh! Then watch some Mooter trash it, when it wasn't addressed to them in the first place, eh?hmm... no. (the answer to your first question. )

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Linaewen
Ah well. That's your problem. Just come to Australia already!(Damnit, I can't shorthand it to Aus, as I usually would, because of the clash- Austria)

I guess you will just need to make up your own phrase in German..
Yeah, I will. There will be a boring lesson in school and I will think about my own phrase. :D
Talk about Oz and I know what you mean.
I will come to Australia. One time. At least when I already live in NZ, then I will be able to affort the flight.

[Linaewen]

Yeah. You know you're obsessed with LotR when you spend schooltime thinking up a LotR phrase... hehe...

Lai- got to go now. Bye soul mate o' mine!

[Lalaith]

.... when you are trying to translate Quenya sentences ....

bye Lin

[Radagast The Brown]

I don't try to translate quenia! I don't know quenia at all... :o

[Lalaith]

I'm trying to learn it. But more trying to translate it, because I haven't even read Lessons 1 - 5 from Ardalambion, with which I should start.

[Radagast The Brown]

How can I learn Quenia?

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Go to ardalambion.com. :) They have a course on Quenya.

[Lalaith]

The dictionary there is also very good.

[Dreran the Green]

Hi, again! To anyone who hasn't been on the welcome thread lately, I'm new. Anyway, has anyone done these ones yet? I list them all from experience:

1 Upon seeing someone crossing a bridge, you grab a stick from the nearest tree, and run up at them screaming "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!"

2 You and your friend re-wrote all the songs in the school performance of 'Fiddler on the Roof' so they went along with LotR

3 You never, ever, EVER let ANYONE touch your ring! That's right-YOURS! And why not? After all, you did find it...

4 You where an elvish cloak around all the time and if someone insults you, you warn them that you will smite their ruin on a mountainside.

[Fimbrethil]

You can tell your obbsesed when after it has died this thread has managed to stay alive.

[Lalaith]

You're obsessed if you spend you time at Entmoot, when you should study Spanish.

[Jonathan]

¡El español es una lengua muy importante, chica! ¡Tienes que etudiarla ahora!

You know when you're obsessed with LotR when you brush your teeth in front of the computer to not have to get off Entmoot.
*brushes his teeth*

[Lalaith]

Espanol is una lengua muy tonta. Y TQM es más tonto. No me gusta nada Espanol y TQM.

[Jonathan]

Originally posted by Lalaith
Espanol is una lengua muy tonta. Y TQM es más tonto. No me gusta nada Espanol y TQM. If you can translate that into Quenya, you're really obsessed with LotR.

No comprendo la abreviación 'TQM'. ¿Qué es?

[Lalaith]

I'll try to translate it, but not today. I'm to busy avoiding spanish.

TQM es una (ah, too difficult to explain in spanish). TQM means Total Qualtiy Management. It's all about reducing costs and achieving better results and profits and products. the worst subject I ever had and the worst decision I ever made.

[Jonathan]

Yes, TQM sounds a little tiring. I'm glad I don't have that subject. I feel sorry for you :(

The worst decision I made was to quit Spanish class. Now I'll forget everything single Spanish word that I know. Tengo que etudiar y usar la lengua por no olvidar cómo habla español.

[Lalaith]

Estás mejor en espanol tan me. (As you can see from this sentence). Nuestro profesor de espanol es un tonto burro.

[Elf Girl]

You're obbsessed with LotR if you actually care about dragging this thread back on topic.

No me gusta nada el español.

[Lalaith]

Elf Girl is right: back to our obsession

Elf Girl y Lalaith no nos gusta espanol nada.

[Indril Anarion]

Originally posted by Lalaith
I love them all, except 8) and 9).
My family doesn't mind my obsession with Tolkien.

Lucky you...but I've got my mom on my side for this really cool idea I have. On opening day of ROTK, I'm going to dress up in LOTR costume and see the movie. Then afterwards, I'm going to have a small party with LOTR food, music, and decorations...I'm trying to get some friends together for it...I've got a couple of friends that are in on it...I can't wait!!!:D

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Indril Anarion
Lucky you...but I've got my mom on my side for this really cool idea I have. On opening day of ROTK, I'm going to dress up in LOTR costume and see the movie. Then afterwards, I'm going to have a small party with LOTR food, music, and decorations...I'm trying to get some friends together for it...I've got a couple of friends that are in on it...I can't wait!!!:D
Lucky you ... I would say. I have no friends who would go to watch RotK on the opening day (well actually at night) and then make a party with me. That's so sad. I mean this day comes once in my life and I have no opportunity to enjoy it. Last year I went with my mum. Soooo sad.

[samwiselvr2008]

Originally posted by Lalaith
Lucky you ... I would say. I have no friends who would go to watch RotK on the opening day (well actually at night) and then make a party with me. That's so sad. I mean this day comes once in my life and I have no opportunity to enjoy it. Last year I went with my mum. Soooo sad.

Me to, I only have one friend that enjoys seeing it with me, and my mom won't even let me go to the 12:00 P.M. showing.

When you allready have a count down to The Return of the King, and have had one since before The Two Towers.

[Seladeen the Hobbit]

do u talk to people in elvish?

do your parents say u really need to stop reading those books cuz they are poisioning your mind?

do u yell at people who say names of the characters wrong?

do u own every book writen by jrr tolkien?

[samwiselvr2008]

When you *finally* convince your mom to read the books with you, and had to stop yourself from jumping up and down when she said yes. (We'll start The Hobbit tomorow night!!!)

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Seladeen the Hobbit
do u talk to people in elvish?

do your parents say u really need to stop reading those books cuz they are poisioning your mind?

do u yell at people who say names of the characters wrong?

do u own every book writen by jrr tolkien?
yes... to all. But it's the friends who tell me to stop reading the books.

[Elvellyn]

Today I referred to Middle-earth as "here".

[TinuvielChild]

Originally posted by Ruinel
yes... to all. But it's the friends who tell me to stop reading the books.

What? You have ALL of the HoME? You shall give to me......:D

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally posted by Ruinel
yes... to all. But it's the friends who tell me to stop reading the books.

Can either you or Seladeen really attest to the latter? What books authored by Tolkien do you own?

[Bombadillo]

I don't think it's so far out. I want to own all of them someday, but I can only get them when I find them.

[Sheeana]

Oh you mean like all of his earlier articles? Have you SEEN a Tolkien bibliography lately?! :eek:

Tolkien Chronological Bibliography (http://www.forodrim.org/arda/tbchron.html)

Edit: Bet you Gwaimir. :p

[Gwaimir Windgem]

But my point is that there are many works authored by Tolkien, and not all of them have anything to do with Middle-earth (except passing reference).

[Bombadillo]

Ah I see what mean. I knew that. I assumed you meant all his works of ME.

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by samwiselvr2008
Me to, I only have one friend that enjoys seeing it with me, and my mom won't even let me go to the 12:00 P.M. showing.

When you allready have a count down to The Return of the King, and have had one since before The Two Towers.
My mum allowed me to skip school the next day. okay, half of the day, in the 5th lesson we had a test and I went to school to write it.

I had a count down, but deleted it.

[samwiselvr2008]

Originally posted by Lalaith
My mum allowed me to skip school the next day. okay, half of the day, in the 5th lesson we had a test and I went to school to write it.

I had a count down, but deleted it.

My count down in on paper, I have a peice of construction paper, and little sqares of paper that say the date and below it the number of days left till return of the king taped on. Every morning, I try to remember to tear off the last days peice of paper saying
__________
days untill ROTK:
_____________
or something to that extent.

I wish that my mom would let me skip part of the school day. However, she's not a LOTR fan.:)

[Nurvingiel]

Or AUS for Arts Undergrad Society, go Forestry!

I've been in this thread so long, I can't remember what I thought I posted and what I actually posted. But anyway...

You know you're obsessed with LotR when you compare the Faculty of Forestry to the Elves, and the Engineers to the Dwarves, and then you back it up with legitamite (sp?) points like, they are rivals, and these are things the Elves and Dwarves would actually study etc. I think Hobbits would be Agricultural Sciences, Men would be Arts, the Istari would be Commerce. Orcs would be the Teaching Assistants! (I'm only saying that because they went on strike for a month and caused students no end of trouble.)

Wow. (I'm done my exams, and going a little nuts. Bear with me here... ;) )

edit: I actually said Arts instead of Forestry! How could I make such a heinous mistake!?

[Elf Girl]

~When you won't go out with anyone because you are already betrothed to Glorfindel.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Jonathan

You know when you're obsessed with LotR when you brush your teeth in front of the computer to not have to get off Entmoot.
*brushes his teeth*
Oh, poor poor Jonathan. Even I don't do that. I just turn off the lights and try not to make any sounds when my parents walk past so they won't know I'm still on really late...
do u talk to people in elvish?

do your parents say u really need to stop reading those books cuz they are poisioning your mind?

do u yell at people who say names of the characters wrong?

do u own every book writen by jrr tolkien?
Yes to all of the above apart from the last one. I'm in the process of that one...

[Linaewen]

Hey Lai, maybe this one won't sound as funny in German, and since Tolkien made it up, it can't be deemed 'bad' as some have already done to my other ones...
'By Root and twig'
or 'By root and branch'

Other ways:
-You do not recall a single lunchtime/recess in which you haven't spoken about LotR-related things (e.g today when I spent a whole lunchtime discussing the lineage of both Aragorn and Arwen and about Aman, the star of Earendil and the Fall of Numenor.

[Wayfarer]

You are obsessed with Tolkien if you consider 'romance' to be:

A) Taking over a country and then using your political influence to get a spouse.
B) Going off on an epic quest to save the world and then coming home and marrying a person who hasn't even appeared in the story before, but has appearently been pining for you all this time.
C) Nearly getting yourself killed by an evil creature, and then meeting someone in the hospital who has done the same and falling in love.
D) Running off with the one you love to steal trinkets from the most evil and dangerous person you know.
E) Getting your sister pregnant.

[Linaewen]

*applauds* Very good! Altho, was the last one necessary? Ack! Poor Turin and Nienor. *shudders* You have to mention that it was done unwittingly, and she jumps into a river in the end.

[Lalaith]

you're obsessed if the first thing you ask on a date is: Do you like Tolkien/LotR?

[Linaewen]

Don't tell me you did that? Oh, Lai. You're lucky you're so pretty, what with all the weird things you do...;)
BTW: You said you didn't like "Lai" before, but now you use it yourself! Ha!

[Indril Anarion]

Originally posted by Lalaith
Lucky you ... I would say. I have no friends who would go to watch RotK on the opening day (well actually at night) and then make a party with me. That's so sad. I mean this day comes once in my life and I have no opportunity to enjoy it. Last year I went with my mum. Soooo sad.

Although I have the idea, I don't have too many friends that are interestes...my uncle loves it, and I have one or two friends who would come for sure, but I'd probably coax some other close non-Tolkienited friends to come anyway...:D

[Wayfarer]

So, any girls in the mood for an Epic Quest?

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Lalaith
you're obsessed if the first thing you ask on a date is: Do you like Tolkien/LotR?
Tell me you didn't. Wow. That's worse than me. I don't say anything until its brought up in conversation. Then I tend blabber on and on and on. Till I see this blank vacant stare in the other person's eyes... then I quit.

Errr... Wayfarer... I've got no idea what you're talking about (as usual). :rolleyes:

[Elf Girl]

What? That's the first thing I ask. All though usually they mention it first, knowing my Elf-hood.

[Dreran the Green]

You know you're obsessed with LotR when you manage to find a guy at a highschool football game who looks EXACTLY like Dominic Monaghan only with black hair.

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Elf Girl
What? That's the first thing I ask. All though usually they mention it first, knowing my Elf-hood.
Well, I will usually wear a hat... if they see the ears, then I usually make up a story about wierd genetics and rare genes in my family... they buy it.

Oh, Wayfarer... sorry about that last post... I've now read your previous post and my response is...
A - D: ok, I see your point but... but ...
E) Getting your sister pregnant.
........................ o.0 ...You are one sick puppy.

[TinuvielChild]

Originally posted by Ruinel
Oh, Wayfarer... sorry about that last post... I've now read your previous post and my response is...
A - D: ok, I see your point but... but ...
E) Getting your sister pregnant.
........................ o.0 ...You are one sick puppy.


It's just what Turin did to Nienor, albeit unwittingly. If ya haven't yet read the Sil, go do so. The story's in there and is v. v. sad. If you have read it and I'm misinterpreting this, sorry...

[Nurvingiel]

Lucky for me, my boyfriend is also obsessed with LotR. Our dates often involve an LotR discussion. I plan to go to the opening of RotK wearing (at least) a cool cloak. I'm sure he'll support this plan, as will many of our closest friends.

Whoever said opposites attract was dead wrong, at least in some cases.

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by TinuvielChild
It's just what Turin did to Nienor, albeit unwittingly. If ya haven't yet read the Sil, go do so. The story's in there and is v. v. sad. If you have read it and I'm misinterpreting this, sorry...
Ah, actually... I've read every story several times over (The Sil, UT, HoME books, etc., etc., etc.) and I knew what he was talking about... but he said when you think the following is romantic and then the last is 'getting your sister pregnant'... But Wayfarer is a bit... errr... strange anyway. :rolleyes: If you haven't noticed.

[TinuvielChild]

Ai me! Sorry; I didn't realize that it was you who had made that comment, Ruinel! *embarrassed* :o Sorry...my mind was on fangirls...:o

[Linaewen]

-You constantly mix up Quenya with other languages- it takes you ages to remember what the word is in another language.

-You graffiti all you friends' school diaries with Tengwar and Quenya.. 'Mae Govannen! Mellon!..'

-You consider your greatest act of selflessness the time that you lent your poorly-deprived-of-Tolkien friend your copy of RotK. Because she loves the movies, and finds Aragorn & Arwen's story fascinating. Bit hard for you to break it to her that it is not very prominent in the books, and only really in the Appendices for 5 pages....

-Said friend, who has a LotR movie site, wrote a poem about Arwen and Aragorn, and you viciously edited it;
'Actually, the necklace isn't called Evenstar, that's her name. And it wasn't her immortality. And Elves were not the only ones with Immortality- there were the Valar, the Maia and other creatures. And "She gives her love, to who? Just a Ranger" sounds weird. I would say a Dunedain. Or Elessar, Estel, Dunadan, Heir of Isildur, Elfstone, Strider.....' etc etc...

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by TinuvielChild
Ai me! Sorry; I didn't realize that it was you who had made that comment, Ruinel! *embarrassed* :o Sorry...my mind was on fangirls...:o
:cool: Not a problem, TC.... There are so many fangirls here that haven't even read one story, just seen the movies that I can definitely see where you're coming from. :cool:

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Ruinel
:cool: Not a problem, TC.... There are so many fangirls here that haven't even read one story, just seen the movies that I can definitely see where you're coming from. :cool:
Like me! Like me! I am the BEST fangirl!

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Ruinel
:cool: Not a problem, TC.... There are so many fangirls here that haven't even read one story, just seen the movies that I can definitely see where you're coming from. :cool:
A true LotR fan has read the books, no question.
PS: Shouldn't be that fangirlish any more. Not at my age. :D

[Wayfarer]

Ah, actually... I've read every story several times over (The Sil, UT, HoME books, etc., etc., etc.) and I knew what he was talking about... but he said when you think the following is romantic and then the last is 'getting your sister pregnant'... But Wayfarer is a bit... errr... strange anyway. If you haven't noticed. I don't have a sister. :rolleyes:

And not just the last one, but all of those that I cited were the stories of strange tolkien romances:

A) Aragorn and Arwen
B) Sam and Rosy
C) Faramir and Eowen
D) Beren and Luthien
E) Turin and Nienor.

;) Notice I said any of the above, not all of the above. :p

[Lalaith]

You're obsessed if you are still online at 0.30 am.

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Wayfarer
I don't have a sister. :rolleyes:

And not just the last one, but all of those that I cited were the stories of strange tolkien romances:

A) Aragorn and Arwen
B) Sam and Rosy
C) Faramir and Eowen
D) Beren and Luthien
E) Turin and Nienor.

;) Notice I said any of the above, not all of the above. :p
In response to : don't have a sister... : Good!

As for the second part... yeah, I know. :rolleyes:

As for the third... sorry, I didn't see that part "any of the above" (much relieved! was really thinking disgusting things about Wayfarer, more than usual... bla!).

[Coney]

Originally posted by Dreran the Green
3 You never, ever, EVER let ANYONE touch your ring! That's right-YOURS! And why not? After all, you did find it...

That's a personal precedent I use as a "guide to a happy life" anyway :/

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Lalaith
You're obsessed if you are still online at 0.30 am.

Referring to me? Hmmmm. That's what has happened before.....

You know you're obsessed when you borrow Tolkien books from the library. In languages that you do not know, such as Greek.

You know you're obsessed with Entmoot when you subconciously steal a quote from a Mooter - i.e Jonathan's 'tearing on my soul'. No need to know what he was referring to there. ;)

[samwiselvr2008]

Or when you stay up till 2:00am on Entmoot.:)

[Linaewen]

OMG! 2 am! You people are crazy! (I would have, once, but my mother came in and told me off :rolleyes:)

*tries vainly to recall the other obsession thing*

[samwiselvr2008]

...By that time, I felt like I was about to die, I'm not good at staying up late, I get tired to fast!

[Linaewen]

I was fine. I was laughing because a lot of people were on, and there was a lot of posting going on...

Oh yah, the other thing..

You know you're obsessed when you mention that you are Elven on your resume/CV

(I found this hilarious)

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Linaewen
Referring to me? Hmmmm. That's what has happened before.....

You know you're obsessed when you borrow Tolkien books from the library. In languages that you do not know, such as Greek.

You know you're obsessed with Entmoot when you subconciously steal a quote from a Mooter - i.e Jonathan's 'tearing on my soul'. No need to know what he was referring to there. ;)
No, I was talking about myself. When I wrote it, it was 0.30 am and I was busy chatting with Ruinel and posting messages.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Lalaith
No, I was talking about myself. When I wrote it, it was 0.30 am and I was busy chatting with Ruinel and posting messages.

I do that with Ruinel, sometimes. Not really. Hmmm. Now it's with you that I will be spending the next 3 hours with. (Until 2 am)
We are having the best convo!:D

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Linaewen
I do that with Ruinel, sometimes. Not really. Hmmm. Now it's with you that I will be spending the next 3 hours with. (Until 2 am)
We are having the best convo!:D
yes we do.
Obsessed: Recording TV programme in order to me on the moot with someone not being mentioned (:D )

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Lalaith
yes we do.
Obsessed: Recording TV programme in order to me on the moot with someone not being mentioned (:D )

Oh, well. We are discussing fate, much better than *cough* Dawson's Crap.

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Linaewen
Oh, well. We are discussing fate, much better than *cough* Dawson's Crap.
my mum calls it the problems club and for me its Joey Creek (who cares for Dawson? Joey is the main character)
yeah, our fate

[Linaewen]

It's no longer fate, though. We change topics so fast. Now, we are discussing a certain Swedish Mooter formerly with no eyes..;)

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Linaewen
It's no longer fate, though. We change topics so fast. Now, we are discussing a certain Swedish Mooter formerly with no eyes..;)
You know a swedish mooter? I don't.





hahahaha

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Lalaith
You know a swedish mooter? I don't.
Jonathan.

[Linaewen]

I do, I know a fantastic Swedish Mooter. (omg, let's just start up a fanclub for him)

Swedes are the greatest! Austrians too!

[Lalaith]

Not to talk about the gorgeous Australians. And of course amazing Ruinel.

PS: I knew that Jonathan comes from Sweden.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Lalaith
Not to talk about the gorgeous Australians. And of course amazing Ruinel.
Presumably, you are talking about Cassie or Millane? (I can't remember the other Aussies)

Originally posted by Ruinel
Jonathan.
Rofl. OMG, Ruinel. You do crack me up.

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Linaewen
Presumably, you are talking about Cassie or Millane? (I can't remember the other Aussies)


Rofl. OMG, Ruinel. You do crack me up.
Where is the Viking?

I was talking about you. and Darren, and Nicole Kidman, Baz Luhrman, heath Ledger
but mostly of you

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Lalaith
Where is the Viking?

I was talking about you. and Darren, and Nicole Kidman, Baz Luhrman, heath Ledger
but mostly of you

Aww shucks. *embarassed by Lalaith again*

Yeah, where is the Viking?

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Linaewen
Aww shucks. *embarassed by Lalaith again*

Yeah, where is the Viking?
what is embarassing?

[Nurvingiel]

Entmoot is better than anything on TV! Maybe this denotes my obsession...

[Lalaith]

Taking your book with you whereever you go.

[Bombadillo]

Originally posted by Linaewen
OMG! 2 am! You people are crazy! (I would have, once, but my mother came in and told me off :rolleyes:)

*tries vainly to recall the other obsession thing* How bout 7? During spring break I only went to bed when I realised the sun had come up or my dad had come home from work.

I was surprised that surprised you.

[azalea]

When you're reading that journal to which IP posted a link, and you know the name of each chapter that is coming up before you click to the next page, and you didn't even realize you knew the names of the chapters in order quite so well!

[LadyGreenleaf22]

-laughing- lol these are excellent!:D

My friends and I tried to make a FOTR re-make on my home-video camera, and with old Halloween costumes! -more laughing-

[Nurvingiel]

I totally want to do that!! That rules. Yea low-budget home made LotR! (I don't think my Balrog will be nearly as good as PJ's, but whatev.)

[LadyGreenleaf22]

yeah talk about it! Our Orcs were chairs and our swords were little pool floaties! During our council of Elrond scene, the teddy bear that was elrond fell of the chair and we busted out laughing!

[cassiopeia]

This is terribly embarrassing, but I have LOTR stickers on my diary. (Yes, they are movie stickers, but oh well). And when I went for a bush walk a few weeks ago, I sang Bilbo's walking song. :D

[Dreran the Green]

Hehehe...I love the walking song! I sing the bath song! Here's another way to tell you're obsessed: You have repetitive dreams that eagles are coming to take you away to meet Gandalf so much that you actually predict a date when Gwaihir will appear on your lawn and pack a backpack full of your most prized possesions to take with you.
Yeah, that was something of a let down.

Oh well. I post here instead now!:D

[Anglorfin]

You refer to your bunkbed as a "flet"
You refer to your basement as Khazad-dum . . .
. . .and your oil furnace/water heater as "Durin's Bane"
You end almost any task you do with a bit of rest and a pipe
You fence in your yard and refer to it as the "Circle of Isengard"
You've tried making chain mail out of soda can tabs.

[Nurvingiel]

Fantastic Anglorfin! You must be truly obsessed.

What about: you think the hash browns at your high school cafeteria look like lembas. (That was totally the case at my old school, it's just that they were wrapped in napkins instead of mallorn leaves.)

Or how about: Your school lunches consist of dried meat, stale bread, and a corner of lembas for extra energy. You have a pot hanging from the outside of your pack. You wonder why your caf doesn't serve stewed coney.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Nurvingiel
Fantastic Anglorfin! You must be truly obsessed.

Or how about: Your school lunches consist of dried meat, stale bread, and a corner of lembas for extra energy. You have a pot hanging from the outside of your pack. You wonder why your caf doesn't serve stewed coney.

Yes. I protested at school about their lack of lembas. Shocking it is... *shakes head*

[Linaewen]

I found this hilarious pic. I think I have found a new desktop....
If LotR fans were allowed to rule the world (http://www.tolkienonline.com/gallery/gallery_item.cfm?ID=7465)

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Linaewen
I found this hilarious pic. I think I have found a new desktop....
If LotR fans were allowed to rule the world (http://www.tolkienonline.com/gallery/gallery_item.cfm?ID=7465)
Tolkien fans should rule the world anyway, no question.

[Anglorfin]

Originally posted by Linaewen
I found this hilarious pic. I think I have found a new desktop....
If LotR fans were allowed to rule the world (http://www.tolkienonline.com/gallery/gallery_item.cfm?ID=7465)

LoL! That is now my wallpaper.

[Radagast The Brown]

Originally posted by Lalaith
Tolkien fans should rule the world anyway, no question. No doubt. But no one will ever let us. I know someone us have tried to.

[Indril Anarion]

Originally posted by LadyGreenleaf22
-laughing- lol these are excellent!:D

My friends and I tried to make a FOTR re-make on my home-video camera, and with old Halloween costumes! -more laughing-

I wanna do that! It sounds so cool!!! And it would be by the book...I wonder who I could get to do it with me...*wonders to herself*

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Radagast The Brown
No doubt. But no one will ever let us. I know someone us have tried to.
somehow other people think that Tolkien fans are idiots. Why?

[Jonathan]

Originally posted by Lalaith
somehow other people think that Tolkien fans are idiots. Why? Because we live our lives at Entmoot?

[trace]

Originally posted by Anglorfin

You refer to your bunkbed as a "flet"
You refer to your basement as Khazad-dum . . .
. . .and your oil furnace/water heater as "Durin's Bane"
You end almost any task you do with a bit of rest and a pipe
You fence in your yard and refer to it as the "Circle of Isengard"
You've tried making chain mail out of soda can tabs.



have done all of these my friend. (apart from the smoking of a pipe, but the rest , oh yes.) :)