Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs - Page 21 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Legate of Amon Lanc · 04-25-2007, 06:21 AM

...when some sort of street band (rap? It's not even rap, it's some sort of... what's that? Whatever it is, it's terrible) starts to play in front of your house and you go to the window and shout: "Shut up! I can't hear the Downs!"

Volo · 04-25-2007, 07:04 AM

Haha! Legate, that sure is a sign that your are indeed addicted to the Downs. Your hearing has developed to hearing the Wight of the Downs' voice pretty quickly. I, at the moment, am practising smelling the Downs.

Thinlómien · 04-30-2007, 04:09 AM

You almost think you're not going to enjoy the mayday (no school) since you know you can't be around in the 'downs on its birthday...

Hookbill the Goomba · 04-30-2007, 04:11 AM

When you should be doing an essay, you spend two or three hours going through old threads in Mirth.

Why won't this essay do itself?

Volo · 04-30-2007, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

You almost think you're not going to enjoy the mayday (no school) since you know you can't be around in the 'downs on its birthday...

This is just an excuse...

Kath · 04-30-2007, 04:23 AM

When you should be either writing up the information needed to gain an accreditation or revising and instead you spend your time reading through old werewolf threads, remembering the good old days when you actually had time to take part in them!

littlemanpoet · 04-30-2007, 08:45 AM

You check User CP three times as often as new posts to your threads.

C'mon guys, am I the only one without a life?

Folwren · 04-30-2007, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

You check User CP three times as often as new posts to your threads.

C'mon guys, am I the only one without a life?

Alright, so I do that, too.

--

You know other user's habits - what times they get on, how many times a day, and what threads they post on at what times of day...

Rune Son of Bjarne · 04-30-2007, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Folwren

Alright, so I do that, too.

--

You know other user's habits - what times they get on, how many times a day, and what threads they post on at what times of day...

Out of nosyness (I am famed for it) which Downers habits do you know?

The Sixth Wizard · 05-01-2007, 12:09 AM

You log on at 7am, during class, at lunchtime, after school and before you go to bed, only to find there are only like four new posts because you live in Australia. This happens too darn often!

Volo · 05-06-2007, 01:05 PM

When you start writing "night" and "day" with capital letters outside WW games.

Kath · 05-06-2007, 04:30 PM

Quote:

When you start writing "night" and "day" with capital letters outside WW games.

Yup!

I have to proofread my work these days just in case I've accidentally done it in an essay.

And my PMs are always full of such mistakes.

Thinlómien · 05-07-2007, 03:58 AM

Too bad, Volo and Kath, I do that too...

Another similar sign is that when someone or somethign says "right, left" I instantly think of Ritun and Lefun.... (This even happened yesterday when I wanted to listen to music on my mp3-player and I saw the letters L and R on the earplugs!)

Legate of Amon Lanc · 05-07-2007, 01:51 PM

Another sign, when you are downloading something and there's written "Choose the download: for PC/for Mac"... (do I have to continue?

)

Rikae · 05-07-2007, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legate

"Choose the download: for PC/for Mac"... (do I have to continue?

)

Um...while I had the same thought...it's understandable in my case.
You're just a lost cause!

Legate of Amon Lanc · 05-07-2007, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rikae

Um...while I had the same thought...it's understandable in my case.
You're just a lost cause!

Well, I actually thought it should be you to post it here... but since it just happened to me now, I had to mention it (and to explain, I'm not that lost - the main point was that on the page, there was black background and in the case of the downloadable links the letters were shiny yellow and underlined - it was obvious!)

Volo · 05-10-2007, 12:18 PM

When bored during class you fill your notebook with names of Downers in different fonts. Especially Rune, because we had one lesson of Danish during a Swedish lesson.

Thinlómien · 05-11-2007, 12:55 AM

When you realise that the Finnish national poet is called Runeberg and are amused by it the whole morning...

Rune Son of Bjarne · 05-11-2007, 08:07 AM

I am glad that I am in the thoughts of the Finnish Downers. . . At least I hope it is a good thing.

btw I ran into two guys from the Finnish airforce the other day and one of them saw it as his finest task to inform me about the winter war, anyways they claimed they did not know you, but I don't belive them!

The Might · 05-11-2007, 09:01 AM

Nope lmp, I seem to be doing that far too often as well...
Every 5 minutes or so I feel the need to make sure that I haven't got any new reputation, and I still see the same messages...

Lhunardawen · 05-11-2007, 09:29 AM

You know that, very deep in your decayed but actively beating heart, you're still addicted to the Downs when you continue howling at the Full Moon for the sake of tradition.

Or maybe that's a sign of how much you miss playing Werewolf.

Volo · 05-11-2007, 11:06 AM

There was a picture of Gandhi as the Superman in the newspaper, now I'll always see Gil-Galad as Gandhi...

Legate of Amon Lanc · 05-28-2007, 05:53 AM

You know you are addicted to BD when you see a Greek sentence transcribed into latin font and seeing the words: einai he kath... the picture of Mulder&Scully pops up in your head.

Kath · 05-28-2007, 03:16 PM

Quote:

You know you are addicted to BD when you see a Greek sentence transcribed into latin font and seeing the words: einai he kath... the picture of Mulder&Scully pops up in your head.

Good to know I'm so wedged in your subconscious!

Nogrod · 05-28-2007, 03:33 PM

Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs are when you should read the exams of your students and you hang around the BD the whole evening and even start a LiveJournal -stuff just to avoid the papers...

I mean this is pathetic.

Or is it a sign of not wishing to do your work?

Rune Son of Bjarne · 05-28-2007, 09:01 PM

I have to ask, Nogrod. . .when you where in Turky, did you go online just to check The Downs?

The Sixth Wizard · 05-29-2007, 01:43 AM

When you start to consider yourself more intelligent, stronger at writing and generally better than your (poor mis-deluded, boring) peers because of the older, wittier more eloquent 'Downers you converse with.

Brinniel · 07-17-2007, 02:48 PM

You know you are addicted to the BD when:

-You are writing your opinions about the Harry Potter character Luna Lovegood, and misspell her name as Lhuna (I'm sure fellow LJers are quite aware of my mistake...

)

-You (once again) are reading Harry Potter and when you see the mention of a text called Advanced Rune Translation, you think to yourself, "Hmm...I could use one of those..."

-Everytime you drive by a store called Jay's Pawn Shop, you can't help but think of tgwbs

-You explain to your manager of the movie theatre you work at the entire Hobbit film situation and rumours you've heard, all based on what you've read in the BD movie forum..

the guy who be short · 07-18-2007, 03:50 AM

Hmm... A pawn shop, eh? Cursed homophones!

Lhunardawen · 07-18-2007, 04:32 AM

I love you, Brinn!

Morthoron · 07-18-2007, 06:32 AM

I am not addicted to the Barrow Downs. I know when enough is enough. No one can ever say I don't know when to stop. I can quit anytime I want to. Like now. See? I stopped. I told you. It's easy. I merely make a mental note and quit. It's just like when I quit smoking cigarettes. Wait...there's a pack and an ashtray on my desk. Hmmm...isn't that strange?

*The Dark Elf taps his fingers nervously*

Yes...stopped. Completely.

*The Dark Elf breaks into a sweat*

No problem. No problem at all. Never was a problem.

*The Dark Elf faints*

Lalwendë · 07-19-2007, 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brinniel

-You (once again) are reading Harry Potter and when you see the mention of a text called Advanced Rune Translation, you think to yourself, "Hmm...I could use one of those..."

..

I always think of our own Rune, one Son of Bjarne!

Not only when reading Harry Potter, either!

How does a guy come by such a cool name?

The Sixth Wizard · 07-19-2007, 04:51 AM

When you make it, over Google, your homepage!

I'm sure this will come back to bite me somehow...

Thinlómien · 07-19-2007, 10:39 AM

Me: *does dry runs for ww-game*
Little sister: "WHAT are you doing? Playing ww alone with cards? Hanni, that is quite serious. It seems someone's quite addicted to werewolf, oh god."

But I swear it was just for the sake of my game that will take place sometime relatively soon in future!

(Yet one can maybe draw one's own conclusions from the fact that I had to do at least seven dry-runs and lived them like a real ww-game: "Nooooooo! The seer can't be killed now!" "How wicked!" "Why can't you villagers lynch a wolf?" "Hahaha, wolves killed the cobbler!" "Quite stupid of you, ranger, to protect a wolf...")

Thinlómien · 08-02-2007, 06:15 AM

I was taking a bus to my friend's summer place and on the way I saw a sign which said

LOMMILA
GLOMS

Evidently there is a place in Finland that is called Lommila (-la or -lä is a very common ending for a name of a place) and its Swedish name is Gloms. This, of course, doesn't mean an addicton, but instantly thinking of the name "Lommy" when seeing this probably does...

Legate of Amon Lanc · 08-02-2007, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

I was taking a bus to my friend's summer place and on the way I saw a sign which said

LOMMILA
GLOMS

Evidently there is a place in Finland that is called Lommila (-la or -lä is a very common ending for a name of a place) and its Swedish name is Gloms. This, of course, doesn't mean an addicton, but instantly thinking of the name "Lommy" when seeing this probably does...

Well, I don't think there is anything surprising on thinking of the name "Lommy" when seeing that... unless for a Finlander it should on first sight signify something else... but if I saw something like that, I think that's clear...

Wait... it is a sign of addiction... (Terrible. The worst sign of addiction is if you think - or convince yourself to think - that something is NOT a sign of addiction.)

And Gloms, well, I don't know how about you, but when I saw it here I thought immediately of Gollum... is THAT a sign?

Thinlómien · 08-02-2007, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Well, I don't think there is anything surprising on thinking of the name "Lommy" when seeing that... unless for a Finlander it should on first sight signify something else... but if I saw something like that, I think that's clear...

As far as I know, lommi or anything close to it doesn't mean anything in Finnish.

Quote:

Wait... it is a sign of addiction... (Terrible. The worst sign of addiction is if you think - or convince yourself to think - that something is NOT a sign of addiction.)

Haha, just see the post above the Lommila-post...

Quote:

And Gloms, well, I don't know how about you, but when I saw it here I thought immediately of Gollum... is THAT a sign?

Well, it definitely sounds Gollum-ish or goblin-like... Hopefully that is not supposed to be some sort of description of my character or nature....

Mithalwen · 08-03-2007, 10:26 AM

When you get slightly peeved when a client reference code is B088 because you know that it should be the Laconic Loreman.....

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 08-05-2007, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lyra Greenleaf

wow- 100% on brinniel's and about 80% on manardariel's!

on the other hand a lot of you are much worse (or better!) and i'm not sure if i'm happy or not. i'm kind of used to being known as a lotr freak, and here i'm nothing! not even a ghost prince!

here's probably a unique one:
#you look through your desktop calender and write a quote matching the picture in your diary everyday!#

#you lie in bed at night planning scenarios/future posts for RPGs or trying to get the tricky quiz question#

#the day before your mock exams start you sit in front of your computer with a growing realisation that, yes, you really ARE addicted to the BD!#

#you know that the day before your actual exam you will still be checking whats going on, even though you know you need the grades to get to uni. why can't they do lotr studies, thats what i want to know?#

[ March 09, 2003: Message edited by: Lyra Greenleaf ]

MY GOSH! YOURE LIKE ME! ...and people call me an LOTR freak.

Thinlómien · 09-03-2007, 11:25 AM

When your English homework is to write a letter to the editor, the place you go to check how it is done is The Barrow-Downs Newspaper -thread...

04-25-2007, 06:21 AM	#801
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Another sign... ...when some sort of street band (rap? It's not even rap, it's some sort of... what's that? Whatever it is, it's terrible) starts to play in front of your house and you go to the window and shout: "Shut up! I can't hear the Downs!" __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

04-25-2007, 07:04 AM	#802
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	Haha! Legate, that sure is a sign that your are indeed addicted to the Downs. Your hearing has developed to hearing the Wight of the Downs' voice pretty quickly. I, at the moment, am practising smelling the Downs. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

04-30-2007, 04:09 AM	#803
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	You almost think you're not going to enjoy the mayday (no school) since you know you can't be around in the 'downs on its birthday... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

04-30-2007, 04:11 AM	#804
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	When you should be doing an essay, you spend two or three hours going through old threads in Mirth. Why won't this essay do itself? __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

04-30-2007, 04:23 AM	#806
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	When you should be either writing up the information needed to gain an accreditation or revising and instead you spend your time reading through old werewolf threads, remembering the good old days when you actually had time to take part in them! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

04-30-2007, 08:45 AM	#807
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	You check User CP three times as often as new posts to your threads. C'mon guys, am I the only one without a life?

05-01-2007, 12:09 AM	#810
The Sixth Wizard Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stuck under a rock in Valinor with Ar-Pharazon. Posts: 480	You log on at 7am, during class, at lunchtime, after school and before you go to bed, only to find there are only like four new posts because you live in Australia. This happens too darn often!

05-06-2007, 01:05 PM	#811
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	When you start writing "night" and "day" with capital letters outside WW games. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

05-07-2007, 03:58 AM	#813
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Too bad, Volo and Kath, I do that too... Another similar sign is that when someone or somethign says "right, left" I instantly think of Ritun and Lefun.... (This even happened yesterday when I wanted to listen to music on my mp3-player and I saw the letters L and R on the earplugs!) __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

05-07-2007, 01:51 PM	#814
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Another sign, when you are downloading something and there's written "Choose the download: for PC/for Mac"... (do I have to continue? ) __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

05-10-2007, 12:18 PM	#817
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	When bored during class you fill your notebook with names of Downers in different fonts. Especially Rune, because we had one lesson of Danish during a Swedish lesson. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

05-11-2007, 12:55 AM	#818
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	When you realise that the Finnish national poet is called Runeberg and are amused by it the whole morning... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

05-11-2007, 09:01 AM	#820
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Nope lmp, I seem to be doing that far too often as well... Every 5 minutes or so I feel the need to make sure that I haven't got any new reputation, and I still see the same messages... __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

05-11-2007, 09:29 AM	#821
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	You know that, very deep in your decayed but actively beating heart, you're still addicted to the Downs when you continue howling at the Full Moon for the sake of tradition. Or maybe that's a sign of how much you miss playing Werewolf.

05-11-2007, 11:06 AM	#822
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	There was a picture of Gandhi as the Superman in the newspaper, now I'll always see Gil-Galad as Gandhi... __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

05-28-2007, 05:53 AM	#823
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	You know you are addicted to BD when you see a Greek sentence transcribed into latin font and seeing the words: einai he kath... the picture of Mulder&Scully pops up in your head. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

05-28-2007, 03:33 PM	#825
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs are when you should read the exams of your students and you hang around the BD the whole evening and even start a LiveJournal -stuff just to avoid the papers... I mean this is pathetic. Or is it a sign of not wishing to do your work? __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

05-29-2007, 01:43 AM	#827
The Sixth Wizard Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stuck under a rock in Valinor with Ar-Pharazon. Posts: 480	When you start to consider yourself more intelligent, stronger at writing and generally better than your (poor mis-deluded, boring) peers because of the older, wittier more eloquent 'Downers you converse with.

07-17-2007, 02:48 PM	#828
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	You know you are addicted to the BD when: -You are writing your opinions about the Harry Potter character Luna Lovegood, and misspell her name as Lhuna (I'm sure fellow LJers are quite aware of my mistake... ) -You (once again) are reading Harry Potter and when you see the mention of a text called Advanced Rune Translation, you think to yourself, "Hmm...I could use one of those..." -Everytime you drive by a store called Jay's Pawn Shop, you can't help but think of tgwbs -You explain to your manager of the movie theatre you work at the entire Hobbit film situation and rumours you've heard, all based on what you've read in the BD movie forum.. __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

07-18-2007, 03:50 AM	#829
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	Hmm... A pawn shop, eh? Cursed homophones!

07-18-2007, 04:32 AM	#830
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	I love you, Brinn!

07-18-2007, 06:32 AM	#831
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,509	I am not addicted to the Barrow Downs. I know when enough is enough. No one can ever say I don't know when to stop. I can quit anytime I want to. Like now. See? I stopped. I told you. It's easy. I merely make a mental note and quit. It's just like when I quit smoking cigarettes. Wait...there's a pack and an ashtray on my desk. Hmmm...isn't that strange? The Dark Elf taps his fingers nervously Yes...stopped. Completely. The Dark Elf breaks into a sweat No problem. No problem at all. Never was a problem. The Dark Elf faints __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

07-19-2007, 04:51 AM	#833
The Sixth Wizard Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stuck under a rock in Valinor with Ar-Pharazon. Posts: 480	When you make it, over Google, your homepage! I'm sure this will come back to bite me somehow...

07-19-2007, 10:39 AM	#834
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Top ten (false) signs you're addicted to WW Me: does dry runs for ww-game Little sister: "WHAT are you doing? Playing ww alone with cards? Hanni, that is quite serious. It seems someone's quite addicted to werewolf, oh god." But I swear it was just for the sake of my game that will take place sometime relatively soon in future! (Yet one can maybe draw one's own conclusions from the fact that I had to do at least seven dry-runs and lived them like a real ww-game: "Nooooooo! The seer can't be killed now!" "How wicked!" "Why can't you villagers lynch a wolf?" "Hahaha, wolves killed the cobbler!" "Quite stupid of you, ranger, to protect a wolf...") __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

08-02-2007, 06:15 AM	#835
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I was taking a bus to my friend's summer place and on the way I saw a sign which said LOMMILA GLOMS Evidently there is a place in Finland that is called Lommila (-la or -lä is a very common ending for a name of a place) and its Swedish name is Gloms. This, of course, doesn't mean an addicton, but instantly thinking of the name "Lommy" when seeing this probably does... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

08-03-2007, 10:26 AM	#838
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	When you get slightly peeved when a client reference code is B088 because you know that it should be the Laconic Loreman..... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-03-2007, 11:25 AM	#840
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	When your English homework is to write a letter to the editor, the place you go to check how it is done is The Barrow-Downs Newspaper -thread... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris