Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs - Page 7 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

GaladrieloftheOlden · 05-22-2003, 02:23 PM

I am also guilty of that, except that it is at my school computer room...

~Menelien

Eressië Ailin · 06-01-2003, 11:50 AM

This morning I was reading a bit of The Phantom of the Opera, and I came across the name Darius. Of course, the first thing that popped into my head was, 'Lyra!' There have been so many other Phantom connections that I can't think of right now...

Arafangwen, is it safe to assume that you are a Phantom phan? *crosses fingers*

[ June 01, 2003: Message edited by: Eressië Ailin ]

Arafangwen · 06-01-2003, 12:35 PM

It depends on what Phantom you're talking about . Actualy, I love all of the Phantoms I know [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] . I really do like the Phantom of the Opera though, but that's not the-. I'm just digging myself deeper and deeper into this hole.....

Lyra Greenleaf · 06-01-2003, 12:59 PM

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This morning I was reading a bit of The Phantom of the Opera, and I came across the name Darius. Of course, the first thing that popped into my head was, 'Lyra!'

Aha! Wrong Darius but never mind. I'm a symptom again!

How about it was my Prom (what us Brits call a Prom anyhow) half way through the BDs birthday party and as I got up to dance I had visions of the macarena, exploding Balrog wings and a hippo... People might have wondered at my demonic grin!

vanwalossien · 06-04-2003, 03:07 PM

A very obvious sign of addiction is to see BD'ers everywhere, like when you read in a travel guide about Ireland's lush, green countryside, but when you spot the word 'beren' and think of Beren87 before Beren Erchamion, then you're mad... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[ June 04, 2003: Message edited by: vanwalossien ]

Neferchoirwen · 06-06-2003, 02:46 AM

I look out my backyard and imagine my dogs are hobbits...

I carried my friend's two-month-old baby and thought it was a hobbit...

I keep the downs on my computer when I'm online, and I get all tense when I'm in school and I'm not on a computer somewhere...

Annalaliath · 06-06-2003, 09:07 AM

You tend to recomend the Barrow Downs to everyone that you meet.

You pester your friend to go look at the Barow Downs.

And finally the Barrow Downs is the first thing you do in the morning( if you don't have work).

Beren87 · 06-06-2003, 09:11 PM

Your girlfriend begins to call herself a "Barrow-widow". [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Neferchoirwen · 06-07-2003, 08:59 AM

...I treat Barrow Downs as a sedative, next to coffee.

Addiction to Eowyn Challenge: I just walked for 2 miles under the 1pm sun, foregoing any transportation just to get more miles on the challenge.

06-07-2003, 12:41 PM

Ah, the Eowyn challenge! I am also adicted to that! I've even started to carry my counter thingy around with me everywhere.

*Even the people who don't know you, know that they should tell you they don't like the Barrow Downs before you start introducing them to every aspect of it, ie.=you have quite a reputation for obsession

Beren87 · 06-07-2003, 12:52 PM

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as a sedative, next to coffee

...? coffee...isn't exactly a sedative.

You know you're addicted when you get more excited about the PT you just got than the date you have tonight.

[ June 07, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

vanwalossien · 06-07-2003, 01:13 PM

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Your girlfriend begins to call herself a "Barrow-widow".

Beren, that is really alarming! Though not having a boyfriend because your social life is Barrow-based is just as bad... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] And also, using the prefix barrow- on every possible word is a bit worrying. Like having a word file called Barrow-Quotes on your PC, full of BDers' sigs and other quotes from the Downs.

VanimaEdhel · 06-07-2003, 01:29 PM

The highlight of your day, even though you just took the SAT II's and think you did really well, was seeing that the X-Men-related locations are increasing, even though they are all ganging up on you. You also go around looking at people's Locations just for fun.

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Like having a word file called Barrow-Quotes on your PC, full of BDers' sigs and other quotes from the Downs.

I have one called "Barrow Downs Chat Quotes", so don't be alarmed. And now, for the record, with size 7 font, 1/2 inch margins on every side, and three columns, it is now nearly two full pages long.

[ June 07, 2003: Message edited by: VanimaEdhel ]

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 06-08-2003, 02:32 AM

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You know you're addicted when you get more excited about the PT you just got than the date you have tonight

I didn't have a date, but I did get pretty darn excited about the PT.

I also have a Barrow-Quotes file, and it is also very long. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Sophia

Lyra Greenleaf · 06-08-2003, 04:11 AM

Yes! Jumping up and down and squealing when you get a PT is a bad sign. Especially when your sister is having all her friends around for her birthday party...

SOPHIA: coughcough CONGRATULATIONS! I thought I shouldn't make a post on the RTC discussion thread just for that.

Sirithheruwen · 07-29-2003, 02:13 PM

Hey, I can relate to most of these. Here's another one!:

When you freak out whenever it takes about 15 seconds to load.

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 07-29-2003, 02:56 PM

I get all depressed when no one is posting very much on the threads I frequent, or when someone hasn't responded to one of my PMs yet, or when I have a reslly good quiz question to ask, but my last answer han't been confirmed yet.

Elennar Starfire · 07-31-2003, 01:40 PM

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Like having a word file called Barrow-Quotes on your PC, full of BDers' sigs and other quotes from the Downs.

I have a file for sigs I like, another one for locations I like, and another one for random quotes. They are long, and growing...

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 07-31-2003, 04:09 PM

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I have a file for sigs I like, another one for locations I like, and another one for random quotes. They are long, and growing...

I should do that! Starting with your sig and location (I've always liked your location). [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Eglaladiel · 07-31-2003, 08:17 PM

Ha ha ha! its really funny. not all of them are true for me though...so i guess i have a life....right???

the guy who be short · 08-01-2003, 05:25 AM

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You tend to recomend the Barrow Downs to everyone that you meet.

True. I added somebody to my instant messenger, but got one character wrong. I asked them if they liked LotR, recommended BDs, and left!
I also bug my friends who aren't really obsessed to come here. And Teachers. And Librarians. And...

When you have dreams about the BD. (I dreamt we had a reunion)

Lëowen · 08-01-2003, 08:48 AM

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When you have dreams about the BD. (I dreamt we had a reunion)

I dreamt almost the exact same thing! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

GaladrieloftheOlden · 08-01-2003, 09:46 AM

I've had plenty dreams about BD. Even one nightmare last night. That was disturbing.

Swan song,
-Menelien

[ August 01, 2003: Message edited by: GaladrieloftheOlden ]

Elennar Starfire · 08-01-2003, 08:18 PM

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I should do that! Starting with your sig and location (I've always liked your location).

Thanks so much!

I also dream about the barrowdowns sometimes. My dreams are quite odd. I dreamed once I was reading a book, and all the characters were people from the 'downs.

elfearz1 · 08-03-2003, 01:02 PM

you talk to the people on here more then your own family. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

when you are in a resteraunt and suddenly have a good idea for a post, you imediatly pull out a pen and start writing on a napkin... despite the odd looks you are given by your friends.

you've decided to skip showers to have more time on here (I'm not quite at that point!)

Although people (in real life)seem to think you are the most obsessed person on this planet, you feel ashamed that you are not as obsessed as your fellow BD'ers

you feel like you fit in more with people here then offline.

Sirithheruwen · 08-03-2003, 01:26 PM

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you feel like you fit in more with people here then offline.

I completely agree! Just yesterday I was yelling at my sis telling her there WERE people like me! I was yelling off random BDer's and she just walked away while I was going on and on and on and on and on... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Brinniel · 08-03-2003, 08:16 PM

When you personalize your license plate to your BD nickname (no, I have not done that...yet). [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Tinuviel of Denton · 08-04-2003, 09:13 PM

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when you are in a resteraunt and suddenly have a good idea for a post, you imediatly pull out a pen and start writing on a napkin... despite the odd looks you are given by your friends.

You're at a wedding, and you suddenly get an idea for your next RPG post, and start writing it all over the program.

Your home-page is NOT the Downs, to save bandwidth (I'm a good g.irl, amn't I?) but is your email, and you immediately go to the threads that you have posted on, via saved messages with the links to them.

Your dad has told you that you need to get a life because you spend so much time on the Downs.

[ August 05, 2003: Message edited by: Tinuviel of Denton ]

Amarantha_Daisy · 08-04-2003, 09:47 PM

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Your dad has told you that you need to get a life because you spend so much time on the Downs.

-You spend an hour or two arguing with your dad that you *do* have a life, seeing as message boards are just another form of social interation [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Hmmm... I'll have to use that as my defence sometime... [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

Tinuviel of Denton · 08-05-2003, 10:03 AM

Hey, thanks Amarantha! That might help...

When your mother limits your time on the computer, and you complain that she is curtailing your creative ability.

elfearz1 · 08-05-2003, 03:00 PM

when you start getting blisters from the Walk to Rivendell. (serves me right for walking two miles in flip-flops)

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 08-06-2003, 12:17 PM

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When you personalize your license plate to your BD nickname (no, I have not done that...yet).

*Gasp* Brinniel, you have found me out... okay, so I haven't done it yet, but I thought rather seriously about it. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] When I get that car...

Tinuviel of Denton · 08-06-2003, 04:04 PM

When you have managed to get your little sister who has a love affair with Peter Benchley (his books anyway) interested enough in LotR to register on the Downs! (Go me!)

When you start getting BD withdrawal when you sister takes ten minutes more on the computer than she was supposed to.

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 08-06-2003, 08:09 PM

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When you have managed to get your little sister who has a love affair with Peter Benchley (his books anyway) interested enough in LotR to register on the Downs! (Go me!)

What is her screen name, in case I see her around (so that I can think "Hey look! There's Tinuviel's little sister!")?

Eressië Ailin · 08-06-2003, 09:05 PM

*You now have a collection of BDers sigs and Avatars *ish very proud* [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

*You see one of Beren87's posts and yell (very loudly, I might add), "YAYISHNESS!!! Beren's confetti-throwing wizard is back--even though he's not throwing confetti anymore! YAY!!"

I received some very, very odd looks after that particular comment ("What? I wasn't doing anything! Honest! Just... go about you buiseness everybody!").

Amarantha_Daisy · 08-07-2003, 12:35 PM

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I received some very, very odd looks after that particular comment

Heh heh... I do that a lot... especially when on LotR humor sites... I'll start laughing aloud and get some weird looks. Or when I squee at a post... My family thinks I'm crazy [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Any-woo, back to the topic...
-The number of posts you've written in one day is bigger than the number of words you speak in a week.

Tinuviel of Denton · 08-07-2003, 02:15 PM

My sister's screen name? Who in all Felturn is that? Actually, she used to be Who the Heck is That? but we made a leetle mistake about her birthday when we registered that one. She lost interest for a while, then decided to reregister, and Who in all Felturn is That? was born.

Oh, yes, and I have another sister who's registered. Her screen name is Durlossiel.

When you sit at the computer for hours, waiting for someone to reply to your latest post in the Dragon. When that post finally comes, you squeal, then reply.

08-08-2003, 08:18 PM

I am going to kill you!!!!!!! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Back to topic
When you spend all night on this web site
get grounded and then do it again

My sister Tinuvial did that

Amarantha_Daisy · 08-08-2003, 10:56 PM

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I am going to kill you!!!!!!!

Awwww...sibling love. Sounds like my house... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

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When you spend all night on this web site get grounded and then do it again

Yep. That's me. I spend more time talking on the Downs than I do talking in real life... It's nice to talk here though, because the people here are just like me [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] It's nice to have people to talk to, since none of my frineds are Tolkien fans. *sniffle* I love you guys!

Okay...I'll stop being sappy now. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Pyroclastic · 08-08-2003, 11:17 PM

The only reason you get off of BD, or stop reading the books, or watching the movies, or the extras, is to do The Walk To Rivendell! That's me.

05-22-2003, 02:23 PM	#241
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	I am also guilty of that, except that it is at my school computer room... ~Menelien __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."

06-01-2003, 11:50 AM	#242
Eressië Ailin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past the Point of No Return... Posts: 502	This morning I was reading a bit of The Phantom of the Opera, and I came across the name Darius. Of course, the first thing that popped into my head was, 'Lyra!' There have been so many other Phantom connections that I can't think of right now... Arafangwen, is it safe to assume that you are a Phantom phan? crosses fingers [ June 01, 2003: Message edited by: Eressië Ailin ] __________________ Holy angel, in Heaven blessed... My spirit longs with thee to rest! ~Faust Never judge a book by its movie. ~J. W. Eagan By the big slippers of big slipperdom! ~M. Gillenormand, Les Misérables My blog!

06-01-2003, 12:35 PM	#243
Arafangwen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: WtR: 413 miles/Floating happily across the floor in the arms of The Phantom..... Posts: 361	It depends on what Phantom you're talking about . Actualy, I love all of the Phantoms I know [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] . I really do like the Phantom of the Opera though, but that's not the-. I'm just digging myself deeper and deeper into this hole..... __________________ i indo ye vanya mi amaurëa cálë~LúcëwenElerínaEruiel Soooo..... I'm still doing the wave, anyone else? Anyone? Yeah!! Hmmm... What is that?

06-04-2003, 03:07 PM	#245
vanwalossien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: middle of Nowhere/Norway Posts: 372	A very obvious sign of addiction is to see BD'ers everywhere, like when you read in a travel guide about Ireland's lush, green countryside, but when you spot the word 'beren' and think of Beren87 before Beren Erchamion, then you're mad... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [ June 04, 2003: Message edited by: vanwalossien ] __________________ "The ships hung in the air in much the same way as bricks don't"

06-06-2003, 02:46 AM	#246
Neferchoirwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: RtR: 483.3 miles, Fords of Bruinen Posts: 512	I look out my backyard and imagine my dogs are hobbits... I carried my friend's two-month-old baby and thought it was a hobbit... I keep the downs on my computer when I'm online, and I get all tense when I'm in school and I'm not on a computer somewhere... __________________ On really romantic nights of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion. ~Speed Levitch http://crevicesofsilence.blogspot.com/

06-06-2003, 09:07 AM	#247
Annalaliath Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 380	You tend to recomend the Barrow Downs to everyone that you meet. You pester your friend to go look at the Barow Downs. And finally the Barrow Downs is the first thing you do in the morning( if you don't have work). __________________ Bloody Stumps!!!

06-06-2003, 09:11 PM	#248
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Your girlfriend begins to call herself a "Barrow-widow". [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

06-07-2003, 08:59 AM	#249
Neferchoirwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: RtR: 483.3 miles, Fords of Bruinen Posts: 512	...I treat Barrow Downs as a sedative, next to coffee. Addiction to Eowyn Challenge: I just walked for 2 miles under the 1pm sun, foregoing any transportation just to get more miles on the challenge. __________________ On really romantic nights of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion. ~Speed Levitch http://crevicesofsilence.blogspot.com/

06-07-2003, 12:41 PM	#250
LúcëwenElerínaEruiel Guest Posts: n/a	Ah, the Eowyn challenge! I am also adicted to that! I've even started to carry my counter thingy around with me everywhere. *Even the people who don't know you, know that they should tell you they don't like the Barrow Downs before you start introducing them to every aspect of it, ie.=you have quite a reputation for obsession

06-08-2003, 04:11 AM	#255
Lyra Greenleaf The Diaphanous Dryad Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: R toL: 531, past the wild path Posts: 1,152	Yes! Jumping up and down and squealing when you get a PT is a bad sign. Especially when your sister is having all her friends around for her birthday party... SOPHIA: coughcough CONGRATULATIONS! I thought I shouldn't make a post on the RTC discussion thread just for that. __________________ “Sylphs of the forest,” I whispered. “Spirits of oak, beech and ash. Dryads of Rowan and hazel, hear us. You who have guided and guarded our every footstep, you who have sheltered our growth, we honour you." the Forbidden Link

07-29-2003, 02:13 PM	#256
Sirithheruwen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: Wind's Road Posts: 467	Hey, I can relate to most of these. Here's another one!: When you freak out whenever it takes about 15 seconds to load. __________________ "My name is Mallard, but you can call me Duck." ~Random Saying, compliments of Sirith and her best friend, concerning a book.

07-29-2003, 02:56 PM	#257
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	I get all depressed when no one is posting very much on the threads I frequent, or when someone hasn't responded to one of my PMs yet, or when I have a reslly good quiz question to ask, but my last answer han't been confirmed yet. __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.

07-31-2003, 08:17 PM	#260
Eglaladiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Rivendell... Posts: 55	Ha ha ha! its really funny. not all of them are true for me though...so i guess i have a life....right??? __________________ <3 -R.I.P. Padfoot (sniffle, sniffle)

08-01-2003, 09:46 AM	#263
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	I've had plenty dreams about BD. Even one nightmare last night. That was disturbing. Swan song, -Menelien [ August 01, 2003: Message edited by: GaladrieloftheOlden ] __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."

08-03-2003, 01:02 PM	#265
elfearz1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 259	you talk to the people on here more then your own family. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] when you are in a resteraunt and suddenly have a good idea for a post, you imediatly pull out a pen and start writing on a napkin... despite the odd looks you are given by your friends. you've decided to skip showers to have more time on here (I'm not quite at that point!) Although people (in real life)seem to think you are the most obsessed person on this planet, you feel ashamed that you are not as obsessed as your fellow BD'ers you feel like you fit in more with people here then offline. __________________ I didn't eat Merry, i just ate his waistcoat!-Horse maidens dream 915/920 miles. On my way to Lothlorien! ^^Elfearz^^

08-03-2003, 08:16 PM	#267
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	When you personalize your license plate to your BD nickname (no, I have not done that...yet). [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

08-05-2003, 10:03 AM	#270
Tinuviel of Denton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Amid the hills and dales of the Shire... or not. Posts: 579	Hey, thanks Amarantha! That might help... When your mother limits your time on the computer, and you complain that she is curtailing your creative ability.

08-05-2003, 03:00 PM	#271
elfearz1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 259	when you start getting blisters from the Walk to Rivendell. (serves me right for walking two miles in flip-flops) __________________ I didn't eat Merry, i just ate his waistcoat!-Horse maidens dream 915/920 miles. On my way to Lothlorien! ^^Elfearz^^

08-06-2003, 04:04 PM	#273
Tinuviel of Denton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Amid the hills and dales of the Shire... or not. Posts: 579	When you have managed to get your little sister who has a love affair with Peter Benchley (his books anyway) interested enough in LotR to register on the Downs! (Go me!) When you start getting BD withdrawal when you sister takes ten minutes more on the computer than she was supposed to.

08-06-2003, 09:05 PM	#275
Eressië Ailin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past the Point of No Return... Posts: 502	You now have a collection of BDers sigs and* Avatars ish very proud [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] You see one of Beren87's posts and yell (very loudly, I might add), "YAYISHNESS!!! Beren's confetti-throwing wizard is back--even though he's not throwing confetti anymore! YAY!!" I received some very, very* odd looks after that particular comment ("What? I wasn't doing anything! Honest! Just... go about you buiseness everybody!"). __________________ Holy angel, in Heaven blessed... My spirit longs with thee to rest! ~Faust Never judge a book by its movie. ~J. W. Eagan By the big slippers of big slipperdom! ~M. Gillenormand, Les Misérables My blog!

08-07-2003, 02:15 PM	#277
Tinuviel of Denton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Amid the hills and dales of the Shire... or not. Posts: 579	My sister's screen name? Who in all Felturn is that? Actually, she used to be Who the Heck is That? but we made a leetle mistake about her birthday when we registered that one. She lost interest for a while, then decided to reregister, and Who in all Felturn is That? was born. Oh, yes, and I have another sister who's registered. Her screen name is Durlossiel. When you sit at the computer for hours, waiting for someone to reply to your latest post in the Dragon. When that post finally comes, you squeal, then reply.

08-08-2003, 08:18 PM	#278
Who in all Felturn is that? Guest Posts: n/a	I am going to kill you!!!!!!! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] Back to topic When you spend all night on this web site get grounded and then do it again My sister Tinuvial did that

08-08-2003, 11:17 PM	#280
Pyroclastic Haunting Spirit Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mordor University, Wisconsin Campus Posts: 83	The only reason you get off of BD, or stop reading the books, or watching the movies, or the extras, is to do The Walk To Rivendell! That's me. __________________ If You Can't Beat 'Em, Cheat 'Em!