A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR

[Forkbeard]

BTW... is there any way to move this part out of the "A few ways to tell you are obsessed with LotR"... before a moderator finds it? :D

Ok, how about you know you're obsessed with LoTR when your best illustrations of literary techniques are all taken from Tolkien

[Attalus]

A good way to tell if you are too obsessed with Tolkien is that your office at work is decorated with drawings of Éowyn and Lúthien instead of your wife and kids. :D

[Elemmírë]

A good way to tell if you are too obsessed with Tolkien is that your office at work is decorated with drawings of Éowyn and Lúthien instead of your wife and kids. :D

:eek:

And you know your whole family is too obsessed if your wife knows... but doesn't care... :D

[Attalus]

Actually, the portraits are on the wall, and the pics of my wife and kids are on my desk. And she knows but gives me trouble about it. ;)

[Elemmírë]

Actually, the portraits are on the wall, and the pics of my wife and kids are on my desk. And she knows but gives me trouble about it. ;)

Ah... so it is a true story... I thought as much but wasn't going to say anything... :D :p :D

[Attalus]

Well, sorta true. I do have the pictures of my wife and kids. She gripes because there are more fantasy girls than of her. Heh, there is an enlarged one of her taken the year we started dating.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

2.you name a child or pet after a character

I have had cats named Maedhros, Glorfindel, Thingol, Finrod, Melian and Galadriel

and I have guinea pigs called gimli and aragorn

:D

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Well, they roll their eyes when you mention Shakespeare, too. Bad literary taste is nearly universal among teenagers.
Lies, they're all lies!!

i enjoy reading obstentiously[sp.?]

[inked]

LCoU,

you enjoy reading obstentiously? I would take that to mean while constipated (obstipation) and very long periods of time (tendentiously) :o ! Do family members complain about either or both? Don't forget the risks of the same: long term use of Preparation H or Witchazel or Tucks, etc.

I know you meant ostentatiously (show off :D ), but I couldn't resist. :eek:

[Attalus]

I understand completely, inked. Teasing teenagers is so much fun. :D

[Elemmírë]

I have had cats named Maedhros, Glorfindel, Thingol, Finrod, Melian and Galadriel

and I have guinea pigs called gimli and aragorn

:D

And thus my search for future names for my fish is complete. :D I usually get Siamese Fighting Fish anyway, which tend to fight... so it's actually quite symbolic... ;) :p :D

I understand completely, inked. Teasing teenagers is so much fun.

:p

I asure you, you shal nevr find a speling errer frum me.

[me9996]

LOL :) Funny!!! :0

[Elemmírë]

welcome, me9996.

I appreciate not being the newest newbie around...

;) :p :D

[me9996]

If you do these thing you are not only obsessed with LOTR you are kind of nuts :confused:

1. You try to turn in your home work in elvish.

2. You start sailing around looking for mittle-earth.

3. You are scared of woods becase of ents.

4. You try to forge an elven ring. (I just might try it! :eek: )

5. You try to look up aragorn in your phone book.

6. You look on a globe for the shire. (Or some thing like it :o )

7. You get mad at me becase you did a few.

8. When you see someone dressed as a ringwraith you run for your life.

9. You start throwing stuff into the fire to check for markings.

10. You have convensed yourself that you are a king of rohan.

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

You include LotR in every school project! :rolleyes:

[Nurvingiel]

2. You start sailing around looking for mittle-earth.
Yup, searching for Mini-Balrogs definitely makes you obsessed with LOTR. ;)

8. When you see someone dressed as a ringwraith you run for your life.
I'd run even if I wasn't obsessed with LOTR. :eek: Your list was great me9996. :)

[Narsil's Master]

1.you write out pages of elven runes to put on the elven sword you just hand made.....and then get dissapointed when you discover they have already been used.....

2. you bye or get a solid gold ring and then go have it engraved with your runes of choice!!!!!!


3. you make your dog look like a warg.......and then have moc battles with it...


4. you challenge people to middle earth trivia contests daily.....in elvish!!!!


5. (off book but similar) you own Twinkle and Icingdeath.

6.you have read the books(as a whole set0 29 times or more.)


well thats all i can think of of why im so obbsessed with ne-thing lotr!!!!!

[Halbarad of the Dunedain]

You know you are really obesessed when you know more about the world of Tolkien than anything else. Your obsessed when a semi-Tolkien nut askes, "So who was Gandalf exactlly? Was he a human or elf or what?" and you reply along the lines of,

"Weeeeeeeeell, it really all begins with the Valar who were created by Eru, that is the one god. The Valar were kind of like angelic godlike beings who created and watched over Middle-Earth and they had angelic powers beneath them.(persay) These were called the Maiar. Now, Morgoth was one of the Valar and became evil, his highest follower was Sauron and Sauron was a Maia, a Maia of Aule. When Melkor, or Morgoth was chained in a "neather world" type place Sauron the Maia took his place as dark lord. The elves and men and other free peoples of ME speant ages fighting him and eventually in the third age the Valar sent five Maia called the Istari, Maia who were sent with the purpose of aiding the free peoples in Saurons defeat. The first of the five to come across the seas to ME was Curanur, or Saruman as we know him. With him were two blue wizards who never come into the story for some reason. Next came Radagast the Brown, and finally came Gandalf the Gray. When Gandalf arrived he was given the elvan ring of fire, for Cirdan the shipwright had seen a great labor in his future and gave the ring to Gandalf to aid in his quest. After the events of Lord of the Rings Saruman was cast down from the Istari order and Gandalf was made into Gandalf the White, for the Valar saw he was in need of greater strength. Anyhow Gandalf and co. defeat Sauron and in the end Gandalf travels back across the sea to Valinor where he began."

It's knowledge and answers like that that tell if your a true Tolkien nut.

[me9996]

By the by, just today I did an obsessed thing...

At lunch, my straw was rolling toward the edge of the table, but me, with my hands full, ould not stop it. It fell and I screamed dramatically "Gandalf!". My friends did not get it. ^_^''
Funny!!!!!!

[me9996]

You nearly write down "Catherine of Aragorn" instead of "Catherine of Aragon" on a World History test. Same goes for saying "Aragorn" instead of "Argon" when talking about chemistry. (But hey, Argon is a noble gas!)



Noble gas? You are good at this... :)

[me9996]

Ai, but I registered later than you. Sorry, I am very, very competitive. ^_^

I did all of my Crafts I projects on LOTR. Let's see...

1) Elven calligraphy in a Two Towers frame (all black and red, oh how I hate plaster!)
2) Blue moon made with LOTR in mind
3) LOTR keychain
4) Frodo sock puppet (which was bloody adorable! He had a little green wash-cloth cloak closed with a leaf-shaped ring cut in half, and tiny earring one-ring. hehe)

Poor frodo, ;)

[me9996]

How about when you hear someone say "scouring," and you don't think of cleaning a tub.
Or you look at the screen for "departures" at the airport and think of Boromir.
Or if someone mentions "Three is Company" you don't think of Jack, Chrissy, and Janet. (okay, well that one wouldn't count if you're under 28)

:confused: You got that right!

[me9996]

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

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

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

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

[Manveru]

you are walking home from school/work and you start singing "the road goes ever on and on"

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Surely Argon should be a Noble Stone:
Ar[tar-] - Of High or Noble derivation aragorn,arnor,tar-palantir
Gon[gond-] - -Stone in gondolin, gondor


:D


you know you are obsessed when you can take words and find their elvish translations!!!

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

It actually means Royal Tree! :D

[Elemmírë]

8. When you see someone dressed as a ringwraith you run for your life.



I'd run even if I wasn't obsessed with LOTR. :eek:

I wouldn't, it would probably be my brother... :D

(That was his Halloween costume...)


you are walking home from school/work and you start singing "the road goes ever on and on"

You use it or something similar as your senior quote. :eek:
~Guilty as charged. :o :D

you know you are obsessed when you can take words and find their elvish translations!!!

How about you don't need to look them up...? :o

[Rosie Gamgee]

Already said but worth repeating:

You know you're obsessed when you want to name your pets Tolkien-created names.

Incidentally, I am thinking of getting a kitten (female). I was thinking of Anduin or Nimrodel for a name- any suggestions from anyone?

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Nienna

[Rosie Gamgee]

Yet another chance for The Lovely Hobbit Lass to prove her simplicity and ignorance-
Who was
Nienna
?

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

One of the Valier. :) (Thats a female Valar! ;) )

[Rosie Gamgee]

Oh, yes! I knew that! (honest, I did!) You know you're obsessed with Tolkien when you can miraculously pull that kind of information from the depths of your memory. :)

[Elemmírë]

Guilty as charged.

:D

I like Nienna... I can never decide who's my favourite of the Valar, though...

Kind of confusing.

*goes back to Finrod worshipping*

Oh yes! You know you're obsessed when you do that! Worship Elves, I mean!

And when you get your mother to read the Athrabeth (which, by the way, is a more obscure story that cannot be read without knowledge of the Silmarillion)! And here's the catch! Your mother has never read the Silmarillion! Hasn't read LotR in 30 years! And before the movies, guessed that Rohan was a girl!

That was bad... and painful. :eek:

You know your obsessed when it causes you emotional pain when someone doesn't know such supposedly easy things... ;)

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

I like Nienna... I can never decide who's my favourite of the Valar, though...
Has to be Tulkas!

[Elemmírë]

Maybe Ulmo.

I should limit it to the Aratar. Makes it easier. Maybe...

Yavanna?

How about that: You know you're obsessed when you can name the Aratar. :D

[Rosie Gamgee]

... And before the movies, guessed that Rohan was a !
Rohan. That would be a cool name for a cat. ;)

I don't remember her name (I know, I'm horrible), but I like the one who cried all the time. And the hunter.

[Elemmírë]

That would be Nienna.

And Orome.

Two of the Aratar.

HELP! HOPELESSLY OBSESSED! HELP! ;)

[Rosie Gamgee]

That would be Nienna. [/B]
Yep, I'm dumb, happy- and obsessed.

[Elemmírë]

How about this one... though it's more of an Entmoot obsession, I admit.

You're internet connection in you're room mysteriously dies, so you run downstairs to the dorm computer room as quickly as possible...

:o

I have to go back in a minute and see what happened to my computer...

[Rosie Gamgee]

How's this for one:

You've used all the gas in your car driving back and forth from your house to the library, the seat you sit in there never gets cold, and all you have to do is show up and the librarian already has the computer ready for you.

[Elemmírë]

Not fair! I wish the librarians had a computer waiting for me all last summer! :mad:

[Valandil]

What if... uh, has anyone ELSE bothered to memorize all the Kings of Arnor and Arthedain... in order??

I'm still working on the Chieftains... and I only have a little over half of their 'dates'... :o

[Valandil]

It actually means Royal Tree! :D

(Regarding the meaning of 'Aragorn')

I believe Tolkien explicitly denied that...

[Elemmírë]

Royal Tree. Never actually thought about it that way... but where would the 'g' come from?

Talking about trees though... Galadhriel... that spelling is amusing.

Sorry. That was random.

A sure sign of obsession!

And no, Valandil. Haven't done that...

But for most of the princes of the Noldor, I know not only the Sindarin version of the name, but the original Quenya, as well as their mother names (not all, but quite a few), nicknames, and most of the meanings.

That's got to count for something...

Ooo...my posts aren't technically LotR-centred... ah well. Erm... Galadriel is LotR! There! I have a link... :D

[Nurvingiel]

What if... uh, has anyone ELSE bothered to memorize all the Kings of Arnor and Arthedain... in order??

I'm still working on the Chieftains... and I only have a little over half of their 'dates'... :o
^^ You are obsessed my friend! Ones we actually do are the best. :cool:

(I'm still posting! It's 1am! Am I obsessed or crazy!?)

[Elemmírë]

^^ You are obsessed my friend! Ones we actually do are the best. :cool:

(I'm still posting! It's 1am! Am I obsessed or crazy!?)

Have I ever written down any that I don't do? ;) :p :D

Better question... have I ever written down anything at all...? :o

By the way, Nurvi, I think it's both. ;) :p :D

Though my latest to date was 3:30am. :o

You know you're obsessed when you stay up that late talking about the books... or, um... pretending to talk about them. :D

[ethuiliel]

Have I ever written down any that I don't do? ;) :p :D
Those are so much more fun to write... because they show real obsession, not immagined obsession...

I believe the latest I've stayed up posting was about 5 or 5:30... not often, but I'm pretty sure it has happened... lol.

[Elemmírë]

*shudders*

What's the point of going to bed when it's that late...

Though I shouldn't talk. I'll probably do it eventually...

Depends on how many people are online.

But you're right. Real ones are so much more fun. How about this one, it actually is LotR related, for real!: :D

Um... let's see if I remember this right, in junior year of high school, some movie-obsessed boys in your biology class start posting up pictures from the movie on the blackboard and walls of the classroom, practically starting a war in class...

They decide to name the... well, it was some sort of lizard... Gwindor, which they somehow decided meant "spiderman" :confused:

So, they show of their obsession by calling the thing "Gwindor son of Edrahil" or "Gwindor son of Elrohir", I don't remember which...

So I just have to show off my own much worse obsession later by saying, "Do you want me to really show you how to write that in Elvish?"

And then proceed to put their ludicrous translation into tengwar. :rolleyes:

[Attalus]

Yet another chance for The Lovely Hobbit Lass to prove her simplicity and ignorance-
Who was Nienna?

?
That would be Mandos' sister, one of the Valar.

[Elemmírë]

That would be Mandos' sister, one of the Valar.



How many times have we gone over this now? :p ;) :D

Hm... are you saying Mandos, one of the Valar, or Nienna, one of the Valar. Not that it makes much of a difference, unless you want to say Valier.

[You know you are obsessed when you make comments like that :D ]

[ethuiliel]

*shudders*

What's the point of going to bed when it's that late...

Two reasons... 1) my parents will then be very mad at me.
2) once when I tried that, I practically fell asleep on my feet by around 5:30.

How many times have you guys watched the EE trailers? I've watched the first one too many times to count, and the new, 6-minute :D one a few times... and it would be more if i had less homework and a less obnoxious computer.

[Manveru]

lol ya
i want to watch it less so that i enjoy the movie more but its sooooo hard

[Elemmírë]

How many times have you guys watched the EE trailers? I've watched the first one too many times to count, and the new, 6-minute :D one a few times... and it would be more if i had less homework and a less obnoxious computer.

There's a new one now! Damn... if only my computer wasn't screwed up and I could still get sound... Wait! I'll use one downstairs. Got to find the trailer first, though.

[Pytt]

the new one is posted in the sneak preview thread. it's a link to where you may download the new one. :)

[me9996]

These are ones I'M gilty of:

1. You request the lord of the rings books as a bedtime story becase your siblings have only seen the movie.

2. You have figured out exactly how you would make a lord of the rings (and other storys) game (But you can't program it :( )

3. You start makeing jokes about the lord of the rings with your mom.

4. You get agravted that the battle in the shire isn't in any lotr movie you've seen.

5. You think a great ring would be usefill.

That's all for now ;)

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

When you understand Elemmire! ;)

[Elemmírë]

me9996: I think I'm guilty of most of those too! ;)


Low, TD, low. :mad:

Mal úvoro hanyalyen!

But you never understand me! (Quenya)

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

I'm sorry! :(

But if anyone else could see that IM we had two days ago they'd agree!

[Elemmírë]

Don't worry about it, TD.

You know you're obsessed when you start randomly writing things in Quenya and try downloading tengwar fonts onto your computer...

At least... I do it, and I'm obsessed. So it has to go together. :D

[me9996]

You know you're obsessed with LOTR when...

1. You find yourself dressed like aragorn (Gilty! :eek: )

2. You think you're a hobbit.( :D )

3. You dress like a ringwraith on hollowen.

[ethuiliel]

3. You dress like a ringwraith on hollowen.

Now THAT'S a scary costume.

I dressed as Eowyn 2 years in a row... and it wasn't the same costume!! I've gravitated away from the scarier costumes, though I still like them.

[Kelawyn]

You're LotR obsessed if you stay up late into the night for a few days in a row sewing cloaks for all your friends so they can join you on Halloween in being characters... and then after Halloween wear your cloak while you do homework/do dishes/read the books outloud with those same friends.

Hypothetically, of course. ;)

[ethuiliel]

You're obsessed when you're really busy, yet insist on watching both EEs in one weekend just so you're ready for when the RotK one... and all the while you're complaining about how you should already have (and be watching) the RotK EE, if it wasn't for some silly American idea that dvds have to come out on tuesdays. And on tuesday, of course, you will watch the dvd despite having lots of HW....

[Elemmírë]

You're LotR obsessed if you stay up late into the night for a few days in a row sewing cloaks for all your friends so they can join you on Halloween in being characters... and then after Halloween wear your cloak while you do homework/do dishes/read the books outloud with those same friends.

Hypothetically, of course. ;)

Of course. ;)

You know you're obsessed when every conversation you've had in the last week miraculously turns to LotR and you find yourself recounting the Tale of Beren and Luthien to people at random...

When you constantly watch the movies and vacilitate between beyond in such a purist mood that you can't watch it without getting mad, or becoming hysterical whenever anything that happens reminds you of your favourite character's horrible, bloody death (2 words: Minas Tirith).

eh... guilty of both. on numerous occasions.

btw... my brother was a Ringwraith for Halloween...! :eek:

[ethuiliel]

You know you're obsessed when every conversation you've had in the last week miraculously turns to LotR and you find yourself recounting the Tale of Beren and Luthien to people at random...

What? That's not normal? I can connect practically everything to LotR, and do, and I love retelling various parts of the story... meaning anything by Tolkien, really.

When you constantly watch the movies and vacilitate between beyond in such a purist mood that you can't watch it without getting mad, or becoming hysterical whenever anything that happens reminds you of your favourite character's horrible, bloody death (2 words: Minas Tirith).

Yeah, I either get really into the movies and love them, or I nitpick. "That wasn't like the book." "That wasn't in the book" "That's totally wrong!" "That's..."

[Elemmírë]

You know you're obsessed when... and I'm so glad I caught this in time ;)

...You almost right "Faramir" instead of "Levin" into a paper you're writing for your Anna Karenina class... and he's not even your favourite character! :eek:

What? That's not normal? I can connect practically everything to LotR, and do, and I love retelling various parts of the story... meaning anything by Tolkien, really.

ethuiliel: the first step to solving a problem is to admit you have one...

...though, if you admit it here, to people like me, we're only going to make it worse... :evil: ;) :D

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

You refer words to Tolkien such as brandy (as in Brandybuck, Brandywine, or Brandyhall, or all three) or Merry Christmas.

You've been saving up your money for RotK EE... since TTT EE came out.

You're friends are giving something Tolkien-related for Christmas... because they know you'll like it.

You dream about LotR.

When your paper-back LotR book starts falling apart from age... er, or too much reading... you mourn for it.

Edit: You say "my preciousss" in a Gullom voice constantly.

Guilty of all of the above. :p

ethuiliel: the first step to solving a problem is to admit you have one...
What problem? :D

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

I don't have a problem. Honest!

[ethuiliel]

ethuiliel: the first step to solving a problem is to admit you have one... Since when is talking about LotR a problem:confused: Hmph!

You refer words to Tolkien such as brandy (as in Brandybuck, Brandywine, or Brandyhall, or all three) or Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you too...

You're friends are giving something Tolkien-related for Christmas... because they know you'll like it. Of course!!! Christmas and birthdays I rarely get anything else (at least from friends, family sometimes gives boring things like clothes).

When your paper-back LotR book starts falling apart from age... er, or too much reading... you mourn for it.

Edit: You say "my preciousss" in a Gullom voice constantly. Of course!! To both.

[Elemmírë]

You honestly are learning Quenya.

Honestly. :rolleyes:

And you write in it all the time.

For real, since you know Tengwar too.

You've planned to memorise the Lay of Leithian. For real, the whole thing (or every part with Finrod in it... painful :(, but noble :D).

No, really. I've already started.

Anyone else here ready to do that and then sail to Valinor with me and Pytt? ;)

Since when is talking about LotR a problem :confused: Hmph!

Want to come? :cool:

[Bombadillo]

When your history teacher makes fun of her brother for being a "LotR nerd" an you cheer proudly in the middle of the classroom.

When you're solemnly stuck by a thought: "Sailing to Valinor..." and know you'll be spending all night contemplating how that could play out in an alternate ME reality.

[ethuiliel]

You know you're obsessed... and so does everyone else... when you show up at the store the day the EE comes out with a bunch of one dollar bills and coins that you gathered together to buy the DVD. Then you walk home admiring the dvd, and fighting with your sister over it (unless of course, she doesn't try to take it ;) ).

No, this hasn't happened yet, but it will in a little over half an hour... that's a given.


Anyone else here ready to do that and then sail to Valinor with me and Pytt? ;)



Want to come? :cool:


Sure!!

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Anyone else here ready to do that and then sail to Valinor with me and Pytt? ;)
Yeah! :D

[ethuiliel]

You know you're obsessed... and so does everyone else... when you show up at the store the day the EE comes out with a bunch of one dollar bills and coins that you gathered together to buy the DVD. Then you walk home admiring the dvd, and fighting with your sister over it (unless of course, she doesn't try to take it ;) ).

No, this hasn't happened yet, but it will in a little over half an hour... that's a given.

Hehe... the money part wasn't that bad, but we did brouse four stores for the cheapest price before finally buying it. And my sis and I fought over it practically the whole way home. We actually managed to watch the whole thing last night too, but only because our dad let us eat dinner in front of the tv.

[Embladyne]

When you plan to visit the barrow downs on your next vacation. ( I would love to...although they seem creepy)

When you think that "readig Tolkien" is a legitimate excuse for not going to class, or staying up so late you sleep through it...(haven't got there yet, but only becuase I left my books at home.)

When your friends ban you and another friend from speaking at the dinner table because all you talk about is Tolkien and ME....(yes this happened to El and I)

When you wonder how the person wlking by you aqquired their lovely gold ring, and you contemplate what it would be like if you had gotten yours by biting someone's finger off.. :eek: (I was actually discussing it with El, late one evening)...although the one you wear is actually a family heirloom...

[Elemmírë]

When you contemplate buying 7 male Siamese Fighting Fish and naming them after the Sons of Feanor. ;) You haven't decided yet whether you're going to fight them to the death... :evil:

Just kidding on that last one, I wouldn't kill my fish. But a nice red male betta named Maedhros seems too tempting to pass up...

When your friends ban you and another friend from speaking at the dinner table because all you talk about is Tolkien and ME....(yes this happened to El and I)

I said the name "Finrod" once too often. Embladyne started screaming "I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!" across the table. That's mostly why Tolkien-discussion has been banned.


Okay... the search for Valinor has been extended to me, Pytt, ethuiliel, and TD. Anyone else want to join in? :)

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

When you call the Moon, Isil and the Sun, Anar.

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

You know you're obsessed... and so does everyone else... when you show up at the store the day the EE comes out with a bunch of one dollar bills and coins that you gathered together to buy the DVD. Then you walk home admiring the dvd, and fighting with your sister over it (unless of course, she doesn't try to take it ;) ).

No, this hasn't happened yet, but it will in a little over half an hour... that's a given
I did that. Only it was 2 twenties. My sister and I fought over it on the way home and we also watched it that night. :D


When you contemplate buying 7 male Siamese Fighting Fish and naming them after the Sons of Feanor. ;) You haven't decided yet whether you're going to fight them to the death.. :evil:
I have a Betta named Sam. i.e. Samwise :D

[barrelrider110]

When you approach an automatic door, say "mellon" and it opens before you step on the sensor. :eek:

[inked]

LOL!

you guys are really addicts! :D

[Elemmírë]

I have a Betta named Sam. i.e. Samwise :D

A betta named Sam is less frightening than a betta named Maedhros. I'm really looking forward to this now... I used to keep bettas. I wonder if it would be worse to name them in Quenya or Sindarin. I'll get several female ones and call them Irisse, Itarille, and Artanis, methinks.

This is actually pretty good, seeing as how I don't like recycling my fish's names. This could work for a long time. ;)

LOL!

you guys are really addicts!

:evil: The sad thing is everything I've said so far is in perfect honesty. By this time next year, I'm going to be scaring people... :o I'm already saying Hantanyel instead of "thank you". As if I didn't say it in enough random languages as it is. :rolleyes: ;)

[Thain Peregrin Took I]

1. When you get some Tolkien item, you refuse to put it down, because you're afraid something will happen to it.
2. When you listen to the LOTR soundtrack during school and can tell what scene it's on.


I had thought of more, but I forgot them now...

[me9996]

Gilty on these...

1. You sneak up on famaly and say "MY PRESHIS!!!!" and run.
2. You find yourself dressed like aragorn and conster puting on a belt and plastic sword to complete the joke.
3. You tipe out a lot of these "Gilty on this" posts.
4. You play with your sisters toy cats, have one forge an elven ring, have another steal it and have it say "my preshis".

[Elemmírë]

Your learning Quenya instead of studying for the test you have in an hour...

Well... not the Quenya part (at the moment), but I should be studying, do have a test in an hour and a half, and look where I am... ;) :(

[Rosie Gamgee]

You try to write fanstas.y and find yourself constantly having to rewrite due to obvious Tolkien-copying. Not purposely, mind you- he just seeps into everything you do.

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Gulilty as charged!

[Rosie Gamgee]

Lol. Hey, you write fantasy, too?

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Not really, but anything I write in school is very obviously Tolkien based!

[Ephel Duath]

You try to write fanstas.y and find yourself constantly having to rewrite due to obvious Tolkien-copying. Not purposely, mind you- he just seeps into everything you do.

That happens to me way too often. :rolleyes:

You find yourself rambling on about LOTR for over fifteen minutes only to realize nobody has a clue what you are talking about.

[Rosie Gamgee]

You find yourself rambling on about LOTR for over fifteen minutes only to realize nobody has a clue what you are talking about.
Been there, done that, got the tee-shirt. I've done it so many times that, now, they just roll their eyes and quit the room, leaving me ranting to the air. ;)

[Ephel Duath]

My friends are actually starting to get intrested in what I am rambling about and are reading the books. I am so proud of them. :)

[Rosie Gamgee]

Wow. Wish I had friends like that. :) Actually, most of my friends are already obsessed with LotR- just more the PJ kind of LotR.

[ethuiliel]

You try to write fanstas.y and find yourself constantly having to rewrite due to obvious Tolkien-copying. Not purposely, mind you- he just seeps into everything you do.
Yep, me too. Happens easily. I try to avoid it, but a lot does resemble LotR.

You find yourself rambling on about LOTR for over fifteen minutes only to realize nobody has a clue what you are talking about.
Yeah, lol. Happens to me all the time. Then I feel awkward for a second, then half the time I just keep going.

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Wow. Wish I had friends like that. :) Actually, most of my friends are already obsessed with LotR- just more the PJ kind of LotR.
I don't even have friends like that! :(

[Pytt]

some of my friends have read the book, some part of it, and everybody has seen the movies, but they are not into it like I am.

[Ephel Duath]

Not all of my friends have seen the movies, which suprises me. A lot of them are more into... Milder things, and think LotR is too violent. Oh well. :rolleyes:

[ethuiliel]

You know you're obsessed when a friend makes you and your friends hair scrunchies for Christmas and you pick the one who's fabric she describes as "cows jumping over moons" not because of the nursery rhyme but because you immediately think of the song Frodo sings in the Prancing Pony.

[Ephel Duath]

Thats a good one. Hmm.. at the moment my creativity has run dry. I had one to post, I will post it when I remember it.

[me9996]

Here I go again...

1. You get the lord of the ring board game and try to take over the world with the fake elven rings provided. :rolleyes:

2. You take a stick, a fake beard, and a bathrobe and start calling yourself a wizzard. :confused:

3. You think you are a hobbit. :eek:

[me9996]

Okay here is some more...

1. You start sing nonsence all hours of the day (Like tom bombadill)
2. You are convenced you are a rohirim (that's a rider of rohan for those who don't know)
3. You apply for a job as a park ranger and start hanging around the park in a green cloke looking for orcs...
4. And you find one!
5. You have come up with a number of LotR to stuffed animal cat games equivalints and mixes. (Gilty :o )

[ItalianLegolas]

how about this...
1. every ring you see you destroy
2. when you see a spider, you scream, "AH, SHELOB/UNGOLIANT!"
3. you've memorized "the RIng Poem", one ring to rule them all, one ring to find them...
4. you are convinced that Morgoth was behind 9/11

[barrelrider110]

When you tell your family that you don't expect to depart anytime soon but just in case you do you want them to play "Into the West" at your funeral.
:rolleyes:

[Rosie Gamgee]

That's funny.

Or when you'd seriously entertain the idea of playing that 'Farewell to Lorien' number as the processional at your wedding. :rolleyes:

[barrelrider110]

That's funny.

Or when you'd seriously entertain the idea of playing that 'Farewell to Lorien' number as the processional at your wedding. :rolleyes:

I'd do that too, except I'm already married. ;)

[Rosie Gamgee]

I'd do that too, except I'm already married. ;)
LoL. I'm sure your wife's happy about that.

[ItalianLegolas]

what, that he didn't have the chance to play 'Farewell to Lorien' at his wedding?? thats not something to be happy about... :confused:

[me9996]

Here I go again...

1. You start nameing stuff after lotr things (ie: orcs, hobbits, elfs, dwarfs...)
2. You have a ring that can make you invisable (You got it on e-bay)
3. You think you saw that tree outside your window move. :eek: :eek:
4. You have come up with odd combanations that aren't in the book. :confused:

[me9996]

Examples for my last post:

Wraith wizzard (wizzard that has been turned into a wraith)
Cork (cat-orc)
Light orc (elf like orc)

[ItalianLegolas]

Examples for my last post:

Wraith wizzard (wizzard that has been turned into a wraith)
Cork (cat-orc)
Light orc (elf like orc)

??? :confused: ???

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

3. You think you are a hobbit. :eek:
But I am!
1. every ring you see you destroy
2. when you see a spider, you scream, "AH, SHELOB/UNGOLIANT!"
3. you've memorized "the RIng Poem", one ring to rule them all, one ring to find them...
4. you are convinced that Morgoth was behind 9/11
1. Or rather keep it, being unable to keep it away.
2. *sigh* Guilty.
3. Guilty.
4. ...
He teamed with What's His Face? That explains a lot... :eek: :p

[Thain Peregrin Took I]

2. when you see a spider, you scream, "AH, SHELOB/UNGOLIANT!"
Hehe, I do that... and I also yell "Crebain(sp? from Dunland!" whenever I see a big group of birds... or I elbow MB and whisper it to her...

[ItalianLegolas]

Hehe, I also yell "Crebain(sp? from Dunland!" whenever I see a big group of birds...

now that is devotion

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

You scream
'Reform The Line! sound the charge, chaaaarrrggeee!!'
or
'Rally to m, to meee!!'
whenever you see elephants at the zoo

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

You scream
'Reform The Line! sound the charge, chaaaarrrggeee!!'
or
'Rally to m, to meee!!'
whenever you see elephants at the zoo
Good idea! I'll do that next time! :D

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

and then of course screeching
'Naazzgguuulll!!!'
when a aeroplane goes overhead

[me9996]

Lately I have posted a... post that has confused ItalianLegolas
??? :confused: ???
I now explain:

Wraith-wizzard:
The idea is a wizzard got stabed be the lead ringwraith and got turned into a wraith (But trough shere willpower returns to his post as a wizzard).

Cork(Cat-orc):
A little cat with orc-like... er, "qualitys"

Light orc:
Suposedly It is an early attempt a an orc that got evrything but an elven attatued and look.

[Valandil]

OK, like... you know when you're out shoveling snow, which makes you think wondrous thoughts about the North Kingdoms of old, and then you break your broom sweeping snow off a car...

... and your first thought is that someday... it will be forged anew!

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Shoveuril, spade of the west, forged from the shards of trowelsil :D

[Manveru]

Lately I have posted a... post that has confused ItalianLegolas

I now explain:

Wraith-wizzard:
The idea is a wizzard got stabed be the lead ringwraith and got turned into a wraith (But trough shere willpower returns to his post as a wizzard).

Cork(Cat-orc):
A little cat with orc-like... er, "qualitys"

Light orc:
Suposedly It is an early attempt a an orc that got evrything but an elven attatued and look.

i still dont get it...

[ItalianLegolas]

it didn't exactly confuse me, it was just a little bit strange, thats all

[ethuiliel]

When you hear (or accedentaly say) a word or two, and suddenly find yourself reciting the whole scene where that word is in. For example... and this is far from the only one, just one that came to mind... you are in a plane and looking out the window. You are glad that the clouds are not too bad, and you point out one, saying it is whispy. You say "It's a whispy cloud." Suddenly, you change that to "It's just a whisp of cloud." "It's moving fast... and against the wind."

[trolls' bane]

Shoveuril, spade of the west, forged from the shards of trowelsil :D
That would be Dowelsil. ;)


3. you've memorized "the RIng Poem", one ring to rule them all, one ring to find them...
Oh, I did that years ago. :rolleyes:

[ItalianLegolas]

You hold a riddle contest to get your wedding ring for free

[me9996]

i still dont get it...

What don't you get?
I need more info to give you more!

[me9996]

Here I go again...

1. You get the lord of the ring board game and try to take over the world with the fake elven rings provided. :rolleyes:

2. You take a stick, a fake beard, and a bathrobe and start calling yourself a wizzard. :confused:

3. You think you are a hobbit. :eek:

You also try seting fire to wood by saying the magic words in the book (Like gandalf)

[me9996]

When, in history class, you hear that Hannibal used "war elephants" you have a strong urge to yell something about them being Oliphaunts, not elephants.

I'm just going nuts this is so funny!

[me9996]

You are reading Plato's Republic in a philosophy class. The professor, still on the subject of justice, brings up the ring of Gyges, which has the power to make the wearer invisible. If no one witnesses your unjust acts, she says, why be just? Then she asks what we would do if we had such a ring.
"Cast it into the fiery chasm from whence it came!" popped out before I could stop myself. I don't think that the professor regarded this as an especially helpful contribution.

Cool! Where is it? Is it a mith? Is it a medafore? Did elfs make it?

[me9996]

Now that's a cool job! :D

You know you're obsessed with LotR when you go to type a web address ending with ".net" and you accidentally type ".ent"

www.treebeard.ent :D

Not so! (But you are if you think that's the reson)

[me9996]

If you run around asking everyone if they would like a PO-TA-TO! When they say no, you ask if they can give you a PO-TA-TO! When they still say no, you tell them they have the brain of a PO-TA-TO! When there is nothing else to do: you spin around on the floor saying "Look at me! I'm a PO-TA-TO!"
PO-TAY-TO!
PO-TAY-TO!

Started going crazy when I read this, IT'S SO FUNNY!

[me9996]

Hippie on LSD?! :eek: Horrible. Just unsheath your sword a bit at school...perhaps they will stop a little....

You know you're obsessed when you refuse to do anything normal during a day, so you can read LotR. Such as having a shower, eating, or Eru forbid... going to the toilet!

You also bring your LotR books to restaurants, to read there. Never mind that it is a formal occasion, and people stare at you.

You can go to the bathroom wile reading LOTR :D

[ItalianLegolas]

I bring the Sil to school and read it at lunch and both the students and the teachers stare at me

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

Why the teachers? It's a classic, isn't? And you're reading when you could be messing around etc. :D

[ethuiliel]

What's wrong with reading the Sil at lunch? I almost always read at lunch... unless I'm feeling sociable... and is Sil so much different from anything else?

[Embladyne]

When you can't get off the moot for long enough to read your short paper for tommorow. :D

[trolls' bane]

Well, you guys made me 15 minutes late for school once :p . Which is embarassing because it's right accross the street. :o

[me9996]

More! More! More!

1. You hire people to potrol the park so no orcs get in. :D
2. You think you are a hobbit (I've allredy posted this but you might not find it! :D )
3. You madly mine for mithril even though it doesn't exist! (Nice allidaration! *Pat myself on back*)
4. You think you are from numanor and have relitives in gondor. :D

P.S.
First post as: Elven Warrior

[Embladyne]

When you talk to people on the phone, you discuss moot threads.... :D

[trolls' bane]

I would if I ever had anyone to talk to.
I jsut wanted to mention.
I know someone on a runboard board where I'm a member (a board-wide rpg).
In their signature:
Never insult a Tolkein freak. You'll won't understand their reply.
It seemed fittign for this thread. ;)

[ethuiliel]

When you talk to people on the phone, you discuss moot threads.... :D

:D Since I moved, Sicirus and I spent a lot of time on the phone discussing... mostly Entmoot RPGs.

[Elemmírë]

When you talk to people on the phone, you discuss moot threads.... :D

That was just once! I swear it! :D

Never insult a Tolkein freak. You'll won't understand their reply.

And how true it is. :p


Last semester we were watching FotR, and I couldn't stand the very beginning, because it just seemed so wrong to me...

So I walked out of my dormroom and found a relative stranger (aka, someone from another dorm with whom I've seldom talked) standing in the hallway, and randomly started talking Tolkien with her... :o

My, was I surprised when she actually understood me! :D

[ItalianLegolas]

that is a rarity, if i did that in my school, lets just say the results would not be very pretty.

[Elemmírë]

I'd like to say, "Wait 'til college," but that's a little ways off for you... :(

Is your school really anti-Tolkien? My English teacher junior year was half obsessed... and my roommate's physics teacher was a Silmarillion fanatic (ah, if I had been in that class, we'd never be talking about physics... ;) )

Oh... now I remember my latest crazy idea:

Because Em and I talk Tolkien all the time and are annoying our friends, we're considering trying to make a manga (Japanese comic) version of the Silmarillion for our manga-loving friend.

Then I wrote out the list of characters we'd need... :o

And you really know you're obsessed when you're still half planning on doing it! :p

[Embladyne]

And you really know you're obsessed when you're still half planning on doing it! :p
I'm still planning on doing it! even if you back out.

Yeah, I guess this proves my obsession... :D



Actually, right now, I'm working on a manga version of the Smith of Wooton Major....

[Embladyne]

When you hear poetry that is just having to do with the general idea of warfare and valor in the past of our history....
and you assume immediately that it's about ME, and try to figure out who specifically it's reffering to...

[trolls' bane]

that is a rarity, if i did that in my school, lets just say the results would not be very pretty.
Coincidentally, in LA, it's not a good idea, not that it;s bad, but there doesn't seem to be anyone who likes LotR. Even the people who think they know about it don't know anythign. :rolleyes:

[me9996]

More! More! More!

1. You hire people to potrol the park so no orcs get in. :D
2. You think you are a hobbit (I've allredy posted this but you might not find it! :D )
3. You madly mine for mithril even though it doesn't exist! (Nice allidaration! *Pat myself on back*)
4. You think you are from numanor and have relitives in gondor. :D

P.S.
First post as: Elven Warrior

Ether I'm moveing to fast or this tread is moveing to slow...
(Post 129)

[me9996]

Whenever you get in a fight you call for some one to bring you your sword.
(And that scares your "souron" of evry time)


P.S.
The souron coment was based on an erlier post.
I forget who did it but if you don't know that it doesn't make any sense. :D

[Elemmírë]

I'm still planning on doing it! even if you back out.


I'm still doing it too. :evil:

I've got two right now... I'd have a third, but I really don't remember what it is... :eek: It'll come back to me after I post this... :D

1) Not only are you learning Quenya, but you manage to convince people down your hallway to start learning it too. :D
All you people who don't know anyone who likes or knows about Tolkien... I'm pleased to announce that I am no longer one of you. :p

2) Every time you see the word "Friend" out of the corner of your eye, you glance down quickly, thinking that it says "Finrod." :o
This is honestly not my fault. they both start with an F, end with a D, have 6 letters, including r, i, and n. Interesting... :cool:

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Whenever you get in a fight you call for some one to bring you your sword.
(And that scares your "souron" of evry time)


P.S.
The souron coment was based on an erlier post.
I forget who did it but if you don't know that it doesn't make any sense. :D

It's spelled SAURON!!!

2) Every time you see the word "Friend" out of the corner of your eye, you glance down quickly, thinking that it says "Finrod."
This is honestly not my fault. they both start with an F, end with a D, have 6 letters, including r, i, and n. Interesting...

So true.

You know you're obsessed when you start yelling at people for saying that any word or name sounds Elvish, and have to start drawing on the white board to illiustrate the differences in language structure.

I thought you were only posting things that you specifically had done.

[Elemmírë]

Seeing mispelled (or hearing mispronounced) Elvish puts me in a dangerous mood. :evil:

Oh, I am only posting things that I do. And then I go and forget them! Isn't that sad? :p I will remember it. :D

[ItalianLegolas]

Is your school really anti-Tolkien?

I wouldn't say "anti-Tolkien" as much as "not very well versed in the masterpieces that are works of Tolkien" I have a couple of friends who i turned on to LoTR, and they all think they know more about it then me, one kid challenged me to a LoTR trivia contest, I killed him. :D

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I couldn't do a two person trivia contest because I could never think of questions to ask. I always think, anything I know they will know too.

You know you're obsessed when you get LOTR Risk just to act out the battles.

Also, when you are angry that there are no cliffsnotes for the Sil.

[Embladyne]

I'm still doing it too. :evil:good! :evil: :D
1) Not only are you learning Quenya, but you manage to convince people down your hallway to start learning it too. :D hey, I'm not sure if it's me, noon or someone else you're referring to, but as for me, I'm getting there, and noon too, when she has the chance...

1. When the only reason you go into a bookstore is to look for Tolkien that you don't own...

2. When you sit in class taking notes...and all they consist of are names of people from the Silmarillion...or drawings of said people...

3. When you can't wait for class to be over so you can get back to the Moot!...

sadly, all of these are true...^_^;;

[trolls' bane]

3. When you can't wait for class to be over so you can get back to the Moot!...
If only you knew ;) . I spend all of my free time at school making up new threads and posts (I used to make them for the moot, but since I opened Ered Luin, my websites, and learned more about HTML code, that has got most of my attention. But I still do that with RPGs.

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

1. Er... you post in this thread.
2. You pity the fool who hates Tolkien. (Which would be totally evil.)
3. You believe that, somewhere out in the universe is Middle Earth.
4. You are guilty of most of the things mentioned here. :o

[Embladyne]

3. You believe that, somewhere out in the universe is Middle Earth.Some people say that this Earth is ME, and I'd really like to belive them, but am not quite sure yet...

It is totally evil to hate Tolkien... :p

[ethuiliel]

3. When you can't wait for class to be over so you can get back to the Moot!...
And when you spend most of your time in Study Hall on the moot... and of course you can't wait for class to be over so you can get to that study hall.

[Elemmírë]

And then I go and forget them! Isn't that sad? :p I will remember it. :D

I remember! :p You know you're obsessed when you finally decide to grow your hair long, partly because you think it looks more Elvish, and then you randomly start wearing it in braids for the same reason! Help! :D

3. You believe that, somewhere out in the universe is Middle Earth.

You've half convinced yourself that multiple universes exist, and that everything written in a book exists in our minds, and therefore truly exists somewhere in this socalled multiverse, and hence have indeed decided that in at least one fashion, ME is real. And this fills you with unimaginable joy. :) Erm... guilty. :o

Likewise guilty of not being able to explain it correctly... ;) I am not insane... well, maybe...

hey, I'm not sure if it's me, noon or someone else you're referring to, but as for me, I'm getting there, and noon too, when she has the chance...

Make that three people you've convinced to learn Quenya! Add to that you're planning on forcing the Silm on a fourth person SGH-style (meaning make them read it to you... :p )

Also, when you are angry that there are no cliffsnotes for the Sil.

You read the LotR cliffs just to make fun of how horribly undetailed they are... :mad:

[Embladyne]

Make that three people you've convinced to learn Quenya! Add to that you're planning on forcing the Silm on a fourth person SGH-style (meaning make them read it to you... :p )Oooohh, is it a bad thing to admit I'm looking forward to seeing you do that?

Another thing: when you decide to find LOTR on tape, in chinese, to help you learn chinese better....
(I'm still looking)

[Dreran the Green]

1) You find hairy feet attractive
2) You scream "Yay, Gandalf!" at every fourth of July fireworks display
3) You have long, philisophical arguments with your baby sister about the creation of the orcs
4) The first site you go to after having the net down for five months is this one, even though you aren't a regular anymore

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

1) You find hairy feet attractive
2) You scream "Yay, Gandalf!" at every fourth of July fireworks display
3) You have long, philisophical arguments with your baby sister about the creation of the orcs
4) The first site you go to after having the net down for five months is this one, even though you aren't a regular anymore

OH MY GODS! I have done everything except #2. Especially number one. You don't know how much trouble that can get you into.

[Embladyne]

#2 is really fun, though. :D

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

1) You find hairy feet attractive
2) You scream "Yay, Gandalf!" at every fourth of July fireworks display
3) You have long, philisophical arguments with your baby sister about the creation of the orcs
4) The first site you go to after having the net down for five months is this one, even though you aren't a regular anymore
i am a victim of number 4, many times

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

You spend hours waiting for someone to post on the moot.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHRRRGGGGGGGG GGGGG!


sob! WHERE IS EVERYONE??? Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[trolls' bane]

Number four. Every time.

[Embladyne]

I am So very guilty of said waiting.
And replying to above post just to ease the pain I empathize with.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

thank you

[ethuiliel]

You spend hours waiting for someone to post on the moot.Yup, me too! Isn't it so annoying!?

[Elemmírë]

3 & 4. Definitely. And I empathise with you guys too... I wish you were on right now... :p

Hey, here's another I forgot earlier. I'm not to proud of it, since it's movie based. I bought a faery necklace years and years ago in Salem. I put it away for said years and years until I watched the movies and finally remembered it. It looked strangely like the Evenstar as it's shown in the movie.

I, erm... have hardly taken it off since. :o Look at my picture... it's there, covered by the poncho. ;)

[Embladyne]

This morning, as I was waiting for my class, I was trying to write the geneology of the elves, from when they awoke, and all the splits...from memory....I didn't get too far...but far enough to know that I need to talk to more people about Tolkien...I hope there are Tolkien fans in that class...

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

This morning, as I was waiting for my class, I was trying to write the geneology of the elves, from when they awoke, and all the splits...from memory....I didn't get too far...but far enough to know that I need to talk to more people about Tolkien...I hope there are Tolkien fans in that class...
i charted the entire ancestry of eldarion, through all elves and men, during a classical civilisation lecture

[trolls' bane]

I once sent a PM on Entmoot and posted on HVEL while in my experimental computer-based math class. We had free time to finish a project, and I already finished it, so I went to a π website, then came here.

[Elemmírë]

i charted the entire ancestry of eldarion, through all elves and men, during a classical civilisation lecture

I have more respect for you than you will ever know. :)

I can do the Elvish, at least... I write in an odd mix of Tengwar and Japanese hiragana when I'm really bored in classes. That gets interesting... :D

[Embladyne]

In your chinese civilization class...where the first assignment is to sketch an informative map of china for your use during the semester (not due for 2 weeks yet)....you think about the map of ME in your head, and how easy it would be to just make a sketch of Numenore....with all it's features...

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

In your DT class you decide to make a moving model of the Ring with the fire writing on it.

[Embladyne]

In your DT class you decide to make a moving model of the Ring with the fire writing on it. What's DT stand for?
(I love how I'm not the most obsessed...as evidenced by this thread.)

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Design Technology.

[Embladyne]

Design Technology.That sounds like a cool class. In my composition class (music) I'm planning on writing a choral peice in early Spanish rennaisance style...with the lyrics in Quenya...because I don't feel like using church latin...or lyrics.

[Earniel]

I can do the Elvish, at least... I write in an odd mix of Tengwar and Japanese hiragana when I'm really bored in classes. That gets interesting... :D
Heheh, been there too! Except in my case it was a mix of Angerthas and the few chinese characters I know from an old computergame.

I must say it is kind of funny when you go through your notes again while studying for an exam and you see all the 'I'm really, really bored right now' and 'help!' in runes again. :p

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I just tried to make up languages like Tolkien. It never worked

[Earniel]

Next time try alphabets, that's easier. And for those with little language skills *coughmecough* also more pleasing. ;)

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Next time try alphabets, that's easier. And for those with little language skills *coughmecough* also more pleasing. ;)
i have a 400 character alphabet i have written :D
just need to translate the characters into letters and sounds now :D

[Pytt]

I tried to learn quenya, or that other one :rolleyes: but I didn't get it, so I dropped trying it.

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

I am starting an online Quenyan course, which Ellie did.

[Pytt]

Ok. Maybe I should join? I don't know if I manage to do it, though...

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

The link is in the Tolkien's Languages thread in the ME forum.

[Elemmírë]

That sounds like a cool class. In my composition class (music) I'm planning on writing a choral peice in early Spanish rennaisance style...with the lyrics in Quenya...because I don't feel like using church latin...or lyrics.

I've already volunteered to do the translations for her. :rolleyes:

Heheh, been there too! Except in my case it was a mix of Angerthas and the few chinese characters I know from an old computergame.

I must say it is kind of funny when you go through your notes again while studying for an exam and you see all the 'I'm really, really bored right now' and 'help!' in runes again. :p

I started writing essays to myself in Japanese all over my notebook, all about how horrible and boring the class was. And then I would start writing out Silm characters' names in Tengwar before realising I couldn't remember "F"... and then try the Chinese characters... before giving up and switching to a language I knew better...

[Thain Peregrin Took I]

I have one:
When you re-enact the Battle of Pellenor(sp?) Fields, using what ever you have. Such as those green army dudes for the Rohirrim, and toy elephants for the Oliphants, and a horse that is bigger than 'Theoden', because you don't have any of the action figures. (I actually did that last night when MB and I had to re-enact the killing of the Witch-king for her essay[But we did it usuing ourselves])

[Elemmírë]

Note to self: reenact the Nirnaeth Arnoediad with brother's really, really old Star Wars figures. No... maybe my old beanie babies... I have an almost golden dragon! :p (More like dark brown, but oh well)

When you're really, really cold, the first thing you think about is the Helcaraxë...

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Guilty. When i cycle to school in the freezing cold the first thing that springs to mind is Helcaraxë!

[Elemmírë]

People just don't understand comments such as "Damn! This has got to be what the Helcaraxë was like!" :( Which can't be quite true in any event... :p Of course, it's not always wonderful when they do understand you, because then you end up discussing the different characteristics of several Fëanorions...! And usually one particular Finarfinion also... ;) And then you get hit.

Though... that might just be me... :o

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

I'd probably welcome that. No one in my school has any knowledge of the Sil or LotR and think that reading them makes me boring. :mad:

[Earniel]

When you're really, really cold, the first thing you think about is the Helcaraxë...
Last year when it snowed and one of the white dogs of the neighbours had broken in our garden, the first thing I thought was: "Dang, the Brandywine must have frozen over, the white wargs are invading the Shire!"

[Elemmírë]

I'd probably welcome that. No one in my school has any knowledge of the Sil or LotR and think that reading them makes me boring.


Nah. Just means that your brain is bigger.

Ugh. Three years ago some girl in some of my classes didn't even realise that LOTR was a book. :rolleyes: I was shocked. And she was very lucky I was not as terribly obsessed as I am now.

Actually, a lot of people are lucky because of that. Some of those movie fans would probably be running away upon seeing me if I had been this bad back then...

Nowadays very few people around me don't know Tolkien. And the ones who don't are usually quite open to (and soon trying to read) it. :D

I haven't converted anyone to Finrodomania yet, though. :(

I'm a bad influence on sane people. :evil:

Last year when it snowed and one of the white dogs of the neighbours had broken in our garden, the first thing I thought was: "Dang, the Brandywine must have frozen over, the white wargs are invading the Shire!"

haha! :D

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Nowadays very few people around me don't know Tolkien. And the ones who don't are usually quite open to (and soon trying to read) it. :D
Very few people around me don't know Tolkien, however even fewer are open to a suggestion about trying to read the book. :(

[Elemmírë]

Hit them over the head with it.

Then run.

Very quickly. :p

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Reenacting scenes from the book with LEGOS!

I'm starting work on a Lego version of Barad-dur.

Edit: I've got one! When you force your classmates to call you the Dark Lord, though that could be a bit Star Warsie. :(

[Elemmírë]

Next time a teacher asks us if we have nicknames, maybe I'll tell him/her to call me Amárië. Hm...

Ideas...

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I have a mentally disabled friend who is always on my case about when I played Sauron and tried to take over Middle Earth.

NOTE: Mental disabilities and Lord of the Rings do not mix well.

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

When you do something like this: Mary Poppins=Merry Pippin. Get it? Oh, nevermind...

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

I get it. YOu hear middle earth names in random circumstances.

[The Wizard from Milan]

A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR
... if out of the blue you wisper "my precious"

[Mrs.Gimli]

My cat is called Gandalf tiger lily and I am obssesed with him!(I almost called him Giml)\]

[trolls' bane]

Next time a teacher asks us if we have nicknames, maybe I'll tell him/her to call me Amárië. Hm...

Ideas...
Hm...

Familiar :p.

That still doesn't explain who andrew is...

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

I get it. YOu hear middle earth names in random circumstances.
Someone understands my insan... obsession! :) :D Or was that one already done? :confused:

A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR
... if out of the blue you wisper "my precious"
I do that all the time. It's actually quite amusing when my friends tell me I'm obsessed... because I am! :D Most of them have only seen the movies, so they all like Pippin. :( :rolleyes: Don't ask me why.

[ethuiliel]

I get it. YOu hear middle earth names in random circumstances.

Constantly. For example, I just read the "Familiar" in trolls' bane's post as "Faramir". :D

[Elemmírë]

Constantly. For example, I just read the "Familiar" in trolls' bane's post as "Faramir". :D

Me, I still have trouble with the word "friend".

I usually don't myself, but people who are around me randomly start saying "my precious" and sounding disturbingly like gollum... :confused:

[ethuiliel]

Me, I still have trouble with the word "friend".
I think that might have something to do with favorite characters. lol. I've gotten the impression that yours is Finrod, and mine's definetly Faramir.

I litterally cannot hear the word "mine" without really wanting to say "mine, my own, my preciouss"

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Oh gods.

How often now-a-days do you still slip into gollum mode? I am finding that I mearly jerk at the mention of key words.

I am trying to censor myself more often, so if you see me jerk and run into a corner it is because I had a bad thought that needed to go away.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

I think that might have something to do with favorite characters. lol. I've gotten the impression that yours is Finrod, and mine's definetly Faramir.

I litterally cannot hear the word "mine" without really wanting to say "mine, my own, my preciouss"
yes, at dinner time, it sounds like my mother tells me to turgon the oven, as opposed to turn on the oven :p

[Elemmírë]

yes, at dinner time, it sounds like my mother tells me to turgon the oven, as opposed to turn on the oven :p

Turgon the oven? I've heard Turgon the Wise before... but that's a new one... :p

Finrod and Friend kind of go together.... you know, Friend-of-Men and all. :D

[me9996]

Reenacting scenes from the book with LEGOS!

I'm starting work on a Lego version of Barad-dur.

Edit: I've got one! When you force your classmates to call you the Dark Lord, though that could be a bit Star Warsie. :(

Untill they make a LotR LEGO set that is a bit over the top.
I hope they make a LotR LEGO set (Does that make me over the top?)

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Untill they make a LotR LEGO set that is a bit over the top.
I hope they make a LotR LEGO set (Does that make me over the top?)

They do have SOME Lotr LEGO sets, but I don't own any. People stopped buying me LEGO's when I turned 13

stupid sexist agist people!

[trolls' bane]

They do have SOME Lotr LEGO sets, but I don't own any. People stopped buying me LEGO's when I turned 13
They do!

I love legos, I don't care. Now that I'm thirteen I'll just do more advanced ones :p .

*mutters: "think I'm too old for legos :rolleyes: *

stupid sexist agist people!
Right there you are describing my 7th grade English teacher. She used to tlel everyone that. Except you left out racist.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

How can you ever be too old for LEGOs? That's stifling your creativity, that is.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aiiieee want my legos

[trolls' bane]

I'm not! When I turned 12, everyone got upset at me for buying $200 worth of legos. What do they care? It's not like it was their money, at least not at the time I used it ;) .

[Elemmírë]

This one is actually pretty scary... and I have to say that for once it's not me (it was Embladyne instead ;) )

We were eating lunch with some friends, and having a quite serious historical discussion about technology, trade, and travel. And then out of nowhere she goes and throws Sea-elfs in as an example! :eek: :p

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

Oh gods, I think our science teacher needs to make a sign saying "Using Tolkien as an example is NOT a relevant fact!"

The Sillmarillion + Biology Class = BAD MENTAL IMAGES!

[Embladyne]

This one is actually pretty scary... and I have to say that for once it's not me (it was Embladyne instead ;) )

We were eating lunch with some friends, and having a quite serious historical discussion about technology, trade, and travel. And then out of nowhere she goes and throws Sea-elfs in as an example! :eek: :pIt was not random, and they were a valid example. :p
I was talking about people wanting to travel for the purpose of exploring, and love of traveling by sea.

[Elemmírë]

Oh gods, I think our science teacher needs to make a sign saying "Using Tolkien as an example is NOT a relevant fact!"

The Sillmarillion + Biology Class = BAD MENTAL IMAGES!

Tolkien and Biology. I remember those days... For me it was just the really movie-obsessed boys that would randomly tack pictures around the room that said stuff like "the battle is over, but the war for Middle-earth has just begun", and then named our lizard Gwindor son of Edrahil or some such thing, saying it meant Spider Man! :mad: :p ;)

It was not random, and they were a valid example. :p
I was talking about people wanting to travel for the purpose of exploring, and love of traveling by sea.

Yeah, but we were discussing Real World history, not the Silmarillion and Middle Earth! And then suddenly... "yes, well the sea elves..." :rolleyes: :p

[Embladyne]

Reading a sign in the campus center as I was walking through, I thought I saw "ERU"...really it said "FLU"....:o

And there's another poster all over campus with the letters H.O.M.E.
I always expect it to say something about Tolkien....and am disappointed. :(

[me9996]

A few more:

1.You name a dog sam becoulse he's so loyal.(My mom thinks this is a good idea!)
2.You sometimes say "let's see" even though you're alone (Gilty! :D )

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

A few more:

1.You name a dog sam becoulse he's so loyal.(My mom thinks this is a good idea!)
2.You sometimes say "let's see" even though you're alone (Gilty! :D )

What exactly are you GILTY? Of? Feeling some pangs of GILT? Like my gilt sword aiming at your head?


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA IT'S SPELLED GUILTY!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

[me9996]

What exactly are you GILTY? Of? Feeling some pangs of GILT? Like my gilt sword aiming at your head?


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA IT'S SPELLED GUILTY!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
I mean I did it... :rolleyes:

P.S.


90 second rule:

You must not post rapidly
or you will be slowed down.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

90 second rule:

You must not post rapidly
or you will be slowed down.


What? What's this to do with anything? :confused:

[Elemmírë]

Only Eru knows.

And when you say stuff like that... you know you have a problem.

May the Force be with you.

Over and out.

Hey! It's 1:40, what do you expect? :p

[me9996]

What? What's this to do with anything? :confused:
Had some truble with the 90 second rule...

[Elanor's Angel]

Whah? (Are you spamming!) (JK!) :D

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

You know you are obsessed with LOTR when

you use book quotes and just expect everyone to get the joke.

[ethuiliel]

You know you are obsessed with LOTR when

you use book quotes and just expect everyone to get the joke.

You mean they're not supposed to:eek: ? lol

[Elemmírë]

I think it's scarier when they do get the jokes.

Then you know you have a problem.

[ItalianLegolas]

HOw aobut if you name all your party characters in Final Fantasy after Valar. (Guilty)

[me9996]

HOw aobut if you name all your party characters in Final Fantasy after Valar. (Guilty)
Er... I didn't do that but I played oragon trail and named my caricers afters orcs, exept I made saruman the leader.

[ItalianLegolas]

I named my white mage Este :D

[me9996]

I named my white mage Este :D
Never played that game...

[me9996]

1.You call all trees ents, even in the book that's not true!
2.You have made it to "Elf lord" on here in 2 weeks and you only posted in the J.R.R. Tolken part.
3.You have LOTR evrything.
4.You have any ring made for whatever reson engraved with elvish letters.
5.You are gilty of evrything on this tread.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

5.You are gilty of evrything on this tread.

Ahem, once again "gilty" and now "tread".

I AM FEELING OLD!

You know you're obsessed when you give your age according to the age in which you were born.
EG: I'm two ages old.

[me9996]

Ahem, once again "gilty" and now "tread".

I AM FEELING OLD!

You know you're obsessed when you give your age according to the age in which you were born.
EG: I'm two ages old.
:eek: 2 ages old?!? You are old!!!

P.S.
You're obsesed with lotr if you know what started and ended each age of middle earth.

[ethuiliel]

You're obsesed with lotr if you know what started and ended each age of middle earth.That's not normal?
:confused:

PS. You know you're obsessed when you think it's normal that you know what started and ended each age of ME. lol. :D

[Willow Oran]

You go up to random people in the Tolkien section of the bookstore and start trying to convince them to read the Sil and all of the HoME books instead of just the main trilogy. (Guilty, though it started out just answering his question as to whether or not they were published after Tolkien's death.)

Also: Never read the section of the Two Towers dealing with the ents during science class while studying Mendelian genetics. I still haven't gotten rid of the mental images conjured by cross pollination... :eek:

[me9996]

That's not normal?
:confused:

PS. You know you're obsessed when you think it's normal that you know what started and ended each age of ME. lol. :D
I know what started the first age and what made the divition between the 3rd and 4th ages but nothing else.

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

When you go skiing and hear about Gondola's and wonder how they are related to rock.




Gond = Rock in Quenyan if you don't know! ;)

[ethuiliel]

Lol, that's great. hmm... I don't think I can see any conection to rocks there.... I guess whoever named it didn't know Quenya. lol.

[trolls' bane]

You continue to post in this thread and make up reasons for being obsessed when you already know you are, and people tell you that you are all the time too. *is guilty* :rolleyes:

I don't know, but when I go to either of the following mountain ranges in Southern California:
White Mountains, Black Mountains, Blue Mountains, etc., I will give a horrified gasp and collapse on the ground yelling at the inhabitants for destroying Middle Earth (after all, every one of those mountain ranges are in the Mojave desert.)

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

You go up to random people in the Tolkien section of the bookstore and start trying to convince them to read the Sil and all of the HoME books instead of just the main trilogy. (Guilty, though it started out just answering his question as to whether or not they were published after Tolkien's death.)

Also: Never read the section of the Two Towers dealing with the ents during science class while studying Mendelian genetics. I still haven't gotten rid of the mental images conjured by cross pollination... :eek:

You don't even REMEMBER some of the images dealing with cross-species breeding. I think you blocked it out. I'll draw you a picture.

You know you're obsessed when you split LotR up into six books for your book logs.

[me9996]

We're getting near 1000 posts, I think something bad is going to happen :(

[trolls' bane]

It's time for everyone to exchange PMs on what to post and have one member who posts what we decide on. That way we could narrow a large number of posts to a few.

[Katt_knome_hobbit]

It's all right, I think we've covered the whole obsession. Well, you can never do THAT, but I think we have gone far enough.

Let it die with dignaty, the kind of dignaty we will never have...

[me9996]

It's all right, I think we've covered the whole obsession. Well, you can never do THAT, but I think we have gone far enough.

Let it die with dignaty, the kind of dignaty we will never have...
True...

Did this thread ever have dignity?

[me9996]

You know you are obsessed if you think LOTR is real.