LOTR Sightings!

[Annalaliath]

my boyfiend looks like Orlando Bloom with a manlier chin.. just hand me a blond wig.

[Ainaserkewen]

everyone around here is all fusty and conservative

Yay, you used "fusty" in a sentence correctly! So proud!

Nothing new to report except I saw a Troy trailer on TV. *Gets hit with shoes*

[Quicksilver_Sprite]

My friend's science teacher looks like Elijah Wood, with those huge, staring, murderous psycopath eyes. Rather scary, I saw a piccy of him in her yearbook with all the other teachers and nearly shrieked.

I'm supposed to look like Arwen, but I doubt it. More like Harriet the Spy actually.

Q_S

my boyfiend looks like Orlando Bloom with a manlier chin.. just hand me a blond wig.

Excuse me while I go eat my pillow in jealousy. You scored big time! lol

[Nimrothiel]

Nothing very exciting, just saw a normal license plate with three numbers and then "AMN;" my parents did not understand my slight enthusiasm.

[Annalaliath]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver_Sprite

My friend's science teacher looks like Elijah Wood, with those huge, staring, murderous psycopath eyes. Rather scary, I saw a piccy of him in her yearbook with all the other teachers and nearly shrieked.

I'm supposed to look like Arwen, but I doubt it. More like Harriet the Spy actually.

Q_S



Excuse me while I go eat my pillow in jealousy. You scored big time! lol

ha ha! it is funny and i am not the only one who thinks so... although he is the most grumpy person I know especially in the morning.

you should have seen it the first time I saw him. I was like," dude, Camile look at that guy he looks like Orlando Bloom."

She just laughed.

then in the BDs chat I was talking about him and I was determined to talk to him or at least make fun of him. Well, it turned into an all nighter at Denny's and getting no sleep at my freind Sarah's Dorm. We never intended on this relationship, so far it has been rocky. anyway you can see a pic of him at my Deviant art site here But mind you these are kind of old and he looks more like in real life....

His bro thinks it too now....

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

did i mention this before, my uncle looks like a blond frodo. hes even british, so he has the accent and everything. but not the scary googly eyes.
And now, I think we should all kill Annalaliath. I'll get the cotton candy!

[Ainaserkewen]

My friend's science teacher looks like Elijah Wood, with those huge, staring, murderous psycopath eyes.

"Murderous psycopath eyes"?! (I will not comment)

[Quicksilver_Sprite]

His eyes are so scary! They're like the eye of Sauron, only blue! Aghhh!

And now, I think we should all kill Annalaliath. I'll get the cotton candy!

I'm bringing popcorn and soda, do you prefer root beer or orange slice?

[Annalaliath]

so now i am the bad guy...... wait never mind.... ps we are fighting.

Anyway I havn't seen anything new in a while.

[Maeggaladiel]

my boyfiend looks like Orlando Bloom with a manlier chin.. just hand me a blond wig.

Phht! Annalalaith, you have all the luck. My jealosy knows no bounds.

huge, staring, murderous psycopath eyes.

I totally agree. That kid is freaky! They should have given the ring to Sam and let Frodo get eaten by the Watcher in the Water. Sam would have taken the thing directly to Mordor, avoided Gollum completely, and ended the film in an hour and a half. But then what would we talk about here on the Downs? Our social lives? Pah! Not likely!!

By the way, there is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon called the Plush Pippin. I didn't stop there, but I wondered what the interior decoration of such an establishment would look like... Pippin plushies and Bag End decor? Hmmm... Their menu is probably nothing but mushrooms. Maybe they have a fireworks show in which the people lighting the fireworks get their eyebrows singed off each night and have to clean dishes afterwards....

I guess I should have concentrated more on driving the car than the Plush Pippin's decor, don't you think?

~Maeg

[Maeggaladiel]

I feel kinda stupid for not noticing this sooner. My sister has this video game called "Kingdom Hearts" (Strange game, but somehow addictive. It combines Final Fantasy characters with, believe it or not, disney characters) and in one level the bad guys are called "Wight Knights." She's had the game since last December, and I've just now made the connection. Anyway, the Wight Knights are these weird mummy-looking things with metal ribs. Disney characters and undead metal mummies... the two don't seem to go together, but it all works out.

And another-- My sister rented the "Shrek 2" video game from blockbuster, and it is a total ripoff of about eighty other games and movies! In one part, the characters try to get to the land of Far Far Away, so the big bad wolf suggests that they take a shortcut through an underground mine that looks suspiciously like Moria. There are even dwarves inside! They're supposed to be Snow White's Seven Dwarves, but we all know they're ripoffs of Balin and company!! They can't fool me! And what makes me angrier is that frog people live in the mine. For one thing, frogs probably wouldn't live in a mine, but what really ticked me off is that the frog people are direct ripoffs from the Baldur's Gate Dark Allaince II game! But that's not LOTR related, so I'll shut up now.

~Maeggaladiel

"But remember- The closer you are to the light, the larger your shadow becomes." --Kingdom Hearts.

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

I'm bringing popcorn and soda, do you prefer root beer or orange slice?

ouuu... root beer though all this was totally random.

hmm now i want a root beer float. thanks a lot Quicksilver.

i think i've used up all the lotr-lookalikes in my area. must go on safari.

[Gorwingel]

His eyes are so scary! They're like the eye of Sauron, only blue! Aghhh!

Well they look that way on TV, and on screen, but in real life they really aren't that bad (in my opinion, as someone who has seen Mr. Wood in person). They are very blue, but not too huge, and they don't look very psychopathic at all.

I'm jealous now, I wish I had a science teacher that looked like Elijah Wood But instead I have one who looks like Principal Skinner from The Simpsons

[Miriel Undomiel]

I'm jealous now, I wish I had a science teacher that looked like Elijah Wood But instead I have one who looks like Principal Skinner from The Simpsons

My science teacher doesn't look like Elijah Wood, but his name is Frode, so we call him Frodo

[Ainaserkewen]

(in my opinion, as someone who has seen Mr. Wood in person).

Where did you see/meet him?

And for the record, I'm a sucker for eyes and I love them...

[Maeggaladiel]

There is a teacher at my school called Elissar. (Yeah, spelled differently than Elessar, but sounds the same.) There is a street downtown called Estel. The name of the town where my school is ends in "-burg," which translates to "castle." SO- I go to school in a city partially-named Castle with a teacher and a street both named after a King!! I have too much time on my hands, I know.

[Gorwingel]

Where did you see/meet him?

San Diego Comic-Con

Andy, Sean, Dom, Elijah, Richard Taylor, and some of the guys from Weta all attended. I was able to meet Andy, Sean, and Richard, but Dom and Elijah only came one day, and of course they were the most popular, and they only did one signing and an appearance at the New Line presentation, so it was very hard to get to them. So I didn't get to meet him, but I was about 20 feet away (I was in the signing line, but they cut it off right in front of me ). But it was still pretty cool that Frodo was right over there and I wasn't seeing him through a television or a film projector.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Yesterday I saw mushrooms. They look like the mushrooms on FotR, so they must be edible. It took one, and ate it. A few seconds later, I ate them all. But they were poisonous, so I died, and ended up here.

Blank stares.

Wait, isn't this the "Murder Mysteries Solved" thread?

[Sirithheruwen]

Yesterday I saw mushrooms. They look like the mushrooms on FotR, so they must be edible. It took one, and ate it. A few seconds later, I ate them all. But they were poisonous, so I died, and ended up here.

You know you're obsessed when it takes your entire family to persuade you not to eat the (most probably poisonous) mushrooms in your backyard.

EDIT: Whoops! This isn't the "You Know You're Obsessed Thread"! (And this is for real too. )

they guy on the back of the phone book ad his name is bilbo.he looks a lot like bilbo too.

[Maeggaladiel]

Woot! Woot! ALERT! ALERT!

New LOTR merchandise at Hot Topic!!

For ladies, they have a variety of Legolas shirts, an Aragorn shirt, and a Merry and Pippin shirt. Guys have a variety of t-shirts, too. My favorite is one that says "I went to Middle Earth and all I got was this crummy ring!"

Random merchandise that only we hard core fans would care about: Pens, air fresheners, bumper stickers, note cards, tin lunch boxes, action figures, and a throw rug. Most of which feature Legolas.

I assume every Hot Topic store across America will be teeming with fans. Oh, adn this isn't LOTR, but Hot Topic's got new Pirates of the Carribbean stuff, too. Johnny... Orlando... *drool*

Wha-? You're still here? *blush*

~Maeg

[Morsul the Dark]

Originally Posted by Lady Snickerdoodle

Wow, I seriously think there could be a LOTR mafia. Stalking all the LOTR freaks... Someone second me on this because my friends think I have gotten even more crazy then usual... Don't you think that Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) would look exactly like Frodo if he took off the glasses, wiped off the scar and slightly permed his hair?

Oh yeah, my math teacher looks like Gandalf, except for extra tall and with shorter hair. He talks like him too. Like kind of slowly but you can tell he's very wise and has been around for centuries...

sorry a little off but.......

i look exactly like harry potter...

also theres a history teacher at our school he looks just like gollum long stingy hair and all then he got a haircut now he just looks like grima wormtounge

[Lhundulinwen]

Went to the mall today with fellow Downer, and at Afterthoughts they have a mini-purse like thing that says Mrs. Bloom. Lol, drool..... Would have bought except 'twas hot pink... should have got it anyway...

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

sorry a little off but....... i look exactly like harry potter...

well i didn't mean it in a bad way. Has anyone ever come up to you and asked you for your autograph? I once did that to someone who kind of looked like Dan, as a joke...

[Morsul the Dark]

no however i went to the bank to deposit my money and i showed them my passport (because i dont have my license yet) and she showed it to the entire staff and they all thaught it was hillarious, i however didnt even crck a smile....hmmm....theres a kid at my school with the last name underhill... they announced he had won something and i couldnt stop laughing. and everyone thought i was crazy until i explained it then they just thought i was pitiful haha

i have an elanor rd. near where i live and if i'm not mistaken we have a westfold rd. as well.

[Vuelve]

This probably doesn't count, but did anyone go completely balistic when they saw the LOTR references in Shrek 2.Or am I the only one?

Vuelve

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

they had a lotr reference in shrek 2??? i haven't seen it!!!! must see it this weekend... *twitch twitch*

[Vuelve]

Yeah, they do, at the very beginning.LOL that movie is awesome.

Vuelve

[Nimrothiel]

Yeah Shrek 2 rocked, I really liked the bit with the...oh wait, some of you haven't seen it yet, I won't spoil it for you then. Okay, not having that evil smilie around is really getting on my nerves. This should probably go in a different topic, but I can't think of which one at the moment. Anyway, I was in church this morning and we were singing the last hymn (the last verse to be exact) and I mistook one of the words to be "precious." Even as I was singing it I knew it wasn't the right word; plus I immediatly thought of Smeagol and nearly burst out laughing. Quite embarrassing when you happen to be the pastor's daughter.

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

Even as I was singing it I knew it wasn't the right word; plus I immediatly thought of Smeagol and nearly burst out laughing.

That's like me during winter holidays, singing the 12 Days Of Christmas.. I tend to get angry about the inaccuracy of the 5th verse, so I changed it to "Ooone goooolden riiiing" and just make it five partriges in a pear tree, to balance things out.

Also speaking of LOTR references, anyone read the 4th book in the Georgia Nicholson series by Louise Rennison? the title varies depending on the country it's printed in, but for the U.S. it's "Away Laughing on a Fast Camel" and in England its "And Then It Fell Off In My Hand" or something like that. Anyway, in it, Georgia roundly bashes elves and LOTR parties, which hurts me but we still love her. I'm sure the author was just staying in character and doesn't actually think that. It's still hilarious anyway, go read it.

[Vuelve]

I finally had a REAL LOTR sighting!!!YAAAAAAAAY!!!!
We were coming home from basketball camp today when I saw this big, silver, box like thingie beside a railroad track that said Oliphant ST. I just kind of stared as the bus went by trying to make it register in my head.Then I shouted above our bus radio "It says Oliphant!! I got to tell them about this!!".( "them"meaning you people on the Downs.)I don't know what ST stands for though, I'm pretty sure it didn't stand for street.

I'm so happy,
Vuelve

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

Yay Vuelve, I'm so happy for you, lol... love your avatar btw. Oh yeah I finally saw Shrek 2 i LUUURVED it and i was like the only one in the theater laughing my head off at the LOTR reference.

My most recent lotr sighting was a girl playing violin on a sidewalk downtown. I didn't pay attention until I heard the familiar strains of the Rohan theme wafting through the air.... And then I went crazy. I would have gone over to ask if she was a barrowdowner but i was in a restaurant at the time with the family for fathers day so i was absolutely not permitted to leave, ack. Anyway, if that was you, pm me!

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

hahahahaha... Merry is working at Ben & Jerry's... He gave me a discount because it was late at night and they were out of my favorite flavors. sweet! (both literally and figuratively... )

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

yay okay in this film camp I'm going to, they went on about how LOTR is one of the great movies and all and asked us, "So, who's seen ROTK?" which sent me into hysterics. Also they had a poster of it on the wall so i couldnt stop staring. I must persuade the counselors to let us analyze the movie... frame by frame.. hehehe.

[Nirvana II]

in my town, there are three places that are just too coincidental. One, the Middle Earth Plant Nursery. Second, Brandywine Avenue. Third, Goldberry's Gifts and Flower Shop
oh and the next post on this thread is gonna be really funny..im psychic!

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

I watched FotR. Man, is that movie full of LotR references.

*groan*

[lothlorien]

You guys really have seen some strange things umm well I was walking to school one morning groaning about exams when I got to the main road anyway this blue car drove past me I got a good look at the driver.

And I swear he looked exactly like Bilbo I thought I was seeing things at first I went to look again but the car had already gone I was talking about it all day

Boy did my friends think I was crazy on that day cause most of them don't like lord of the rings they tell me to shut up about it all the time.

I thought I saw Frodo once I never got another look at him I was pretty unhappy about that my friends just rolled their eyes when I told them about seeing Frodo figures.

[Nirvana II]

I saw Bombadil's Chinese Restaurant

[Lady Snickerdoodle]

Originally Posted by Nilpaurion Felagund

I watched FotR. Man, is that movie full of LotR references.

*groan*

you are INSANE!!!!!!!