Ways to prove you are a ringer (Merged Multiple Times)

[Beorn]

Originally posted by Istar
Wow, I just read this entire thread in one sitting.
Here's one Mike B. forgot. He tries to work "Quotations from the Red Book of Westmarch" into every paper he turns in, especially papers for our anti-Tolkien (GASP) English teacher.

When people refer to the Bible, you think of the Silmarillion.

Istar

Darn...you're right...BTW, he's referring to me...Too many Mike's in school, so I'm just Mike B...or called by my last name...

[Diabless]

You believe the Ring gives you power and an advantage (games, school, ect...) You feel powerless and naked without it. You could have sowrn you had it on and you find you had taken it off and put it in a box. It's trying to leave you!, you think:D

[EverEve]

When you are at the equestrian center, and you see horses return from a trail ride you mutter "The Riders of Rohan return!" without thinking (guilty again:p:D)

[Shadowfax]

You are currently looking for a new horse, and one of your main criteria is that it is grey, so that you can name it Shadowfax! (That's what I'm doing right now!)

[Mrs. Baggins]

How obsessed are you?


If you vote, please post some sort of short message afterwards, because I fear that if people only vote, then the thread will get down towards the bottom of the list. Voting doesn't keep a thread/poll high on the list which I find very aggravating.

[AlellaGreenleaf]

PRETTY DARN OBBSESSED!!!

[YayGollum]

I don't like any of the things up there, but I always call myself Poor Smeagol and the only thing I really want for my birthday is the One Ring. Is that good?

[Gary Gamgee]

Hee Hee I voted for the quotes thing cause i do do that but more tongue in cheek fashion rather than huge emotion. Me and my mate Tom are forever blocking each other in doorways shouting 'you shall not pass' soo hilarious*sarcasm intended* My favourite one at the minute is doing Cate Blanchett's Galadriel*only manly* people come to me and say hi Gary how you doin'? to which i often reply 'I know what it is you saw' hehehe makes me giggle even if the world thinks i'm MAD*starts insanely ranting* Gary Gamgee they say he's MAD I'll show them I have a plan thats gonna show them all HA HA HA....

[Mrs. Baggins]

Sorry bout that YayGollumn. I can't change it now:( Make your own poll. Oh and the "form" was meant as "from".

[ILLOTRTM]

I often walk around school sssssspeaking like Ssssssmeagol, oh yesss don't I, precioussss? The only perssssson it doesssssn't annoy issss Xanaphia. We don't know why thissss is, do we preciousss? And whenever a promisssssse isss to be made by me it issss sssssworn by the preciousssssss. I go around sssssssinging songsssss from LOTRsssss and many more thingsssssss, yessssss, preciousssssss.

[Aerin]

I don't qualify for any of the above; but I am completely and totally obsessed with the BOOK version of Lord of the Rings, and just about any other book written by Mr. J.R.R. Tolkien! (If you don't believe me, ask anyone in my family.. hehehe):D

[Beorn]

Perhaps you would like http://www.thetolkienforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=238 ?

[Tarien]

I have imitated speech from every character, dressed like every character, quoted from the book for every character, written plays, dream of anything LoTR, including the Hobbit, Sil, ect..., composed songs, pretty much anything you can think of.

And all in school, and other public places!

[Niniel]

At the moment I'm reading LoTR while copying down my favourite quotes, which I then read aloud to myself... In conversations I'm always trying to get the subject to Tolkien, even if the original subject had nothing to do with it. And I sing songs both form the book and the movie on the street, until I notice people are starting to look at me strangely. Then I stop, because I'm a bit shy to show I'm a Tolkien fan... I don't want to be seen as completely crazy, which I would if I gave myuself up completely to this Tolkien-madness...:)

[Mrs. Baggins]

Hey people! I love your posted messages. I am very happy people like this poll. If you could kindly pass this on to all of your forum friends, that I probably am not aquainted with, I would greatly appreciate it.

[Goldberry344]

I put all of the above, but the one about a script doesnt apply. maybeit will someday..:)

i do call my dad gaffer, just not to his face. my friends refer to me as the ring, and i found an old wedding ring in my dads shop, i now wearing around my neck like frodo did....

[Zale]

I don't show it, and no-one would guess (OBVIOUSLY apart from here), but I am obsessed. Although not so much with Tolkien, just with any great literary work (think Dune, not Jane Eyre). It just happens that Tolkien is the best...

[Dain Ironfoot]

Obsessed...... ME...........NO!!! YOU'LL NEVER GET ME..... NOT AGAIN.....

[Courtney]

FRODO LIVES!

[Goldberry344]

so does gollum, he adapted to the fire in mt doom....

[Ice Man]

I'm not obsessed.

[legoman]

I've gotten to that nice littel point when you realise nearly everything people say can be related to LotR in one way or another, but then I get lost cos I relate everything to music and comedy anyway, so I come out with a comical music ring, then other people get mixed up, its quite weird really.

[Mrs. Baggins]

I totally understand what you mean about everything relating to LOTR. Whenever I hear someone say, "Follow Me..." I can't help but say "Buckleberry ferry, follow me...".

[Dain Ironfoot]

finest WEED in the south farthing.....

[Goldberry344]

yes, and whenever someone says precious, dont you just HAVE to say "it's been called that before, but not by you!" ?

EEP!!! :) (http://shop.newline.com/escalate/store/DetailPage?pls=newline&bc=newline&prod=01368032fdcc&ipos=true)

[Mrs. Baggins]

Does anyone other than myself, own a life-size Frodo standee?

[Mrs. Baggins]

Ok, I'll take that as a no.

[Pippin/Frodo]

none of the choices fit what I am.

I've got 2 one rings on chains I own all 3 books a Frodo bookmark 2 movie posters which cover almost my whole wall a whole bulitin board full of pictures from the movie and more above and below it I've been called a lorf and Gandal,Galadriel,Frodo,Pippin,Arwen,Eowyn,and Elanor
I didn't like the sad ending so much that I;m writing a script to a continuing story and filming it this summer. All my friends know that I love the lord of the rings and can name everyone in the fellowship and know that if ever they have a question about the LOTR they can ask me and I will know. I've pre ordered the dvd and seen the movie 4 times and will probobly see it again now that there are preveiws for the two towers on the end even though I aready found them on the enternet. I finished reading the last book lastnight and cryed AGAIN. (I always cry when reading certain parts. If I had the mobey I would own alot more merchandise. Oh and I hgave the cd's with Ian holm in it and I can tell you who plays what in the movie and probobly in the two towers. I've made some stuff in the sand such as Gelm's Deep and Moria and I talk or do somethink about it at least 1 a day.

ok I'm done. What do you think?

[Beorn]

Originally posted by Mrs. Baggins
Does anyone other than myself, own a life-size Frodo standee?

Originally posted by Mrs. Baggins
Ok, I'll take that as a no.

THAT WAS HILARIOUS!

[Mrs. Baggins]

Hey people! Does everyone like my poll? I couldn't believe I came up with it. (Clean LOTR humor, that's a first!)

[Mrs. Baggins]

I know this is off topic, but does anyone know how I possibly could have become a guildsman?

[Beorn]

For posts 0 through 29, you are something that I forgot. For posts 30 through 99, you are a Guildsman-Whether you like it or not ;). From post 100 and up, you can be anything you like. I will be posting an announcement in Member Announcements on how to do this soonly (my word, don't steal!).

[Mrs. Baggins]

thanx!

[Pippin/Frodo]

Oh and to add on to how I'm a ringer, When I read the part in the book where Sam is singing that song about not givig up and frodo answeres and they find each other, I was out behind my house in the forest and I got up on the table, memorized the song and sang it at the top of my ungs.
And I go around every now and then to test my friends on LOTR stuff.
And I paint rocks and wood signs and all so far have something to do with LOTR and I painted quite a few.
And I quote and sing songs from the story ALL THE TIME.

So tell me what you think about how I love the LOTR.

[Aredhel]

How about this one-
You go on the Tolkien Forum 4 times a day*GUILTY*

I once memorized that verse that Sam says to get past the Watchers and into the tower. My friends all look at me wierdly when I do that.

Glad to say that I am happy I'm not the only one!

[Beorn]

I think someone did this already:

You're a moderator on The Tolkien Forum!

:D

[Mrs. Baggins]

Huh?

[Pippin/Frodo]

I've memorized "upon the harth" the son that sam sang to find frodo and many poems and songs oh and the one galadriel sings when they leave lorien. And I quote people from it all the time and I tell my friends about all you guys and yes I'm here alot too. My friends can name about 20 resions I'm a LORF

[Eithne]

lol... i'm not there yet... *inconspicuously hides lotr script and special addition books under pile of papers with frodo lives written all over them* course not! "All that is gold does not glitter..." no! no! i will not give in to the voices! i will not sing!

[Pippin/Frodo]

Oh come on it's fun. You know you want to. Be sure to stang up on something and sing real loud.

LOL

[Mrs. Baggins]

As Mrs. B starts to sing****************




Hey Ho to the world I go
that can heal my heart
and drown my woe
rain may fall
and wind may blow
but there'll still be many miles to go

Sweet is the sound of foreign rain
and dreams that fall from hill to plain
better than rain or rippling brook
there's a mug of "coke" inside this Took!




PS: I'm part Took.

[Mrs. Baggins]

Ok, I take it people don't drink coke in the Shire?

[Pippin/Frodo]

I love Coke and being part Took means we're related. I'M SO HAPPY!

[Mrs. Baggins]

wow!

[Beorn]

Another thing that I suffer from...

If I'm typing a web address that ends in .org, I type .orc

:D

[Pippin/Frodo]

I went to the pool with a friend so we did that last scene in the movie where Sam almost drowns like twelve times.
LOL
It was fun and I liked drowning and saving.

[tasar]

I wear a silver ring and pretend that I'm Galadriel. Still need to work on that 'turning into a green tornado' thing though.

[Frodorocks]

You're name is Caitlin DeWolf and your user name is Frodorocks. You have 135 pictures and articles about LotR hanging on the walls of your house. Your friends try to drown you at the pool because you won't shut up about lotr. (That's happend to me:D )Every time you see a plain gold ring you scream and throw it into the nearest fire. (That one about the pigeons and the nazgul, genius)'I'd dearly love to see some Elf-magic, Mr. Frodo."-Sam

[Theoden]

Originally posted by Dengen-Goroth
43) You find a link between all your surroundinga and places in ME.
I annoyed my friend, who also read LoTR. there was a hill, i said Weathertop, the school, I said Barad-Dur.

tried and stand guilty

[Camille]

Well I am guilty of:
have Feanorians fonts on my computer
I am learning Quenya, even though I have nobody with whom I could practice it and it will be useless in my work.
I can not look at a night full of stars without thinking in the Ages of the stars and how it would be to live under the starlight *sight*
Every time I look a beautiful tree I think how many years took him to grow to that size and how noble or dark his spirit is.
I feel very sad because I do not have any friend around me to talk about Tolkien :(

and yes I am Camille and I am a tolkienholic!!

[Camille]

I remember one more.. when you start naming trees laurelin, telperion galathion etc etc

[Pippin/Frodo]

Name places of forests nearby Lorien and Rivendel.

[Pippin/Frodo]

Write a whole continueing story to the book.

Guilty of both.

[Lily from Bree]

Okay, I'd better not even start. I do most or all the things on the list. I'm going to buy Sting soon, I call LOTR my precious, compose tunes for Tolkien's songs, write Lord of the Rings and Frodo is the best on every piece of paper I use, and etc. etc. There's probably not room to write it all. My friends are afraid of me, and my family has lost all hope.

[Pippin/Frodo]

Sadly my friend today told me I was completely obsest and that I liked it sooo much I was making other people tired of it.

[Glorfindels Gal]

I seem to remember nearly losing all my non-LOTR friends at one point coz me and "Lady Galadriel" wouldn't shut up about it! Now we have all our deep conversations about ME away from the prying ears of the non-believers! Isn't that right LG?

[Beorn]

You can type 'thetolkienforum.com' faster and with more accuracy than most people can type 'the'

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Istar]

I'm afraid that dosen't apply to me, because I have it on the top of my bookmarks list!

[Ecthelion]

I have one. You name one of your fishes Sauron and another Aragorn then sit infront of the fishbowl and pretend when they swim at eachother they are swing swords.

Another. You dress up your dog as LOTR characters for Halloween

Uuuummmmm........No comment.

[kristi de marin]

while we're on the pet subject...

when you're on vacation and keep calling your friend's cat your Precious

[Glorfindels Gal]

I always call my animals "my precious", but then again I am a bit crazy bout my pets...! I also think that Merry and Pippin would be great names for cats but my mum won't let me get anymore!

[Lily from Bree]

I don't have any pets, but the pastor of our church recently acquired a puppy, and he wanted to rename it Samwise. However, he decided to ask all the young people of the church to vote on the name. My friend and I went totally nuts after he told us, and ran around yelling "Samwise! Samwise!" over and over. We e-mailed him as soon as we got home, and even included pictures of Sam's bravest moments from the movie. They named the puppy Samwise. We went bizerk.

[Bilbo Baggins57]

-every time u meet someone u can't help but wonder what race they'd belong to in ME & can't wait 2 go on that site & find out what their elf, hobbit, dwarf, & orc names are.

-every time u see that preview for "Eight Legged Freaks" u automatically think of Bilbo & the spiders in Mirkwood

-at parties & wedding receptions u always toast to "The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings & the Return of the King"

-you've been known to scream random names of LOTR characters out of car windows & through sun roofs

-whenever u see the preview for TTT, u scream "Frodo lives!", "Sam's my hero!", & "Go Gandalf!" at the top of your voice

[FrodoFriek]

Weel, since i did ask you to start this poll Mrs. Baggins, I must say I AM PRETTY MUCH AS OBSESSESED AS YOU CAN GET! AND AS I DO OWN THE DVD, AND I DID GET JENN L. TO WATCH IT, I MUST SAY I AM OBSESSED AND PERSUASIVE! MUAAHAAAHAAAA!:D

[Aerie]

Someone on my old board started a thread like this and it was fun! Can you lot carry it on?

1. You chuck your friend's rings into fires

2. You insist on calling your grandad 'Gandalf the Grey'

3. You give your friends rhyming nicknames e.g Fili, Kili, Oin, Gloin...etc

4. You can speak fluent Elvish

5. Whenever you see a fight you jump in shouting 'ELENDIL!'

6. Elijah Wood has filed a restraining order against you

7. You never stop reading LOTR, once you have finished you start again.

8. You attack people who dont like LOTR

9. You try to grow hair on your feet!

10. You burst into song for no reason

11. You say 'son of...' after saying someone's name e.g 'Chris, son of Nathan'

[Muffinly]

There should be a spot on the poll that says:
You are constantly writing elvish scripts in every imaginable place.

[Legolas_lover12]

fianlly i read all this. and i am guilty of most of thos things.

i call my dog my precious, all the time, i go"aren't u just my little precioussss, yesss, u r" LOL

and i spent all day printing and cutting lotr pictures to put on binders folders and books and notebooks for school. i also plan to write frodo lives on my book covers. LOL.

[Legolas_lover12]

my friend got scared when i told her my theory about how middle earth used to exist.

i seriuosly think my grandpa is an elf. he has really pointed ears.

[Arien]

-Go around muttering “My Precious is lost”.
-Go ‘Tramping’ all over your garden with an old manky stick.
-After dinner you spontaneously burst into a long complicated song.
-Walk around wearing green blankets over your clothes with a leaf brooch holding it together.
-put a torch under your green cloak and turn it on so that you look like an elf that is between worlds.
-when confronted by a teacher who is concerned about your glowing green cloak as it is not school uniform cry “back you devils”, pull out ‘sword’ and charge at them as if they were orcs.
-walk around barefoot with a curly wig on your head.
-buy a gold ring and wear it on a silver chain.
-when a teachers takes any of your friends for detention etc. burst into tears and cry “they took the little ones!”
-introduce yourself as “so and so, son/daughter of so and so”.
-you go on a six month hike taking only crackers and rope just for the fun of it!
-you buy all the gear and walk around claiming to be one of the missing istari.
-you grow your hair out to seem more elvish-and buy the ears!
-when your tutor walks in you mutter to your friend “they have a cave troll”.
-never eat melons because everyone knows ‘mellon’ means friend.
-try scaring people by wandering around muttering ”ash nazg durbatuluk,ash nazg grimbatul.ash nazg trazatulk agn burzum-ish krimpatul!!”
-start calling children hobbits
-walk around shouting ”get outta my way you orcs!”
-gaze into the jewellers muttering “they have my precioussss,my precioussss.
-when your teacher tells you “your late” you glance at them darkly and say “a wizard is never late mr. so and so, nor are they early,they arrive precisely when they mean to.”

[Ceorl]

hehe nice realism.

You strike me as a movie inspired Tolkien fan due to your cave troll mention, is it so?

[Arien]

Yeah!!!

[Arien]

-your friend has a large bar of chocolate so you eat some.when they accuse you of stealing you draw yourself up and shout “i am not trying to rob you!!im trying to help you”
-Whenever you have to dirsect a meeting you open it with “strangers from afar,friends of old,you have been summoned here to............”
-always refer to yourself as “we” and have arguements with yourself.i.e.
“we want that chocolate dont we precious? smeagol says no,nasty smeagol, but gollum, yes, gollum wants the light bubbly chocolate............”
-when you answer the phone say “is it secret? is it safe?”
-you legally change your name to strider and start hanging around taverns pestering little people.
-you refer to your loved ones as “my preciousssssssssssssss”
-in the early hours of the morning you can be found lurking round your neighbours pond muttering “nicccceeeeeeee fisssssshesss” to yourself.
-instead of pepper spray you have a glass bottle and scream “ aiya earendil elenion ancalima” at muggers.
-If anyone pushes in front of you in the queue you draw sword(or something sword like) and shout “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!”
-when your teacher asks for your homework you reply “if you want it,come and claim it!!”
-you claim the reason your finger is missing is because gollum bit it off
-when you are in trouble in school you angrily reply “do not be so quick to deal out death and judgement!”

[steel_rose]

after reading all of that i am finally starting to understand why i am in an insane aslyum.
*mutters to self* "and they think i'm crazy....they won't think that for long...."

[Gary Gamgee]

hee hee:D love it. I like making people look at my hand by saying look at this, they look see nothing in my hand and look back at me, at which point I say 'I know what it is you saw'

[Galdor]

Great list! I have one you might want to add that my friend and I do.

- After a good meal or drink of some sort you say "Ah! that was proper fourteen-twenty,that was!"

[CloakedShadow]

I already do most of that...but please don't worry about me...
And I have a cloak, so nix on the green blankets...

The Cloaked Shadow

[Dwarf Lord]

Hey I didn't know I had to do that! Maybe I'll try that! I could freak out my foot ball buddys too. SSSWWWWEEETT!


DWARF LORD

[EverEve]

OH I DO MOST OF THAT!!!! i flipped out one time when my friend took my LOTR action figure of aragorn. I, uh, went screaming down the hall screaming "my precious! give me back my precious!"

it was quite funny, really.

EVE (since everyone else is signing their name:))

[EverEve]

Legolas_Lover12: UR FRIEND DIDNT BELIEVE THAT MIDDLE EARTH USED TO EXIST?!?!

its sooo obvious that it did. I mean, my theory is that Tolkien was the only person to find out the truth, and the LotR series, is the actual recording of the facts. You know, like a history book. Whats yours?

[Nenya Evenstar]

I only recently became a total LOTR fanatic so I can't claim to have done all of the above, but I can claim to have made a good start. I especially love to do the "You're Late" one because I am almost never late, and I get some weird looks. I'll have to try this one:

hee hee love it. I like making people look at my hand by saying look at this, they look see nothing in my hand and look back at me, at which point I say 'I know what it is you saw'

Nenya :D

[Legolas_lover12]

well that is kinda mine too. that JRRT found these books in a library at ...oh, whatever school he taught at ...Oxford right?? anyway ...and no one else remembered about them because no one had read them for so long. then i went into seatil about why ME could have existed and that stuff.
good men go beyond the circles of the world to Eru (God). and evil go to melkor (the devil). Valinor is like ...oh, i don't know cuz i'm not an elf but ...anyway. then there are some ppl who have pointed ears still. i believe they are elves so i believe my grandpa is an elf. so i believe i am 1/4 elvish. and i could go on and on. but i won't;)just for ur sanity;):D:rolleyes:

[EverEve]

oh dont worry about my sanity..i lost it ages ago..during my first week at the forum :)

[EverEve]

I thought that was hilarious too! lets see... whats the worst ive done...o gosh, i cant even begin to think. when i figure it out, i'll tell all of yall about, cuz im sure u all wanna hear it!

[Nenya Evenstar]

You bet we want to hear it! Let's see... the worst I've ever done is just talked and talked about LOTR and at any given opportunity throw in a quote or say that something reminds me of say, an elf, until everyone around me just rolls their eyes and tells me to shut up. :D And now I've even got some better ideas.

[Nenya Evenstar]

I just read this thread over again because, yes, I'm really going to start freaking people out. I have to use this one:

-your friend has a large bar of chocolate so you eat some.when they accuse you of stealing you draw yourself up and shout “i am not trying to rob you!!im trying to help you”

It'll go over great with dancers!

[LadyGaladriel]

Lol, this thread is so funny .


Ive only done one or two ;)




p.s this is my 400th post! way hay!

[Nenya Evenstar]

Congrats! I see that you are a Pickwickian. Dickens is great!

[LadyGaladriel]

He is amazing isn't he . Hwhat other Dickens books have you read?

[CloakedShadow]

I've got a few:

*Refer to your home as Bag End
*Throw a big party at 33 to celebrate your 'Coming of Age'
*Walk up to random old men and shout 'Fireworks, Gandalf! Fireworks!'
Just a few I picked up...



I'm going to be and elf this Halloween! I'm making an elvish dress, and I already have a cloak! My friend and I are going to walk around the neighbourhood chanting in elvish! :D

Until then...
The Cloaked Shadow

[EverEve]

I called someone an orc once, and I was seriously surprised that they didnt take it as an insult, or even have a clue what I was talking about...

Oh and this one time, I was talking to this guy, and LOTR came up and somehow he managed to outwit me (GASP!) and keep me trying to think up an insult....well, he called me an orc, and it made me sad :( CUZ IM AN ELF!! I REALLY AM!!!

[Legolas_lover12]

LOL. me too. and i think that people today who live longer have some numenorean blood .LOLOL:);)

[EverEve]

YOUR RIGHT! that must be it!


*3 MORE POSTS TO 1000!*

[Legolas_lover12]

CONGRATS in advanced!!!!! i'm only on 462. lets see that 538 posts to go ...i think ...:o

[Legolas_lover12]

and i've found a way to relate soem things to LOTR

1.
in our english class the abreviation for and interogative (question) sentence is INT which sounds very much like ENT.


and this is something of how LOTR realtes to the bible.

2.
the devil (lucifer) was a musical angel b4 he got kicked outta heaven. and i've heard somewhere that melkor was one of the most powerful mair in the creation of the "music" or whatever. just thought that was kinda interesting ...

[EverEve]

interesting...very, very interesting...

[ltas]

-instead of pepper spray you have a glass bottle and scream “ aiya earendil elenion ancalima” at muggers.

:D :D That one might actually work...

[Dwarf Lord]

To tell you the truth when I first read LOTR I planned on having a big coming of age party when I was 33. I had it all planned out in my head. I would have a small pavilon in my back yard, and invite some of my friends, and have a feast. There would be small firecrackers, and at the end I would make a big monologue about my life.



DWARF LORD

[Anamatar IV]

heres one

obtain a sword, break it and hand the shards down to your son and his son untill one of them decides to fix it.

[Beorn]

Your start button looks like this:

[Anamatar IV]

you carry aroun a sword, pipe and a whole bag of weed :D you might get arrested though.

[Dragon]

If you ever catch anyone trying to steal something from you in school like a pencil or something, yell at them and run away, and then say to your friend, "The ring has him, Aragorn."

I tried.

[Legolas_lover12]

LOL. can u really make ur start button look like that???

[Goldberry344]

well, as i have curly hair, and a ring, and i wear it sometimes, im all set. I.am.smeagol and arathin call me "ring" cause....i dono why....and i.am.smeagol does go around vouching for smeagol and telling why he is so cool.
also, i.am.smeagol and i went to see FOTR 4 times dressed up as elves...(with cloaks) and we held whole convo's in just lotr quotes (to see one, go to www.iamsmeagol.net (i am smeagol's website) and look around...its there somewhere.... ;) )

[Anamatar IV]

I dont think so. Unless you have a program i dont.

[Beorn]

Originally posted by Legolas_lover12
LOL. can u really make ur start button look like that???

Yes, and mine actually does...However, it's not easy (nor safe) to do...if you're really, really interested, PM me and I'll explain (BTW, you can make your computer unusable if you screw up trying to do it).

[Nahar]

i say 'my precious' alot....and i ahve a little gold ring that has elvish enscibed on it, one ring to rule rhem all etc etc on it..

theriot

[EverEve]

ohhh....definetly not trying that then...i screw up on everything that has to do with comps!

[Precious]

I didn't see this previously posted; if it was, forgive me...I'm a newbie:)

The Top Ten:

10. When you constantly call your loved ones "My Precious."

09. You apply Rogaine to your feet to appear more 'Hobbitish.'

08. You run off on a 6 month hike taking only crackers and rope, just for the hell of it.

07. You throw your wedding ring in the fireplace so you can see the runes on it.

06. You won't eat melon, because mellon means friend.

05. You constantly refer to your father as "Me Ol' Gaffer."

04. You claim the reason you are missing a finger is because Gollum bit it off.

03. Instead of pepper spray, you pack a glass bottle and scream, "Aiya Earëndil Elenion Ancalima!!!" at muggers.

02. When your wife has a baby, you are overheard saying, "He really has Gandalf's nose."

01. You legally change your name to Strider and hang around taverns pestering short people.

[Samwise_hero]

I have reasons why i'm a tolkien fan but they invole none of the above. ( I don't think they do anyway)

Top ten reasons I'm a Tolkien fan
1. He was such a great writer.
2. I love fantasy
3. I can get lost in his books and come out the other side hours later.
4. The characters are so alive (it's almost haunting)
5. I love adventures
6. Good prevails over evil (well it does in the hobbit and LOTR)
7. Middle Earth is so intreging.
8. Legolas ( and elves in gereral sound awesome)
9. By the end you feel like crying because you want more.
10. Some (most) parts are totally relevant to you and you feel like you're there.:D

[Anamatar IV]

there were numerous threads like this so i guess its okay.

[Nenya Evenstar]

Here's one:
Whenever an alarm (of any sort) goes off you immediately yell, "Awake!Fire! Fear! Foes! Awake!"

I just went camping and thought about LOTR all the time. I was staring into the fire after part of a cardboard box got put on. It was shaped like a mountain with a point and everything. I said, "Smoke rises from the mountain of Doom..." :D

[steel_rose]

Hey Eve COOL Avatar!
cant wait till i reach 100 posts!

[Anamatar IV]

youre just itching for an avatar arent you?

[Dwarf Lord]

How does everyone get such cool avatars. I want one thats not just gimli, but I can't make a better one.( all thouh I love gimli, but I want mine to be original).:(


DWARF LORD

[Precious]

Originally posted by Anamatar IV
there were numerous threads like this so i guess its okay. :D

[Legolas_lover12]

then i don't think i'll risk it. i'd prolly mess it up.;) well unless the instructions are REALLY simple;)maybe u could PM them to me ...i could take a look at them... but i prolly won't risk it;):rolleyes:

and here are some things i thought of in school today that show that i think about LOTR all the time ...

1)
in math class my teacher was talking about numerators and denominators. and when she said numenators i automaticly thought "numenor"!!! then i was think about numenor for the rest of math class ...

2)
my teacher used sam in an example sentence in english class. and i thought sam gamgee!!!! then i was thinking about sam and frodo in mordor for the rest of english class ...

3)
when we had to run the mile in gym and i thought i couldn't run anymore i just though "think legolas!! think aragorn!!! think legolas ..."

oh and on with my theory about how middle earth used to exist:

if u have read th bible u would know that people used to live for like 400 - 900 yrs. i think those people were numenorian. since they were living so long. or maybe some were elves who were slain or died or greif or something like that ...

[Legolas_lover12]

anad another thing. i think valinor is like the garden of eden (kinda) at first it was connected to arda like eden was "connected" (for lack of a better word) to earth. then they were "removed" grom the circles of the world so ppl couldn't find them, etc etc ....

anyway i'm obsessed ....;):rolleyes:

[EverEve]

that is pretty clear....someone tried to touch my ring again today...i tlod them to bac k off cuz i was possesive over it :D they just sorta smiled:P

[EverEve]

thanks Rose! U'll get to one hundred soon enough...anyway, people keep trying to touch my ring (at least they recognize the fact that its from LOTR) and i tell them to lay off the precious....uh-huh.

[steel_rose]

i dont know if there is a current quote thing going on but i have another quote!

"You talking to me? You talking to me? you must be talking to me..."

hope you like this one!

[EverEve]

i dont get it....:p :o

[CloakedShadow]

Here are my reasons:

10) It gives me and my friends an excuse to wear our cloaks to school (yes, we do wear cloaks to school...full length grey ones...)

9) TOLKIEN IS UBER COOL!

8) Have you seen Legolas?

7) What about Aragorn, have you seen him?

6) I have my own copy of the mass-produces 'One' Ring! (And on a silver chain and everything!)

5) You try looking into Frodo's deep blue eyes and saying you don't like it!

4) Because Middle Earth is fun to play in!

3) Because there is nothing cooler than an Elvish Archer!

2) Except maybe LOTS of Elvish Archers! (Can't wait for TT...)

1) DUH...it's the Lord of the Rings! (Gosh, do I have to explain everything to you people...)

Until then...
The Cloaked Shadow

[steel_rose]

i just relized that i stuck my post in the wrong spot!!
I ment to put that in the movie qoute game!!
SORRY!!

[Frodorocks]

1. Because it instantly gives you something to talk about with everyone. (everbody likes the lord of the rings)
2. (CloakedShadow) You try looking into Frodo's deep blue eyes and saying you don't like it.:D
3. The books are so great you can't stop reading them.
4. The movie's so great you can't wait to see the next one.
5. Because it gives you a break from this all too boring world. 6. Because middle earth rocks. 7. Because I love adventure. 8. Who doesn't like elves? 9. Because the characters are great. 10. Because the actors play the characters so well it's uncanny. :) :) :)

[Mrs. Baggins]

Hey y'all! I'm back!! I can't believe I've been kept from the forum for so long!! Oh well, the point is that I'm back :)! Everyone like my poll? Well, if any of you could kindly check out my new thread in The Fellowship of the Ring, The Movie section, I would really appreciate it. The title is "Disturbing and Violent?".

[Legolas_lover12]

hey, i'm back. and my math teacher used Sam twice in two example word problem in math class yesterday. and i iused sam in a poem in enlish!!!:D:D:D

[Istar]

My English this class this year deals with British Literature. Although Tolkien wasn't even mentioned, I'm going to try to relate every story in one way or another to LotR or the Hobbit!

[Legolas_lover12]

and my math teacher used sam again four times!!!! maybe i'll ask her if she knows what LOTR is ...

[Courtney]

I only have one main reason... I just can't help it!!! I mean, Middle Earth is so much better than the real world...:)

[ltas]

Originally posted by Courtney
I only have one main reason... I just can't help it!!! I mean, Middle Earth is so much better than the real world...:)

Yea, the Real Life is extremly over-rated!!!:D

[Precious]

Originally posted by ltas


Yea, the Real Life is extremly over-rated!!!:D :D :cool:

[Sam_Gamgee]

Originally posted by Samwise_hero

9. By the end you feel like crying because you want more.




RIGHT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and by the way i love your name.

[EverEve]

Aight here's teh list from yesterday:


1) i was brushing my teeth, and the precious started like hanging down towards the sink, and i immiediatly thought of Galadriel, and the whole eye of Sauron thing with Frodo at the Mirror.

2) is spanish we were watching a movie, and it was something about the two ancient provinces...and i swear they said something like Agorn or something....I was just like "ARAGORN SON ARATHORN! ISILDUR'S HEIR!!!!"

there was something else but i just cant remember it....

[Legolas_lover12]

and Bill was in my English book. i was thinking about ponies and LOTR the rest of the class.;):D

[EverEve]

oh, and my friend and i were riding through our neighborhood, and she was like 'lets pretend theres like some freak chasing us' (this is the friend im trying to convert to Tolkien-Freakism, and s=he has an over-active imagination), so obviously i thought of Ringwraiths, and i told her that and then we went really really fast. yep.

[Diamond Took]

YUP!!!

I'm a ringer!
all of the above. :D
and strangely enough, I'm actually PROUD of it!?

[Legolas_lover12]

ME TOO!!!!

[EverEve]

I qualify! And, obvously im proud of it...after all...Im still here after 9 months!!!! yay for Eve!!!

[EverEve]

OOOHHH!!! Evie understands now ;)

[Beorn]

You mix up movie & book names with The Lord of the Rings:

Books/Plays:
Gone with the Hobbits (Gone with the Wind)
A Tale of Two Towers (A Tale of Two Cities ...Groan... (http://www.thetolkienforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2036))


Movies:
The Lord of the Lambs (Silence of the Lambs)
The Ringbearer (The Godfather)
The Ringbearer Pt II (The Godfather Pt II)
The Ringbearer Pt III (The Godfather Pt III)
Sauron's List (Schindler's List)

[Legolas_lover12]

LOLOLOL. those are good. i wudda neva thought of that!!!

[fersganjh]

I only have one main reason... I just can't help it!!! I mean, Middle Earth is so much better than the real world... - Courtney Yea, the Real Life is extremly over-rated!!! - ltas I agree. Hey, The cloaked Shaodw, I wear the one ring on a silver chain too! Top ten reasons I'm a Tolkien fan
1. He was such a great writer.
2. I love fantasy
3. I can get lost in his books and come out the other side hours later.
4. The characters are so alive (it's almost haunting)
5. I love adventures
6. Good prevails over evil (well it does in the hobbit and LOTR)
7. Middle Earth is so intreging.
8. Legolas ( and elves in gereral sound awesome)
9. By the end you feel like crying because you want more.
10. Some (most) parts are totally relevant to you and you feel like you're there. - Samwise _hero Right on. LOTR rocks. - fersganjh

[fersganjh]

here are sum more:
- you have the one ring, but you refuse to wear because you fall to the temptation of the ring
- occasionally you dress in Middle-earthen clothes
- walk around bare foot to develop hobbit feet
- make plans to build a hobbit hole in a hill somewhere in New Zealand
- talk using terms "of old" "daughter/son of..." and so on
- when someone tells you "ur late" u reply "[insert your name] is never late [insert name of person who told u u were late]. Nor is he/she early. He/she arrives precisely when he/she means to." and then after a moment of silence you laugh.
- you buy and wear elvish ears
- you keep the one ring hidden in case the nazgul are nearby
hee hee... :) (& I do this all too!) - fersganjh :P

[YayGollum]

sorry. I don't do much of that craziness. My friends have just gotten used to me constantly referring to myself as Poor Smeagol. :rolleyes:

[gate7ole]

My best reason is:
SILMARILLION
I just hope I lived in the world of FA, even if I knew Morgoth would prevail

[CloakedShadow]

Yea, the Real Life is extremly over-rated!!!:D

Amen to that...who wants all that school work and responsibility anyways? All I want is to hike the forest of Mirkwood...to travel the trails of the great adventurers...and to meet Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pip!!! :D

[Popqueen62]

I love all of your reasons, but mostly i like them because they're adventurous, detailed, and wonderfully made.

[Popqueen62]

that is so awesome.. this thread rocks!

[Muffinly]

My reasons:

1. I felt excluded when all my friends read the books and I didn't.
2. Pippin: The jar-jar Binks of LOTR. (But that's not a good thing).
3. The maps look cool.
4. Writing the word "Námarië" at the end of letters.
5. Lembas taste good.
6. Two words: "I don't know half of you half as much as I should like,
and I like half of you half as well as you deserve." (maybe I shouldn't be in Pre-Calculus).
7. I actually have something to do with my time.
8. I like to read the apendices.
9. The popularity. (It's probably gone down).
10. Writing in Dwarvish and Elvish to confuse my friends.

[Dragon]

1) it's fun
2) it's fun
3) cute guys
4) more cute guys
5) it's fun to watch cute guys
7) no, seriously, fantasy is awesome and tolkien is the master
8) did I mention it's fun?
9) I love to get lost in the beautiful lands of ME
10)I love to watch cute guys get lost in the beautiful lands of ME

no, there really are good reasons, but I just got high off whipped cream, so they'll have to wait.

[Eöl]

this thread must not die...its funny and i just read the last 12 pages of it....im learning quenya and im dressing as an elf when i go to ttt i was gonna buy sting but they probably wouldnt let me in the theater hehe....but i am getting the elven brooch for my lorien cloak

[Legolas_lover12]

kool. i don't really have anything to dress up in when i go to TTT. oh well. my friends probly wouldn't go with me if i dressed weird .....:rolleyes:

[Eöl]

sure u do go to a fabric store buy some grey fabric and then buy the dvd or go to www.noblecollection.com and order the elven brooch

[Legolas_lover12]

yes but my parents don't let me order things off the net. i'm trying to talk them into letting me get the one ring. i know i'll wear that to TTT!!!

[Legolas the Elf]

here guys heres another one.
-you do riddles with poeple or when they talk to u

I have done it a lot it confuses them.


This thread rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Legolas:D

[EverEve]

Duuuudee....I do most of that...including the 'late' thingy...

YAY ME!

[Anira the Elf]

i have more i just can't remember them all now. it's too early. here goes:

- You think all caves covered in grass are age old hobbit holes

- when your running in PE and you make your footfalls sound like the orcs in FOTR.. the movie... (y'know.. dun duh duh dun duh duh dananan..)

Beautiful aren't they?

[Anira the Elf]

oh, brain flash! (owchie!)

- u will suddenly get impulses to go and watch the movie at 2:30 am and not know why. ( i mean u already have it memorized!)

[EverEve]

I actually do have the movie memorized. I do think about the orcs during running in PE! Yah, Im a dork...

[Eöl]

lol i love threads like this i love lotr im almost finished with seeing the movie my 7th time but my dumb family keeps kicking me out of the tv room....i always find ways to work quotes into conversations
heres some of my ideas:
you refuse to wear any rings even resembling nenya, narya or any other ring of power because u think the temptation is too great
you are planning on going to ttt as an elf (guilty)
you want a ps2 just for the lotr game (guilty)
ur winamp skin, background, and buddy icon resemble lord of the rings (guilty)
u spent 45 minutes on ebay looking for the best version of the one ring (guilty)

[Anira the Elf]

i finaly found the note book where i wrote the rest of my ingenios ideas. Wanna hear sommore??:

-When your friend asks to see your ring, u run away screaming, " no it's my preciosssssssssss!!!"
-When u introduce ppl at the beginning of your birthday party u list off evryone's last name untill someone interups u with the plural pronunciation of their name.
- You post a sign outside on a tree of your backyard that says "Warning! Any dwarf who breaths loudly will suddenly become surrounded by beautiful elven archers"


*bows and smiles at hte crowd* "Thank u, thank u ppl. i'll be here untill thursday!":D

[Eöl]

you burst into a 12 verse song after dinner and walk around calling mountain dew "a proper 1420"

[Anira the Elf]

(hey Celebrien. do u hold a seat on the council of lothlorien. my RP daughter is the queen of lothlorien.)

that almost happened to me at my friend(mirina's) birthdayparty.

i do admit to the movie @ 2:30 am though.

[Eöl]

i do not hold a seat there...are government councils fun? but anyway lets see.....what else do i do...well i'm learning quenya right now i only knwo like 3 words though

[HobbitGirl]

Ha ha ha! This thread is great! I think the worst one I've ever done was when my brother stole my One Ring replica (silver chain and all) and I jumped on his back screaming in a Gollum voice, "My Precious! Give us back our Precious!" To top it all off, my dad happened to causally comment, "Why don't you just bite off his finger?"....so I went for his finger. :D My brother took this all very comically, and didn't mind me clinging to his back at all.

Don't worry about me though, I haven't totally lost my mind...yet. :D

[Mrs. Maggott]

For adult Tolkiapaths:

Decorate your home in early hobbit (and wish there was someplace you could purchase a round door and round windows!).

Consider mushrooms a foodgroup.

While taking walks, talk to occasional trees to see if they respond.

Purchase or make a long wooden staff.

Bring many of your outdoor plants in for the winter (in colder climates, of course).

Purchase a room fountain, preferably one with a fog machine.

Rename the cat/dog/bird/fish with names appropriate to their particular personalities (hobbit, orc, elf etc.)

Purchase (even if you have no more wall space) still another picture, painting, wall hanging that reminds you of The Lonely Mountain, Caras Galadon, The Shire, Rohan etc. etc.

Make tapes/CDs of music that transports you to Middle Earth (Ralph Vaughn Williams has many such melodies as does Alan Hovanhess, Delius, Sibelius etc.).

Keep an "ear" out in surrounding conversations (wherever you are) for the person who mentions ANYTHING that indicates he or she is a fellow Tolkiapath - and when that happens, STRIKE! :D

[Eöl]

tolkiapath eh? sounds like a new word for the dictionary

[Anira the Elf]

i wanna learn quenya really bad but i am kind caught up in anouther novel right now : The mists of avalon. i't really good.

i do think they should add that loverly word to the big ,grand, old confuzing, boaring dictionary. but that's just my opinion.:D

[EverEve]

you mean its not in there?! what freak wouldnt consider it a word?! ;) :p :D

[Anira the Elf]

i know. some ppl are just insane. heres a new one that just poped into my mind:

- a day before T2T comes out u will reread the whole book, post all the new posters of T2t around your room, iron your elf costume ( u hope to get in free!), gety no sleep that night b/c u are way too excited, ect.

u get it :D

[Eöl]

Well yeah the sleep one for sure. Oh I'm so happy, this girl at school has the perfect cloak for my costume and its really cool because she said she would lend it to me!!! So I'm happy...and I just sent the check for the ring i got off ebay so thats cool too.

[Wolfshead]

Currently, on TTL, we're having a discussion to determine who is the most obsessed with all things Middle-Earth using a site someone found with about 90-ish reasons on it. Basically, we read through it and tell the rest of the list which ones apply to us, stating which ones are true. Then the person who says the most apply to them, wins, or seeks help. Currently, we have someone with 18, let's see how everyone here does in a seperate competition. Please note there will be no prize :p And there are also a couple more pages after the original that count as well.

http://www.geocities.com/heretherebehobbits/Obsessed.html

I'll start off here with the ones that apply to me.

19) You insist that it’s not actually a trilogy, but that Tolkien meant for it to be all one novel.

20) You know tons of little-known facts about Tolkien/the book/the movie…For instance, that the Shire is based on a part of England that Tolkien used to play in when he was young.

21) Any movie that any of the actors from LOTR were in previous to LOTR becomes immensely interesting to you. Eg) Sean Astin was in “The Goonies,” Elijah Wood was in “The Facutly,” etc - Well, I wouldn't say immensely interesting, but I'm more likely to watch them.

And ones that are almost correct for me

2) You want to cultivate an English (or Scottish if you like Pippin) accent because you think it’s better than your own. - Well, I already have a cross between the two, so I'm alright...

7) The most important CD in your CD collection is Howard Shore’s (he wrote the score for LOTR) soundtrack. - Almost. Probably about third, behind Iron Maiden - Best Of The Beast and Iron Maiden - Greatest Hits.

39) You plan to buy an entire new entertainment system for the release of the DVD. - I'd like to get a DVD player, but the reality of that is unlikely, I need more money...

So for me, we have 3, I suspect some people are capable of beating that.

[Weathergirl2006]

i almost have to go so i'll start me list
) You have a compulsion to learn Elvish as a second language
10) You have issues with the fact that Bill the Pony didn’t have a bigger part in the movie.
15) You wish you were an Elf/Dwarf/Hobbit/Wizard
) You insist that it’s not actually a trilogy, but that Tolkien meant for it to be all one novel.
20) You know tons of little-known facts about Tolkien/the book/the movie…For instance, that the Shire is based on a part of England that Tolkien used to play in when he was young.
26) You want pointy ears so that you can be an elf.
35) You are irrationally mad at the fact that Tom Bombadil was cut from the movie.
6) You wish Tolkien could come back from the dead, just so that he could write another installment for you.

[Ice Man]

I didn't look at the link, but I know I'm not obessed with Tolkein.

[Lord Aragorn]

1) You incorporate quotes from the movie/book into regular conversation.
2) You want to cultivate an English (or Scottish if you like Pippin) accent because you think it’s better than your own.
3) You have a compulsion to learn Elvish as a second language.
8) You’ve seen the movie until you personal funds and the funds of your family and friends are exhausted.
9) You know every line to the movie, and you know how they correspond to the book. Eg) Legolas says “There is a shadow and a threat that has been growing in my mind,” in the movie, but you know that Aragorn is the person who actually says it in the book.
10) You have issues with the fact that Bill the Pony didn’t have a bigger part in the movie.
11) You can correspond all of the music on the soundtrack to the dialogue in the movie.
15) You wish you were an Elf/Dwarf/Hobbit/Wizard.
16) You write a list of reasons that you may be LOTR obsessed.
18) You can read the whole Trilogy in a weekend.
19) You insist that it’s not actually a trilogy, but that Tolkien meant for it to be all one novel.
20) You know tons of little-known facts about Tolkien/the book/the movie…For instance, that the Shire is based on a part of England that Tolkien used to play in when he was young.
21) Any movie that any of the actors from LOTR were in previous to LOTR becomes immensely interesting to you. Eg) Sean Astin was in “The Goonies,” Elijah Wood was in “The Facutly,” etc
26) You want pointy ears so that you can be an elf.
27) The next time it snows, you’re going to try to walk on it as apposed to through it.
29) You plan to perm and cut your hair in hobbit style.
30) You become livid of someone tells you that Bilbo is Frodo’s uncle (everyone knows that they’re cousins).
33) You go to movies you hate, just to see the LOTR trailer.
34) You can rattle off any and all of the poems/songs/verses in the book upon request.
35) You are irrationally ****ed at the fact that Tom Bombadil was cut from the movie.
36) You wish Tolkien could come back from the dead, just so that he could write another installment for you.
38) Tolkien is your God, and LOTR is your Bible.
40) You compare everyone you know to characters in the book/movie.
41) You’ve been thinking of getting this Tolkien symbol: tattooed somewhere…

24!!!! Not too bad. I am getting that tatoo. :)

[Wolfshead]

Ok, so this thread of mine has been merged, why? I mean, the two threads are different. Both using different lists, my one being from a list that has far more options in it. Plus my one was a competition to see who was the most the most obsessed in comparison to the same competition on TheTolkienList. Having the competition merged with another on here destroys the whole thing, so if we can't discuss Tolkien-related matters, what can we discuss?

So, we have two contrasting threads moved into one, to save space I assume. Oh yeah, that's gonna save a lot of space. Do you Mods think perhaps you're deleting and merging too much, and destroying a good deal of discussion amongst members? I respect what you're doing, and this place wouldn't run without you, but I would say you're perhaps being a bit too strict.

Rant over, and back to some Computing work...

[ltas]

...you will find it difficult to trust anyone whose name begins with "S" (unless it's a proper hobbit name like Samwise)...

[Dragon]

Originally posted by Mrs. Maggott
For adult Tolkiapaths:

Decorate your home in early hobbit (and wish there was someplace you could purchase a round door and round windows!).

Consider mushrooms a foodgroup.

While taking walks, talk to occasional trees to see if they respond.

Make tapes/CDs of music that transports you to Middle Earth (Ralph Vaughn Williams has many such melodies as does Alan Hovanhess, Delius, Sibelius etc.).

Keep an "ear" out in surrounding conversations (wherever you are) for the person who mentions ANYTHING that indicates he or she is a fellow Tolkiapath - and when that happens, STRIKE! :D


MUSHROOMS ARE A FOOD GROUP!

I am guilty of all of these, and I really do wish That round doors and windows were more common.

[Mrs. Maggott]

MUSHROOMS ARE A FOOD GROUP! <quote Dragon>

No, I meant in the larger sense as somethin akin to carbohydrates and proteins! I know that they are an edible fungus and as such occupy their own particular "food group", but I must confess that I was thinking much more BROADLY, as it were! ;)

[Beorn]

Well, I guess I'll reply since I am the one who merged the two. The purpose, as has clearly withstood some 300 posts, of the original thread was a list of ways to prove that you are obsessed with LotR.

Basically, we read through it and tell the rest of the list which ones apply to us, stating which ones are true.

If you would care to read this entire thread, you would see that we do that too.

It's fine that there's a competition. A competition to see who is the most obsessed simply adds to the original, 300 post thread.

[Anira the Elf]

i AM trying to read this whole thread. it is hard but i am about 1/2 way through and im a fast reader!!! oh boy give me atlest 1or 1.5 hours to read the rest 2morrow. i'm too tiered now.

i'll count as i go along.:D

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by Beorn
Well, I guess I'll reply since I am the one who merged the two. The purpose, as has clearly withstood some 300 posts, of the original thread was a list of ways to prove that you are obsessed with LotR.

If you would care to read this entire thread, you would see that we do that too.

It's fine that there's a competition. A competition to see who is the most obsessed simply adds to the original, 300 post thread.
I can see the original thread lasted 20-odd pages but it has been dormant for almost 2 months and seemingly gone out of service. I'm not denying that the thread was a good one, personally, I haven't read it all, I don't have the time, but I still think another thread should have been allowed for an updated competition. But it seems there is nothing I can do about it except let people carry on posting it here, with the competition, in it's current form gone. I'm too tired to think up more intelligent things to right so I shall leave it at that.

[Weathergirl2006]

Funny!i really did have a few dreams when i was in the fellowship!

[Beorn]

Originally posted by CraigSmith
But it seems there is nothing I can do about it except let people carry on posting it here, with the competition, in it's current form gone. I'm too tired to think up more intelligent things to right so I shall leave it at that.

You certainly can do something about it. Go to Ancalagon, ask him if he thought what I did was right. If not, he'll split it out, or I will.

[Wolfshead]

Fair enough, I shall ask for his opinions presently.

[Beorn]

Split. Let me know if you'd like this short convo removed, and the new title of the thread (I believe this is what it was)

[Éomond]

Ok, here a few for me:

39. Run around the house with mom's big kictken knifes pretending that you're killing orcs.
37. saving as much money as you can to buy a couple of tickets for yourself to see the movie as many times as you can.
31. Watch all the traliers at home and at school from the computer
28. Take all the LotR book marks from the library and school
4. Watch/Read Movie/Books every day

[Frodorocks]

I found a green dress and bought pointy ears for when I go to see TTT. If you can't find some ears, then take out a lock of hair from in front of your temples and tie the rest up any way you want. For some reason it makes your ears look pointier.:D My friends will go with me, they'll just act like they don't know me.:p

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by Beorn
Split. Let me know if you'd like this short convo removed, and the new title of the thread (I believe this is what it was)
Thanks, Beorn (and Anc, I assume). No need to bother with the convo, might as well leave it there.

Ok, so now the competition is back on track :D Let's see who's in the lead so far... It's Lord Aragorn with 24! Let's see who can manage to beat that, surely someone can. We had people on TTL who past 30!

[EverEve]

EXACTLY! *is glad taht her new neighbor is as big of a ringer as her, and is convinced he is somewhere on this forum, but she just hasnt found him...YET*

[Hobbit-GalRosie]

Arrg, I got 19, but there were some that sounded a lot like me but I couldn't really say I would technically do that exact thing like:

7) The most important CD in your CD collection is Howard Shore’s (he wrote the score for LOTR) soundtrack.
11) You can correspond all of the music on the soundtrack to the dialogue in the movie.
13) You want to legally change your name to Gandalf/Frodo/Sam/ Arwen/Eowyn… etc.
18) You can read the whole Trilogy in a weekend.
25) You’re truly terrified that there are Nazgul searching for you at this very moment...
31) The Eye of Sauron haunts your dreams.
34) You can rattle off any and all of the poems/songs/verses in the book upon request.
37) You’ve had to buy another LOTR soundtrack, because you've worn the first one out, you’ve listened to it so many times.

If I could count those, I'd have 27. It's so unfair!:( Anyway, these are the ones I'm sure about:

1) You incorporate quotes from the movie/book into regular conversation.
2) You want to cultivate an English (or Scottish if you like Pippin) accent because you think it’s better than your own.
3) You have a compulsion to learn Elvish as a second language.
6) Your ideal date is under 4 feet tall, has funny ears, furry feet, and curly hair.
9) You know every line to the movie, and you know how they correspond to the book. Eg) Legolas says “There is a shadow and a threat that has been growing in my mind,” in the movie, but you know that Aragorn is the person who actually says it in the book.
10) You have issues with the fact that Bill the Pony didn’t have a bigger part in the movie.
14) Your dream house is actually a hole in the ground.
15) You wish you were an Elf/Dwarf/Hobbit/Wizard.
19) You insist that it’s not actually a trilogy, but that Tolkien meant for it to be all one novel.
20) You know tons of little-known facts about Tolkien/the book/the movie…For instance, that the Shire is based on a part of England that Tolkien used to play in when he was young.
22) Your one big wish in life is to meet Frodo Baggins (Not the actor who played him, but the actual Hobbit). And you’re in your 20’s or older.
26) You want pointy ears so that you can be an elf.
27) The next time it snows, you’re going to try to walk on it as apposed to through it.
29) You plan to perm and cut your hair in hobbit style.
30) You become livid of someone tells you that Bilbo is Frodo’s uncle (everyone knows that they’re cousins).
32) You’re currently looking for the Grey Havens.
35) You are irrationally mad at the fact that Tom Bombadil was cut from the movie.
36) You wish Tolkien could come back from the dead, just so that he could write another installment for you.
40) You compare everyone you know to characters in the book/movie.

[Frodorocks]

My mum made me a "The One Ring" birthday cake. And all this time I thought that she just thought I was crazy or something and she's really been listening to me. I was sitting at the table and I said Bilbo's birthday speech. When I got to the part, "I'm going now. I wish you all a very fond farewell. Good bye" (or something like that.) Well anyway, when I had finished saying that, I fell out of my chair and hid under the table pretending to be vanished.:D It was funny because of the looks on their faces.:D

[Shadowfax]

Originally posted by Celebrien
this thread must not die...its funny and i just read the last 12 pages of it....im learning quenya and im dressing as an elf when i go to ttt i was gonna buy sting but they probably wouldnt let me in the theater hehe....but i am getting the elven brooch for my lorien cloak

heehee, my fabulous, hot, wonderful boyfriend ('ecnerwal' on this forum) bought me Sting for my birthday- let us just say that there was much shrieking and jumping around involved... :)

[EverEve]

my Ring died...aka:it fell apart...it was cheap. Ooh, but I used my Gollum-speech to get my friend to bring me some Pats (the NE Patriots for all you non-football fans out there) gear. Scared her into it, really.

[Wolfshead]

I'm a football fan, but it's only by chance I've heard of the NE Patriots, I believe you mean, American Football. For it is not the original football. :rolleyes: :p

[Frodorocks]

I used to play football (the real kind with the black and white spots) But I was really bad. I once went to kick the ball and missed but I had kicked really hard so I ended up on the ground.:D Not good. Yay for England! They're so going to beat the Aussies at Rugby!:)

[Beorn]

*ahem*

Topic please ;)

[Frodorocks]

Sorry.:) You know you are a ringer when you'll give up following rugby and doing sports (and pretty much the whole rest of your life) to be always on TTF? (shrugs);) :D

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by Beorn
*ahem*

Topic please ;)
Sorry, Beorn :o I just couldn't resist pointing out the incorrectness in EverEve's post :rolleyes:

Back on topic, um, same as Frodorocks said :D

[Frodorocks]

You know you are a ringer when your friends scream at you to get a life and when you are asked to describe yourselff the first thing you say is something like "elvish" or " The Lord of the Rings nut." You know that you are are ringer when you just can't put the books down and are always reading them. You know you are a ringer when your worst insults are "you tom fool of a Took" and "filthy yrch.":)

[Shadowfax]

how about when your own mother threatens to make you see a shrink for liking fantasy (with emphasis on LotR) too much and "not dealing with the real world"?

[Eledhwen]

1. Find a pub called the Green Dragon (easier in England, and much easier than trying to find the Prancing Pony).

2. Frequent it.

3. Whilst there, refuse to discuss anything with anyone that does not fit in with all the above posts.

4. From time to time, say in a loud voice "Any Tolkien fans in here?".

5. Plead with the landlord that you are not a nutter who should be bounced and banned.

[Anira the Elf]

u must be from England. i just had a frien move back. had the coolest accent eer. Anyways, i do about the same thing 'cept it involves quoting Tolkien at the lunchroom table at school. my friends don't like it much though..

[LadyElf]

You pretend to be an Elf in chat rooms and reply to the ASL question with 2500/female/Lothlorien. Either that or you try and convince chat people that you are from a country called Lorien. (Its a teeny little island in the South Pacific. Yup.) Sadly enough, I am doing that at this very minute. Its lots of fun!:D

[Courtney]

I woke up at 7 am on a Saturday so I could read FOTR.... I have to finish that one an TTT before I see the movie. I have read them before (a bunch of times)... i just like to have it fresh in my mind when i see the movie... :)

[Anira the Elf]

that's awsome! i goota just read TTT but i got 2 or 3 book to read b4 i read it again so it will be a week or 2 b4 i get to read it.

[Muffinly]

1) You incorporate quotes from the movie/book into regular conversation.
2) You want to cultivate an English (or Scottish if you like Pippin) accent because you think it’s better than your own.
3) You have a compulsion to learn Elvish as a second language.
10) You have issues with the fact that Bill the Pony didn’t have a bigger part in the movie.
19) You insist that it’s not actually a trilogy, but that Tolkien meant for it to be all one novel.
20) You know tons of little-known facts about Tolkien/the book/the movie…For instance, that the Shire is based on a part of England that Tolkien used to play in when he was young.
21) Any movie that any of the actors from LOTR were in previous to LOTR becomes immensely interesting to you. Eg) Sean Astin was in “The Goonies,” Elijah Wood was in “The Facutly,” etc
24) You know the current date in Shire Reckoning. (12th of Foreyule)
27) The next time it snows, you’re going to try to walk on it as apposed to through it.
34) You can rattle off any and all of the poems/songs/verses in the book upon request.
35) You are irrationally p---ed at the fact that Tom Bombadil was cut from the movie.
36) You wish Tolkien could come back from the dead, just so that he could write another installment for you.
40) You compare everyone you know to characters in the book/movie.

That's all for me
5) You plan to name your children after characters from LOTR.
I once met someone who was going to name her daughter Eowyn.\


33) You go to movies you hate, just to see the LOTR trailer.

I know people who do that. I just download the trailers.

[Mablung]

When the voices in your head start becoming Maiar

[Froggum]

I guess I'm not as obsessed as I thought, but I'm definitely a strange individual

1) You incorporate quotes from the movie/book into regular conversation.
Just the other day at the ice cream parlor.. "It comes in pints? I'm gettin' one!"
18) You can read the whole Trilogy in a weekend.
I have
27) The next time it snows, you’re going to try to walk on it as apposed to through it.
28) People are ready to hang you by your toes if they hear you say “My Preciousss” one more time…
My little sister is afraid of Gollum, ever since she was three. I creep up behind her and whisper it in her ear... *evil laughter*
35) You are irrationally ****ed at the fact that Tom Bombadil was cut from the movie.
36) You wish Tolkien could come back from the dead, just so that he could write another installment for you.
51) You've begun to spell like a Britt, even though you aren't one, and you know that, you just love how it looks...

[Gary Gamgee]

I'm going to my own list in minute but something has just thrown me...

SEAN ASTIN WAS IN THE GOONIES!!!!???? WHO? WAS? HE? IN? IT? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay i've not seen the film for years but I must have watched it for an entire year, I was 11, honest.:rolleyes:

[Froggum]

I couldn't remember the name so I looked it up. He was Mikey.

[Froggum]

Here are a few:

Despite a sizable wart on your foot you are willing to walk around barefoot to develop leathery hobbit feet, and you stick the hair you pull out of your brush onto the tops.

You 'fro out your hair to match your feet.

Your dream house has round doors with knobs in the middle.

You refer to your midmorning snack as second breakfast.

You have a friend who got ahold of a bootleg copy of The Two Towers, but you refuse to watch it because it just HAS to be experienced on the big screen.

You eat six meals a day.

You don't smoke, so you buy a bubble pipe and contemplate how you can possibly blow bubble rings.

You have a montage of FOTR scenes and a picture of Argonath on your desktop wallpaper.

You insist to your professors that you are neither late nor early, you arrive precisely when you mean to.

When you see that Whitey's sells fresh fruit frozen yogurt in pints, you exclaim, "It comes in pints? I'm gettin' one!"

[Mablung]

Put all your doorknobs in the middle of your doors.

[EverEve]

Today:

-I kicked/slapped three people who tried to touch "my precious"(aka the books)
-We were watching a movie in Science class in which a pie got put into the oven (dont ask), and entirely without meaning to, I muttered "It shall burn in the fires of Mount Doom...". 'Twas funny cuz i scared the begeezus out of the girl who sits next to me

[Ecthelion]

You have a ring you put on when your scared thinking no one can see you.

You call all sugar cookies lembas

[Aglarthalion]

Thanks for the link, CraigSmith. :) These ones apply to me:

1) You incorporate quotes from the movie/book into regular conversation.
4) You plan to name your pets after characters from LOTR.
14) Your dream house is actually a hole in the ground.
15) You wish you were an Elf/Dwarf/Hobbit/Wizard.
19) You insist that it’s not actually a trilogy, but that Tolkien meant for it to be all one novel.
20) You know tons of little-known facts about Tolkien/the book/the movie…For instance, that the Shire is based on a part of England that Tolkien used to play in when he was young.
34) You can rattle off any and all of the poems/songs/verses in the book upon request.
35) You are irrationally ****ed at the fact that Tom Bombadil was cut from the movie.
36) You wish Tolkien could come back from the dead, just so that he could write another installment for you.
38) Tolkien is your God, and LOTR is your Bible.
40) You compare everyone you know to characters in the book/movie.

So that's 11 altogether... maybe I am not obsessed enough. :p

[*Lady Arwen*]

3) You have a compulsion to learn Elvish as a second language.
10) You have issues with the fact that Bill the Pony didn’t have a bigger part in the movie.
15) You wish you were an Elf/Dwarf/Hobbit/Wizard.
19) You insist that it’s not actually a trilogy, but that Tolkien meant for it to be all one novel.
26) You want pointy ears so that you can be an elf.
27) The next time it snows, you’re going to try to walk on it as apposed to through it.

35) You are irrationally ****ed at the fact that Tom Bombadil was cut from the movie.
36) You wish Tolkien could come back from the dead, just so that he could write another installment for you.
40) You compare everyone you know to characters in the book/movie.
32) You’re currently looking for the Grey Havens.
10, not too bad.

I am really looking for Grey Havens, lol.

[Aragorn12345]

your friends call you paranoid because you bring Sting with you everywhere.

When you see the warty old principal you yell Ahhhhh Sauron.

You fall asleep on your desk with your face stuck to the LotR book.

[Anira the Elf]

- u see a lonely and abandoned LotR book and want ot give it a home, compleatly ignoring all those kittens and puppies.


i saw one today. it was sooooo sad...:( :( .....:D

[Aragorn12345]

1. your friends run away when you start a sentence.
2. You've got a larger than life poster of Aragorn on your wall.
3. You spend hours in the Tolkien Forum.
4. Youv'e got all the issues of Fantasy magazine
5. When watching Wheel of Fortune and the category fictional character you immediatley scream out one of Tolkiens creatoins.
6. You are caught in the janitors closet at school smooching your Aragorn picture.
7. Your friends call you obsessed with LotR for some reason.
8. You call your Lotr Book the Precious
9. Your shrink tells you to get back to the real world.
10. Your Mom tells you to put down that Lotr book this instant and put away your clothes.
11. When you fall asleep in class your teacher asks you what you were dreaming about since you were muttering 'Never! You won't take the Precious!
12.You've beeen sent to the principals for reading The Hobbit under your desk.
13. You have a fake gold ring on a chain that resembles the One Ring.
14. When the VCR got jammed and your brother pulled the broken LotR tape your Mom had to pull you of him.
15. Your teacher calls a conference with your parent to say that they're geninueinly worried that you don't have a life, instead you have a book.
16. You cried when the Balrog got Gandalf in Moria.
17.You watched the movie 11 times.
18. You wish there was a middle-earth amusement park.
19. It was a windy day and your LotR book blew in front of a sppeding bus and you dived for it and you miraculousy survived.
20. You pretend your Aragorn when no one is looking.

Im *GUILTY* of all of them except #14 and the one about the bus. ;)

[EverEve]

The poor book! CraigSmith *slightly-evil glare*, excuse me. NE Patriots, of AMERICAN football, not SOCCER!

I hardly ever watch TV now...cuz Im always here. :) Ohh, and Im always hearing/reading quotes, and thinking how good they would be for my siggie here. It's sorta sad.

[ShootingStar]

Here's one:

you've bought the 500 dollar version of the ring that's made of real gold and has writing that appears when placed near a fire (yes they really sell that)

still working on my parents for that one.

here's another:

you are at least high school age and you still go out trick or treating with your friends and you always fight over who gets to be frodo.:D

[Ecthelion]

Don't know if anyone has said this one yet, but:
You take LotR to church and recite peoms out of it while everyone else sings real songs.:D

[Eöl]

well I failed miserably as far as costumes go...I am going on friday instead of opening day....my cloak is almost done and I NEED TO FIND POINTY EARS

[Shadowfax]

Go to your local science fiction/nostalgia store. They always have Vulcan ears. (at least mine do)

[Lady Alyonna]

AHHHHHHHHHH!!! teh joy of finding that you are not by yourself in teh crazy world of Lord of the Rings. :D I would actually say that i am getting back into my LotR groove, not that I've seen teh second movie. Ahhhhhh the joy.;)

[Oren]

Lol, these are really funny!
I actaully have a gold LOTR ring on a chain that I wear, and i purchased the $300 ring... I have a part of my room completly devoted to LOTR, like all my LOTR rhings are set up there. I also freaked a guy out who was sitting next to me when he asked what my ring was. My reply was "My preciouss..." It t'was funny! I also will throw out quotes when I feel like it and can go into conversations about LOTR, with nobody even talking to me...

[MrFrodo]

Nice Thread!!!!!!!


But you got to have this one:

As you walk passs a tree you stop to have a chat and express your happyness at the new leaf that has grown since your last conversation.

As you walk into the headteachers office with your friends you notice the flame in his eyes and you just cant stop yourself shouting 'Fly! this is a foe beyond any of you' as you sacrfice yourself stopping him chase your fellowship with the words '
'you shall not pass'

[Aragorn12345]

u have spent at over 9 hours of you life watching TTT over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over andover and over and over...

[Anamatar IV]

You label your underwear by which character of the fellowship you are feeling most like.

[Frodorocks]

There is no smiley for the weird look that I have right now. Do you actually do that?:D :eek: :confused:

[Ecthelion]

When people try to steal your replica of The One Ring you try and bite off one of their fingers.

[Frodorocks]

My brother does that all the time. It's tempting to bite his finger, but I reckon it wouldn't taste very well.:D

[Flame of Anor]

A couple more signs of being a ringer:

1. Having more than 10 GB of your hard drive taken up bye Tolkien paraphanalia(sp)

2. Having two or more posters in your room of the movies.

3. All you can talk about is LOTR and nothing else matters

4. In your dreams at night you are Frodo(or some other member of the Fellowship)

5. You eat, drink, and sleep this awesome book, movie, and everything Tolkien and LOTR.

-Flame

[*Lady Aragorn*]

i voted for often repeating lines from the movie. especially arwen's words because i love elvish soo much!

[*Lady Aragorn*]

that was HILARIOUS!! i especially like the last one, and how you introduce yourself to people. :D :D

[Frodorocks]

I counted and I have 23 pictures of Frodo alone hanging in my room. Cut out of magazines, newspapers, you name it!:D

[Anira the Elf]

ha ha ha * rubs hands together* that is so awsome. i have one that i did recently:

- Steal your friends One ring Replica and run around Yeling in Gollum talk " My Prrrrrreesssiosssssssss has come back to me!!" and " Ha ha ha!!u can't see me!!"

very loopy, but, hey, it's me!:D

[EverEve]

Lol, the saddest part is that I actually do most of this. 'Matar, that was the most bloody awesome thing I've ever heard. 'Tis a classic!

-Instead of saying "Oh my God" or "God help us", ect., you say "O! Eru!" or "May the grace of the Vala save us!" (guilty)

[Sarah]

When fixing your breakfast (other than cereal) you say over and over... "Like butter scraped over too much bread."

[Umealona]

after you have a great drink or something say " ah, that was a proper fourteen-twenty."

[Nenya Evenstar]

Or... if you're like me.... I was in the kitchen the other day and I opened one of the cabinets a little ways and then let it shut. It made a little "boom." My Lord of the Rings sense snapped on immediately. I then repeated the booming noise many times and said in a dark voice, "Drums, drums in the deep!" :p

[EverEve]

Lol! LMAO! Omg, these are great! '..express your happiness about the new leaf that has grown since your last convorsation'!<great stuff! Nenya, thats priceless.

-Your entire family knows what to get you for Xmas, and dont even bother to ask you anymore (LotR stuff...but that was kinda obvious).
-Whilst playing the LotR PC game, you are as scared of the Ring Wraiths as anyone in the books ever was.
-Become entirely exasperated when people IM you to tell you that they've seen the movie, and understand why your so obsessed with it....You've only told that person, like, twenty times that its the BOOKS you should be obsessed with, not the MOVIES...we all know which is better!
-You mutter under your breath about those ridiculous Fool-of-a-Tooks in your class, and you call all kids "little people" or "hobbit children"

[Mrs. Maggott]

You are a true believer when you buy only very strange, twisted bushes and trees for your front yard which you then name Gorbag, Grishnakh, Radbush etc. - and after awhile, your husband starts calling them by those names!

[Nenya Evenstar]

Hehehe... we are such nuts, aren't we! :p

I have decorated my room completely in the "Elvish" style. I refuse now to put anything in it that does not resemble Elvishness. It is so exciting to walk into my room and see all the Elvish stuff around me! And then on my bookshelf I have one entire shelf of LOTR books -- eight of which I got for Christmas. Guess what was on my wish list. :rolleyes:

[Mrs. Maggott]

Originally posted by Nenya Evenstar
Hehehe... we are such nuts, aren't we! :p

I have decorated my room completely in the "Elvish" style. I refuse now to put anything in it that does not resemble Elvishness. It is so exciting to walk into my room and see all the Elvish stuff around me! And then on my bookshelf I have one entire shelf of LOTR books -- eight of which I got for Christmas. Guess what was on my wish list. :rolleyes:

If you truly wish to decorate your room in "elvish", now is the time to do it. They sell these beautiful "glitter nets" in silver, gold and a white iridescent in the craft stores and some of the Christmas stores (the silver and/or white are the best). You get that together with a long string of the tiny lights in white or even blue and you double the nets into a tube, with the lights inside and festoon them along the upper part of your walls. They look like frozen clouds! It's just lovely and are appropriate for any time of the year! (Cheap too!)

[Sarah]

I too am in the process of morphing my room. However I couldn't decide whether to have it "Bag End" style or "Elvish" style. So I went w/ a middle earth style. I have elvish type switch plates, I have pics of characters from the movie on my walls, 3 of which are on the ceiling above my bed. (guess which ones they are) I have pics of the places in ME on my door, and I'm still morphing.

[Beorn]

You're getting the rights to get copyrighted and unreleased scripts for un-produced versions of The Lord of the Rings.

[Isenho]

I have 80+ paintings of LotR printed on 8x11.5 paper in my studio wall. yeah

[Ol'gaffer]

Let's see. *Scuffles through stuff* yes, yes that's true. Uh-hm, yep.

According to the research I'm a real ringer.
Scary...Isn't it?