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

[Beorn]

When you read Macbeth for the first time, you have see no problem with Birnam Wood going to Dunsinaine...

[BlackCaptain]

-Recite:

Gil-Glad was an Elven King
Of him the harpers sadly sing
The last who's realm was fair and free
Between the mountains and the sea

His sword was long
His lance was keen
His shining helm afar was seen
The countless stars of heavens feild
Reflected on his silver sheild

But long ago he road away,
And where he dwelleth, none can say
For into Darkness fell his star
In Mordor, where the Shadows are...

All day long. Threatened to be kicked in your Solar Plexus for it


-Boast to everybody that you see that you have an older edition of LOTR then them. Even if theyve never read one book

-Have gotten kicked in your Solar Plexus for it... haha

-Bought a sword... at a gun show

-just cuz it looks cool! and was only 25$

-At party's (Super bowl perhaps?) I put on a guitar show every year, and this year im gonna say...
I dont know half of you half as well as I should like
And i like less than half of you half as well as you deserve

-Use little plastic ninja swords and say its Anduril, running around the house in a cape, and swinging it at every one u see

[33Peregrin]

Everyone here is so cool! These are all great ideas! Now my friends shall be truly frightened of me!!!!

I have before done the "wizards are never late" thing. People were surprised because I've never done ANYTHING like that before! My teacher just started laughing.

As for my room... I have finally convinced my mom to let me paint it green. It does look more Elvish. I only have a few posters... my mom hates them. I'm still working on it. I have already designed my entire house.... It will have different rooms, some Shire-like, some Rivendell, Lothlorien, Caradhras.... Maybe Mordor!!! Not really. I'm going to have entire rooms devoted to LOTR. Filled with books.... everything. There will be the largest TV I can afford there, only for watching LOTR. I will have wonderful comfy chairs just for reading on, and a huge stock of Tea.

I'll have to keep thinking of more ideas....

You know your obsessed when you and your mother have a bet that by the time you are 33, you will still love LOTR. Just as much. The loser pays the other 111 dollars. (I don't approve of betting or anything, but I would for LOTR when someone doubts me and says "I'll kick myself in the pants one day for all of this"):D :D :D

[33Peregrin]

Ha Ha! There are a ton of good ideas here. Now my friends will be really frightened. (But not nearly frightened enough!)

I'll have to think of some ideas too....

And Morgul King, that's cool how you are going to say that! Whenever I am talking to a group of people I always say that.

I dont know half of you half as well as I should like
And i like less than half of you half as well as you deserve

I have done the "late thing". It was funny. My teacher told me i was late, and I told him a wizard was never late. I've never done anything like that. People were surprised, but my teacher just laughed.
:D :D :D

[Shadowfax]

When you're in art class, your table starts talking about the Two Towers movie, and you get so passionate about the way PJ butchered it that you slam your hand (to convey your ire) right into your paint pallette. Yeah, I did that yesterday, and it sprayed paint EVERYWHERE...oopsie!

[HobbitGirl]

-Buy the Special Four-Disk DVD Edition of FotR and only select the new and extended scenes to watch, because you know the rest of the movie by heart, and then after once watching the scene where Merry and Pippin sing thier little song in the Green Dragon Inn, memorize it to sing to your friends. (guilty)
-When you go to see TTT, wear a different cloak than the one you wore to FotR. (not guilty, I only have one cloak :()

[Emowyn]

You insist of reciting the whole of the council scene with your "friends" at lunchtime word perfect with accents and body language. (Not guilty, but my friends are :p)

[Emowyn]

oooh also!
When you can quote dates, times and the full titles of characters off the top of your head and refuse to go to History class unless you are learning about the great battle in the end of the Thrid age :D

and you insist on having you hair half up half down with small platts no matter how stupid you look and telling everyone that you are a high elf and they should bow before you....hummmmm, in answer to that one......I'll be quiet now ;)

[33Peregrin]

You look in the timeline in the appendices and copy the dates into your agenda. You tell everyone what happened that day.
(guilty)

[33Peregrin]

Let's see.... this might take a while.

1) You incorporate quotes from the movie/book into regular conversation.(IT"S TRUE)
3) You have a compulsion to learn Elvish as a second language.ersation(YES,I'M PLANNING ON IT)
4) You plan to name your pets after characters from LOTR.(I'VE GOT THEM ALL FIGURED OUT)
5) You plan to name your children after characters from LOTR.(SAME HERE, BUT ONLY THINGS LIKE SAM AND ROSIE)
7) The most important CD in your CD collection is Howard Shore’s (he wrote the score for LOTR) soundtrack.(ITS PRETTY MUCH ALL I LISTEN TO. I'M LISTENING TO IT RIGHT NOW, IN FACT)
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.(YES)
10) You have issues with the fact that Bill the Pony didn’t have a bigger part in the movie.(I LOVED BILL!!)
11) You can correspond all of the music on the soundtrack to the dialogue in the movie.(YES, NEARLY. EVEN IN TTT)
12) You’ve bought a gold ring, and you pretend to disappear whenever you put it on.(OF COURSE!)
15) You wish you were an Elf/Dwarf/Hobbit/Wizard(OF COURSE!)
19) You insist that it’s not actually a trilogy, but that Tolkien meant for it to be all one novel.(YES)
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.(YES)
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(YEAH> I HATED FLIPPER UNTILL ELIJAH WAS IN IT)
26) You want pointy ears so that you can be an elf.(OF COURSE! PLASTIC SURGERY)
27) The next time it snows, you’re going to try to walk on it as apposed to through it. (ACTUALLY, WHEN IT SNOWS, I GO OUT IN BARE FEET TO SEE WHAT THE HOBBITS FELT LIKE ON CARADHRAS)
28) People are ready to hang you by your toes if they hear you say “My Preciousss” one more time…(YES)
34) You can rattle off any and all of the poems/songs/verses in the book upon request.(NOT QUITE. I ONLY KNOW ABOUT HALF, BUT THAT IS A GOAL OF MINE)
36) You wish Tolkien could come back from the dead, just so that he could write another installment for you.(I JUST WISH I COULD MEET TOLKIEN)
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.(I HAVE 3 FOTR SOUNDTRACKS. ONE IS FOR BACK UP)
39) You plan to buy an entire new entertainment system for the release of the DVD.( I WILL. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER TV FOR OTHER MOVIES)
40) You compare everyone you know to characters in the book/movie.(I MADE A LIST OF WHO IS WHO!!!!)

I find this rather sad!! I didn't think I'd have that many! I guess I'm too obsessed. I cannot believe that there are that many!!! It is sad. At least I don't do all of them. Yet. This is so sad. I'm too obsessed. Ohe well. I wonder if it can be bad for me. And I thought I had a life! THIS IS SO SAD!!!!!
:(

[Aulë]

1) You incorporate quotes from the movie/book into regular conversation.
4) You plan to name your pets after characters from LOTR.
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.
15) You wish you were an Elf/Dwarf/Hobbit/Wizard.
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.
24) You know the current date in Shire Reckoning.
30) You become livid of someone tells you that Bilbo is Frodo’s uncle (everyone knows that they’re cousins).
35) You are irrationally pissed 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.

Hmm, only 13...I'm not as bad as I thought I would be:)

[FoolOfATook]

What's really bad is that I don't consider the fact that The Shire was based on one of Tolkien's childhood homes to be obscure or little-known... ;)

[Mina Pitcher]

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.
4) You plan to name your pets after characters from LOTR.
5) You plan to name your children after characters from LOTR. (Seriously lol)
6) Your ideal date is under 4 feet tall, has funny ears, furry feet, and curly hair.
7) The most important CD in your CD collection is Howard Shore’s (he wrote the score for LOTR) soundtrack.
8) You’ve seen the movie until you personal funds and the funds of your family and friends are exhausted.
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.
14) Your dream house is actually a hole in the ground.
15) You wish you were an Elf/Dwarf/Hobbit/Wizard.
17) Everyone that works at the theatre knows your name, address, phone number, etc.
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.
25) You’re truly terrified that there are Nazgul searching for you at this very moment...
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.
28) People are ready to hang you by your toes if they hear you say “My Preciousss” one more time…
30) You become livid of someone tells you that Bilbo is Frodo’s uncle (everyone knows that they’re cousins).
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.
35) You are irrationally pissed 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.
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.
38) Tolkien is your God, and LOTR is your Bible.
39) You plan to buy an entire new entertainment system for the release of the DVD.
40) You compare everyone you know to characters in the book/movie.
43) You own more than 3 editions of the trilogy
44) You've forgotten how to say "namarië" in English
45) You've been to the LOTR section of www.noblecollection.com
48) You can go into a baseball/flirting/wrestling/gardening/etc chatroom and somehow always manage to change the topic of conversation to LOTR.
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... (No offence to Britts, they're cool, I do it too)
57) You have at least 4 or 5 LOTR sites bookmarked and check them daily for anything new and interesting.
58) You have the Two Towers countdown screensaver.
61) You downloaded a sound clip from the movie to put on your answering machine as your outgoing message.
62) You’ve downloaded ring-tones for your cell phone from the soundtrack.
63) You change your email address to something like FrodoRules@aol.com
66) You wear a ring around your neck and at times you can't walk because its to "heavy."
81) You, at all costs, avoid marbles because you insist the fact that they could be Palantirs. 82) You've created your own character that you would wish to be.
89) You've run out 3 computer ink cartridges printing pictures off the internet. ~ Submitted by Michelle Frodo
92) You have at least 3 Middle Earth names.


Oh... lord... I really should give up LotR for a while!! I AM obsessed!

[leggysnow]

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.
7) The most important CD in your CD collection is Howard Shore’s (he wrote the score for LOTR) soundtrack.
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.
18) You can read the whole Trilogy in a weekend.
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
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…
35) You are irrationally pissed at the fact that Tom Bombadil was cut from the movie.
39) You plan to buy an entire new entertainment system for the release of the DVD.

13...wow. didn't realize i was that bad... lol!

In fact... it is kind of sad the way i say "it's mine. my own. my precioussss..." whenever someone tries to take something from me.. lol!

[leggysnow]

oh my. didn't realize that there was a whole other page. weell. i'd better keep reading then!

:rolleyes:

48) You can go into a baseball/flirting/wrestling/gardening/etc chatroom and somehow always manage to change the topic of conversation to LOTR.
53) You say the reason you’re missing a finger is because Gullom bit it off.
57) You have at least 4 or 5 LOTR sites bookmarked and check them daily for anything new and interesting.
75) You drink mineral water and expect to get taller.
79) You plan on dedicating you life to finding a way to Middle Earth.
84) You watch the entire movie in Slow-Mo just to make sure you didn't miss anything.
89) You've run out 3 computer ink cartridges printing pictures off the internet.

okay. so that's actually twenty then. :D

[Jesse]

I'll just add a few. Here they are:

90) You spend over three hours on this forum (Like I do.)
91) You have a Lord of the Rings email address (Like me.)
92) You replay the scene of when Gandalf the White appears in TTT movie over and over in your head.

[33Peregrin]

WOW!!!!! I just noticed that there are more than one pages to this thing!!!! It shows how smart I am! Now I can go back and add some from the next few pages! YAY! And I thought I already had a lot!
43) You own more than 3 editions of the trilogy ~ Submitted by Caity Robinson (I have four, I think)
44) You've forgotten how to say "namarië" in English ~ Submitted by Caity Robinson (I always say goodbye instead of Namarie)
45) You've been to the LOTR section of www.noblecollection.com ~ Submitted by Caity Robinson (Of Course)
46) You've bought something from the LOTR section of www.noblecollection.com (Of Course!)
49) One or more of your passwords to your email is "Mellon" or "Friend" ~ ) (Of course)
You won't eat melon because "mellon" means friend.(Well.. I've never had to eat a mellon since I read LOTR, and i guess I won't.)
54) You put Rogaine on your feet to look more HobbitishYou have at least 4 or 5 LOTR sites bookmarked and check them daily for anything new and interesting. (OF COURSE)
59) You have to build shelves in order to accommodate all of your games, toys and books pertaining to the book or movie. 69) You sleep in a different bed in the house to where everyone thinks you do. (Of Course!)
78) You tell people that Frodo has asked you to marry him, but he just doesn't know it yet (Ummm... that was a while ago... except Frodo knew it, cuz I "talked to him")
86) You decline an invite to watch a Star Wars marathon with a few friends and a few six-packs because you would rather sit at home alone in the dark at two in the morning watching LOTR with no sound (so you don't wake up the baby) (well, yes! I've never seen Star Wars, and the best time to watch LOTR is in the middle of the night.!)
89) You've run out 3 computer ink cartridges printing pictures off the internet. ~
(LOTS of times)
:D
Yeah... That's all.

[leggysnow]

I was just rereading some of these, and I started laughing at this one:

28) People are ready to hang you by your toes if they hear you say “My Preciousss” one more time…


..because it's gotten to the point that my family can TELL beforehand when I'm going to bite my finger and hiss "my precioussss" about something... lol!

[Wonko The Sane]

I'm going to do that!!!

[Wonko The Sane]

I don't have any cloaks...

But:

-You will meet the person you're going to marry on a LotR based website. ;)

[e.Blackstar]

My friend and I were at a baseball game and I had the Ring on a chain tucked inside my shirt. She saw the outline of it and asked what is was. I looked furtively around, pulled it out, and explained that it was Sauron's ring of power and I was on a mission to destroy it. (she's seen the movies but not read the books) She looked at me weird and told me emphatically that LOTR isn't real. I looked shocked and explained the sitch again and again with the same results. She finally came to the conclusion that I need to be admitted to a mental hostpital ASAP. I haven't seen or heard from her since then.

[e.Blackstar]

You and some friends walk down the sidewalk of a medium-busy street decked out in cloaks with swords and bows and Rings on chains around your necks, yelling in elvish at oncoming cars(Guilty)

[BlackCaptain]

You cant help yourself, and draw what you think Cirith Ungol's gonna look like in the ROTK movie...

pass and tower and watchers and tunnel and shelob and cleft and courtyard and stair and trap door and...

[BlackCaptain]

Get a tatoo on your left fore-finger of the inscription on the One Ring

[BlackCaptain]

Have more than 1000 posts on this forum. Im halfway there!

[BlackCaptain]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
When you're in art class, your table starts talking about the Two Towers movie, and you get so passionate about the way PJ butchered it that you slam your hand (to convey your ire) right into your paint pallette. Yeah, I did that yesterday, and it sprayed paint EVERYWHERE...oopsie!

IVE DONE THAT!!! HAHA


(sorry i took up 4 posts to say my 4 things... forgot there was an edit button)

[Wonko The Sane]

My not-brother Ryan was going to buy a ring for his girlfriend...
My real-brother AJ was like "Is it a ring of power?!"

And Ryan was like, "Yes, AJ, it's a ring of power."

[Shadowfax]

Which one- getting angry over TTT or slamming your hand into your pallette? :)

[Frodorocks]

For Wonks: You meet your fiance in a Tolkien online message board.:D

[BlackCaptain]

Both at the same time Shadowfax. haha... it was so great

[Wonko The Sane]

Originally posted by Frodorocks
For Wonks: You meet your fiance in a Tolkien online message board.:D

You're right.
I'm a bigger loser than I first surmised.

Escapism please! ;)

[Morgoth]

I have a similar problem. I say 'Shiiiire..... Baggins' in the Nazgul voice. My friends can now predict when i'm going to say it. Isn't it sad

[xime i love OB]

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.
4) You plan to name your pets after characters from LOTR.
5) You plan to name your children after characters from LOTR.
6) Your ideal date is under 4 feet tall, has funny ears, furry feet, and curly hair.
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.
13) You want to legally change your name to Gandalf/Frodo/Sam/Arwen/Eowyn… etc.
14) Your dream house is actually a hole in the ground.
15) You wish you were an Elf/Dwarf/Hobbit/Wizard.
16) You write a list of reasons that you may be LOTR obsessed.
17) Everyone that works at the theatre knows your name, address, phone number, etc.
18) You can read the whole Trilogy in a weekend.
23) You’ve forgotten what colour your walls are because you have that much LOTR memorabilia
26) You want pointy ears so that you can be an elf.
28) People are ready to hang you by your toes if they hear you say “My Preciousss” one more time…
30) You become livid of someone tells you that Bilbo is Frodo’s uncle (everyone knows that they’re cousins).
35) You are irrationally pissed 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.
35) You are irrationally pissed 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.
39) You plan to buy an entire new entertainment system for the release of the DVD.
40) You compare everyone you know to characters in the book/movie.
41) You’ve been thinking of getting this Tolkien symbol: tattooed somewhere…
or perhaps something in elvish

this is mine)
i want and i bought a t-shirt with legolas in it then i go withj my new t-shirt to my school and i show it to everybody, they want to kill me, theke the t-shirt and burn it. lol(now they hate me and they are tired of me talking about my love story with legolas or with imrahil)

[Galdor]

I have a bunch of them.....

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.
4) You plan to name your pets after characters from LOTR.
5) You plan to name your children after characters from LOTR.(sort of)
15) You wish you were an Elf/Dwarf/Hobbit/Wizard
18) You can read the whole Trilogy in a weekend.
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.
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…
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.(I'd like to think so....)
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(only jokinly of course)
44) You've forgotten how to say "namarië" in English
One or more of your passwords to your email is "Mellon" or "Friend"(it was for a little while...)
50) You put the last name of your favourite character on your email( I use Galdor.)
57) You have at least 4 or 5 LOTR sites bookmarked and check them daily for anything new and interesting.(I don't have four bookbarked...but I visit a ton of them.....)
63) You change your email address to something like FrodoRules@aol.com (tolkienfan3791@netscape.net....I figure it's close enough...)
66) You wear a ring around your neck and at times you can't walk because its to "heavy."(Ack! I don't have one now, but I really really want to get one,.....)
79) You plan on dedicating you life to finding a way to Middle Earth.
82) You've created your own character that you would wish to be.
92) You have at least 3 Middle Earth names.

Hmmm, I think that's 22.

[Courtney]

Wow! People have actually lost friends over this! I don't know how to do the quote thing, but Treyar said, "She finally came to the conclusion that I need to be admitted to a mental hostpital ASAP. I haven't seen or heard from her since then." That is weird... in a good way of course!:)

[Evenstar373]

I have a ring that I wear all the time & if some one asks me about
it a tell them that its a elven ring of power:D

[Talierin]

111) You read Celebs (celebraties) in the paper as Kelebs (Celeborn)

[Jesse]

112) You post here way too much. ;) (Guilty for that as charged).

113) You listen to the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack way too much (also guilty as charged).

114) You go around calling everyone your prrrrreeeecccciooooouuuuuusssss.

115) When someone asks to go by you, you yell "You Shall Not Pass!"

116) You pretend your brother is Sauron, trying to get the One Ring

117) You talk about Lord of the Rings so much you're friends leave you and you wonder why

118) You pretend you live in Hobbiton

119) You dress as Gandalf the White when you go to school

[Lossengondiel]

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
4) You plan to name your pets after characters from LOTR.
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.
15) You wish you were an Elf/Dwarf/Hobbit/Wizard.
18) You can read the whole Trilogy in a weekend.
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
23) You’ve forgotten what colour your walls are because you have that much LOTR memorabilia.
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.
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.
39) You plan to buy an entire new entertainment system for the release of the DVD.
40) You compare everyone you know to characters in the book/movie
44) You've forgotten how to say "namarië" in English
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...
57) You have at least 4 or 5 LOTR sites bookmarked and check them daily for anything new and interesting
59) You have to build shelves in order to accommodate all of your games, toys and books pertaining to the book or movie
97) You fall totally in love with Legolas, Aragorn, Boromir and dream the movie in your head over and over again

Obsessed...maybe. But crazy...nah ;)

[Sam_Gamgee]

4) you plan to name your pets after carachters

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

29) You plan to perm and cut your hair in hobbit style.
(actually my hair naturally looks hobittish, I cut it when my mom starts calling me frodo or sam)

36) You wish Tolkien could come back from the dead, just so that he could write another installment for you

57) You have at least 4 or 5 LOTR sites bookmarked and check them daily for anything new and interesting.

101) You’ve crammed up your computer’s memory by downloading every single screensaver from www.LordoftheRings.net

[legolasismine]

You have started to wear your wedding ring on your necklace and you steer clear of anyone who looks at it in a funny way.
The people at the movie theater have decided to put you on pay roll.
Whenever you go to the snack bar the people up there always say"The usual"~
The sign outside the door of your room says"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
While your at a restuarant with your friends and you see a flock of black birds flying over head you throw you and your friends into the nearest plastic tree bushes.
You tend to qutoe LOTR lines ten times a day or more.
While in the mall with your friends you just went past the macys store for the sixth time and when your best friend says"Well that looks familiar",your yell out,"Thats because it is....we've been going around in circles!".
You have come accostomed to eating elvensies.



I need to think of more now!

[BlackCaptain]

Me:

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.
4) You plan to name your pets after characters from LOTR.
5) You plan to name your children after characters from LOTR.
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.
12) You’ve bought a gold ring, and you pretend to disappear whenever you put it on.
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.
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
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.
23) You’ve forgotten what colour your walls are because you have that much LOTR memorabilia..
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…
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).
31) The Eye of Sauron haunts your dreams..
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 pissed 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.
39) You plan to buy an entire new entertainment system for the release of the DVD.
40) You compare everyone you know to characters in the book/movie.
41) You’ve been thinking of getting this Tolkien symbol: *insert that cool symbol here* tattooed somewhere…

[Lady Aragorn]

I have to say (and someone migth have said this already, I'm not sure, I haven't taken the time to read them all) that anyone who actaully charecterizes their obbsession is pretty obbsessed.

[elfgirl]

I have to say that I know I am obssessed by five ways, that are probably not on the list. 1. When asking about electives, I found myself infuriated by the fact that Quenya was not one of the languages taught there. 2. When my History teacher asked me why I was reading LOTR in History, I ended up telling her how LOTR describes the most important battle ever fought; The battle of Helm's Deep. 3. For christmas, I asked for a one-way ticket to middle earth. 4. I post on the RP's so much, my parents are starting to wonder when I sleep, because they can't see how I have the time. 5. My English teacher has banned (or tried to ban ;) ) me from reading anything about or by J.R.R. Tolkien at any time, because I have read all of the things so many times. And I am so infuriated by that, that I had to get a punching bag.
These all really happened to me, even number five, and I am so sad because I was on my 50th read of the trilogy when she banned me... now I am on my 53rd. :D

[spirit]

You're crossing the street and have a sudden urge to yell "Get off the road!"

You speak Elvish

You call things that you own "My preciousssssss"

You call things that OTHER people own "My preciousssssss"

You name your pet's after character's in the book

Words like Hither and Thither come naturally to you

You are still trying to convince the school psychiatrist that you are decended from a character in the books

You are thinking of hiring an assasin to kill Russel Crowe

You have already hired that assasin

Whenever you hear music you do the Frodo Chicken Dance

Your mom brings home vegetables and you yell at her, "You've been in Farmer Maggot's Crop!"

You insist on having Breakfast, Second Breakfast, Elevensies, Lucheon, Afternoon Tea, Dinner, and Supper

You chant Arwen's spell whenever someone tries to cross the brook you're sitting at

You nickname your friend's little brother gollum

You think big, hairy feet are a turn-on

You want to have big, hairy feet

[spirit]

(http://groups.msn.com/LordOfTheRings4ALLU/youknowyourobessed2.msnw)


You've read all three books more than ten times.

You've kept it hidden and save.

You've turned you back on your faithful tv and now watch the palantir.

Since you've seen the first one of the three LOTR movies you're listening to Enya all day long.

You think it is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing.

Words like "Yrch" make sense to you.

You dedicate all your free time to learning Sindarin or another Tolkien
language.

You know when Durin IV lived.

You've become strangely obsessed with mushrooms.

Whenever you close a door, you say "They have a cave troll!"

When you come to a dead end you're still convinced that the road goes ever on and on.

There's a sign on your door saying "Speak Friend and enter!"

Whenever you get a chance, you burst into song. Preferably one that has
more than 20 verses.

The only map you can read is the one of Middle Earth.

You're starting to make strange hissing noises when you speak and call all your possessions "my precious".

You change your name by deed poll to a Tolkien character and seriously
consider naming your children after LOTR characters.

You have more than thirty sets of the books - and several are in languages you can't read.

You buy the bookmark with "the one ring" tied to the tassel, and then
wear the ring around and pretend to be invisible.

Every time you see birds in the sky you have the urge to say "Fly you
fools!"

When someone knocks on your door you grab them, pull them inside and
ask "Are you frightend?... Not nearly frightend enough!"

You try to walk on top of snow like the elves do.

You think about getting toupees for your feet.

You have made up names for all the nameless characters in the movie,
like various hobbits at Bilbo's party or the elves at the Council of Elrond.

You are able to reenact the whole movie in character.

Your computer's screensaver is a marquee reading, "Ennyn Durin atan
Moria: pedo mellon a mino" and the password is actually "mellon".

You print out the whole movie script and religiously study it.

You've highlighted all your favorite parts of the books, and your highlighter has ran out of ink.

You have a special clock that always tells you how many days, hours, and minutes are still left until the next part of the movies opens in theaters.

You find yourself taking many detours and shortcuts

The last five times you went to see the movie, you only went to see the
preview trailer.

All day you hear words such as 'habit' and 'going', in your mind as 'hobbit' and 'Gollum'.

Whenever you see a tree you give it a hug and say "Hail Treebeard!".

You grow long hair and tie it back, and prance around delicately - and you are male.

You get someone to shoot you with 3 (fake) arrows, just so you can reenact
Boromir's death scene.

You start to put 'elvish' down as your religion.

You cannot see a beer without blurting out "It comes in pints? I'm getting one!"

You manage to bring the words 'hobbits' and 'Mirkwood' into every sentence.

Your friends instantly know you are going to say something about LOTR
even before you open your mouth.

You get a long blond wig and give yourself an elvish name.

You see a carrot and can't help but think of Merry

You learn all 25 pages of Very Secret Diary off by heart and say phrases from them at all times (And after he found a carrot that was just the right shape...)

You just can't keep yourself from saying "nobody tosses a Dwarf" at
inappropriate moments.

You point out one word differences between speech in the film and in the book.

You notice everyone else goes "aaaahhh" at the same time when Legolas
gets off his horse.

You're certain that tiny bits have changed since the eighth time you've
seen the movie.

You have organized your bookmarks into subcategories "elivish" and 'Legolas'.

You devote free time to drawing sketches of LotR characters from the various posters around your room, then realise you don't need the poster, you know the faces off by heart.

A shadow and a threat is growing in your mind.

You stayed up 'til 5am watching the Oscars (in the UK) and threw things at the screen when Ron Howard/Russell Crowe/Jennifer Connelly appeared.

You go to lordoftherings.net and spend hours refreshing the page, just to hear the actors say "Hello, I'm Elijah Wood (or whatever). Welcome to
lordoftherings.net"

You start saying "a star shines on the hour of our meeting."

You're determined to refresh lordoftherings.net until you discover how to pronounce 'Viggo'.

You have more than 20 LotR sites in your favourites

You are attracted to all people with long blond hair regardless of their sex.

You begin to cry when someone tells you it's just a book and a movie.

You start digging for mithril.

You see birds flying towards you and shout "Crebain from Dunland!", then tell everyone to hide

You shamelessly wear LOTR clothes and try to convince trees and animals
that you are actually an elf.

You refuse to date because you're afraid you'll fall in love and have to give up your immortality.

Your swearing vocabulary consists of "A Eru", "Elbereth Gilthoniel" and
"urca"

If you see anyone with a ring you order them to give it to Frodo and become violent when they don't.

You've started forging the Great Rings and try to give them to 3 beautiful people, 7 short people, 9 power hungry people and one seriously evil person.

When people go against your will you warn them that you are not a conjurer of cheap tricks.

You've started stealing vegetables with your shortest, most Scottish friends.

You've started trying to convinve orcs and goblins to breed, with flowers and candlelit dinners.

You attempt to teach the Ringwraiths the importance of stop, drop and roll.

You sign Sam up for swimming lessons at the local pool.

[Ol'gaffer]

Hmmm, let's see...

I only know the movies by heart. So I'm only 1/10000th obsessed.

But you should talk to Lanty, he can check atleast a great number of those things there.

[spirit]

there is more stuff on the site!!

(http://groups.msn.com/LordOfTheRing...urobessed2.msnw)

[Ai*Estel]

HEHE, I joined your group.......It looks like it has some cool stuff to keep my obsessed self occupied for some time... :D

[Aglarthalion]

You know you're obsessed with Tolkien when you register on a Tolkien Forum on the internet.

;)

[reem]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~~!!!!!!fordo chicken dance!!HAHAH!!!HAHA!!!HEHEHE!!!totally hillarious! hehehe!! hehe!!! can't breath!!hehehe!!
reem

[reem]

hehehahahaha!! toupees for feet!! hahahahahahehehe!!
hehe! sorry sorry!hehe! *wipes tears from eyes* hehe! really sorry! last time i post!! hehe! but these are really hillarious!hjeheheh!!!
reem

*edit*
hahahahahhahahahahaha!!!!You grow long hair and tie it back, and prance around delicately - and you are male.!!!hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! i can't stop!! ehehe!! this is too much!!!eheh!!

[33Peregrin]

What if I really do refresh lordoftherings.net just to have the actors say 'Hi' to me.... then I find a tape recorder to record them saying hi to me???

[HLGStrider]

Then, 33P, you are obsessed.

[spirit]

Originally posted by HLGStrider
Then, 33P, you are obsessed.

TRUE!

[33Peregrin]

Yes I am...... and for some reason everyone was asking me yesterday how I could be obsessed with a movie. Then I said- It's a BOOK. But everyone was asking me. Just yesterday. Don't know why.

[Hobbit-queen]

Ways to tell you’re obsessed with The Lord of the Rings



You have a One Ring replica.

You watch one of the movies at least once everyday.

You wear "Your Precious" to school everyday.

You busted in the door to Wal*mart once they had The Return of the King on the shelves.

You have brutally attacked anyone who said "Lord of the Rings sucks."

You carry a large stick where ever you go, and if anyone asks you say, " This is my staff and if you come any closer, I will vaporize you."

In your spare time in class you find people who could play rolls in YOUR version of the LotRs film.

You own a horse named Asfaloth, Shadowfax, or a pony named Bill.

You name your pets after LotRs characters. ( I have a cat named Nazgul )

If you can play an instrument, you have memorized the songs and play them when ever you feel like it.

You go absolutly insane after finding " Your Precious" is lost.

You pray every night that Peter Jackson will start filming The Hobbit.

You have memorized the songs and poems in the Lord of the Rings books.

You own more than one Lord of the Rings poster.

You swear you are a Hobbit, Wizard, Elf, or other being from LotRs.

You call your least favorite teacher Sauron, Lord of the Classroom.

You wear your Lorien brooch and your cape when it is raining outside.

You act/talk like Gollum.

Your sibling somehow resembles an Orc.

You can say the Lord of the Rings poem by memory in common-speech and in the Black-speech of Mordor.

You have been trying to learn Elvish recently.

You often screech at people like a Nazgul.

The three huge bullies in your class remind you of the Trolls from The Hobbit. ( they are big, they smell, and they are complete idiots)

You think Pippin's accent is cute.

While clutching your Frodo action figure in your hand you scream, " If you want him, come and claim him!", at passing cars.

You wear hobbit suspenders.

While riding your horse you scream, " Noro lim, Asfaloth, noro lim!"

You sing " Into the West" every night before you go to sleep.

You eat second breakfast, elevensies, afternoon tea.....exc.

You slip the precious on your finger and accually believe nobody can see you.

You avoid taking a bath for 13 months.

You ride a horse instead of a car.



Well, you guys just think of the rest!!!

Always,

Hobbit-queen
:D

[Rangerdave]

Did you know that in the "orange" color scheme that post is completely invisible?

what fun



RD

[ely]

Did you know that in the "orange" color scheme that post is completely invisible?
In the "TTF Classic" scheme, too. :p

~*~*~*~

You name your pets after LotRs characters. Yeah, I have two fish: Gandalf and Galadriel :p

You swear you are a Hobbit, Wizard, Elf, or other being from LotRs. Yes, I swear I'm a human. I might be wrong, of course... ;)

You act/talk like Gollum. Probably.

You have been trying to learn Elvish recently. Yes, I have been trying. :rolleyes:

:D :p :)

[Hobbit-queen]

Okay, this is Hobbit-queen again.

Just checking up on things. And I'm here to add a little more.


;)

For your friend's birthday you grab a slice of bread and wrap it up in leaves and claim it's Lembas.

You look in the mirror and see yourself with pointed ears.

You growl everytime a Harry Potter fan believes Harry is better than LotRs, because you know better.....

You grow out your hair like one of the Lord of the Rings Dudes.

Everytime you see the ocean you sing Legolas's song to the sea.

You say phrases from LotRs in your sentences with out knowing it.
Example: " Oh yeah that band played so well last night, you know of what I speak, Gandalf. An eye, lidless, wreathed in flame. He will find the one ring, and kill the one who carries it."

The notes you write to your friends are covered in Lord of the Rings drawings, scribbles, and Middle-Earth languges.

Well, I better go. Check up on how you are doing later. Don't forget to make up some on your own. I'd love to read what you have to say.

Always,
Hobbit-queen
:D

[Miss Rainbow]

;) Here is some more: You know you are obsessed with TLOTR when you really want to write about it as a real good hobbie; when you feel that TLOTR is somehow connected with other science fiction stories/films, and TLOTR is the very first beginning of them all-the very foundation of them all; here's a good one: when you really, really feel that TLOTR/ME really, really, really happened; that it was not just a make-believe story!-It's real!-It really, really connects with your deepest self from within; it makes you feel more spiritual in a way; know what I mean? You may feel more connected with the Bible itself, and Christianity somehow! This whole thing is kind of hard to explain, but do you know what I mean? :D :) ;)

[Elanor2]

A couple more:

- When going out for a walk, you check the skies every five minutes in case the Eagles come.

- At the office, you drop your pencil regularly so that you can crawl under the desk and whisper "Gollum... come, kitti kitti..."

Elanor

[e.Blackstar]

yeah, those are cool! I do a lot of them. It was weird cause we (my sister and I) were at the renaissance fest and everyone was doing their best to speak Old English-esque, but kayli turned to me and remarked, "that's how we talk al the time". And we do, too. weirdweirdweird.

[Hobbit-queen]

Even More Ways to Tell you are Obsessed!

You constantly speak in a British accent.

You dance like Merry and Pippen in Edoras.

You have a crush on someone from the movie.

You spend all your free time on the internet looking up somthing to do with Lord of the Rings.

You angrily stare at those geeky Harry Potter fans.

You pet "Your Precious" everynight before you go to bed.

You have used Rogaine on your feet to grow hair.

You rejoice at the passing of another day, because it's one day closer to the day Peter Jackson starts The Hobbit.

You perm your hair to look like a hobbit or wear it long, strait, and braided like and elf.

You have put some insane thread like this one on a website.

You belive Peter Jackson resembles a rather large hobbit.

You sing Bilbo's traveling songs where ever you go.

Everyday you sharpen up on your Elvish and Black Speach.

You have said yes to more than 5 of these.

You asked for a new model horse for your 16th birthday instead of a car.

You uncontrolably twitch everytime you hear somthing that even distantly relates to Lord of the Rings.

You have saved all your ticket stubs you recieved when you saw the LotRs movies.

You have learned to sword fight, just incase of orcs. ;)

Your bed room is a shrine to The Lord of the Rings.

You read the books more than once every year.

You are constantly plotting ways to get the LotRs actors' attentions.

You drink (ginger) ale. :)


Well, that's all I've got right now. Please think of some more, I love to hear them!

Always,
Hobbit-queen

[Miss Rainbow]

;) :D Here is more; how does this sound?
When you really, really, really, really want/wish to play TLOTR Characters in the worst way; I am kind of obsessed with wanting/wishing to play the Characters of Galadriel, maybe Frodo & Sam, the main Ringwraith/the Leader/the one who impailed Frodo with the Morgul Blade; my first choice is Galadriel; and maybe to do a stage play of TLOTR if possible!-And when, well, when you always act like the Characters all day, one way or another.

[Hobbit-queen]

Okay, who in here drools everytime you see a movie trailor for the Lord of the Rings?
Do you find yourself talking about a certain.....precioussssss.....?
Do you read the triligy over and over just to make sure you don't miss anything?
Do you memorize every song and poem ever written about The Lord of the Rings?
Do you hold one race of Middle Earth higher than another?

Well, if you said yes to any one of these questions then you may be suffering from a mild form of insanity. It's not really insanity, its more like an obsession.
If you have anything crazy you do for the sake of LoTRs please share it.
I would love to hear about it.

[e.Blackstar]

my darling hobbit-queen, is this somehow new to you? I would have thought...ah well.

[Thráin II]

Okay, who in here drools everytime you see a movie trailor for the Lord of the Rings?
Do you find yourself talking about a certain.....precioussssss.....?
Do you read the triligy over and over just to make sure you don't miss anything?
Do you memorize every song and poem ever written about The Lord of the Rings?
Do you hold one race of Middle Earth higher than another?
1) No
2) Yes
3) Yes
4) No
5) Yes

A thread about LOTR insanity in a FORUM about TOLKIEN and the LOTR seems a bit... ordinary?

We're all Tolkien, most of us (if not all?) are LOTR fans and we're all in one way or another obssed with it.

[ASLAN THE GREAT]

you knowwhen your a hard core fan of lord of the rings whem you do this kind of stuff


1. Your books have fallen apart from reading them too much
2.People at school who don't know your name say hey lotr girl or guy. ~Then you actually turn around~
3.All of your computer files someway relate to LotR
4.You know what LotR, RotK, tTT, FotR, WotR, TORN, RotkEE, tTTEE, FotrEE all mean.
5.You own each soundtrack and EE edition.
6.You have seen in theaters lotr more that once
7. 2+
8.5+
10. 10+
11. People just stop asking you what movie you would like to see. They just put it in or go take you to see it.
12. People refuse to watch LotR with you ~even people who like it~
13. For the annual church bake sale they stop asking you to bring something because they are still overstocked with your Lembas bread.
14.You have made LotR costumes and ware em occasionally.
15.Your mom yells at you for talking in a Scottish and or English accent, again, saying, "You’re from Oklahoma so stop trying to be all Lotrish!!"~
16.Your friends stop talking to you. 8-( ~This has happened to me~
17.All of your Cds have some Lotr Connection ~Like enya~ or even soundtracks!
18.in putting on LotR to watch again your family leaves the room
19.You are convinced that if you pinch your ears up they will eventually turn into Hobbit or Elf ears.
20.You have a LotR website.
21.Your refuse to wear shoes even in winter in the snow. ~That would be me~
22.You have a chain around your neck with your replica of the one ring on it
23. You are wearing the one ring.
24.You own one of the rings of power.
25.You own 2+ rings
26.You can say any or all of the movies word for word.
27.You sing the bath song in the shower or bathtub.
28. You sing constantly a lotr song.
29. You can sing/talk in elvish or in Rohirrim.
30. You have a lotr action figure and are playing with it right know!
31.Your wallpaper right now is LotR related somehow. ~Mine is an Arwen one~
32.You have character stand-ups of LotR characters.
33.You have a LotR t-shirt. ~ or a few~
34.You find it hard to make friends with people who don’t like LotR. ~Almost nearly impossible~
35.You can tell how many days left to RotK EE comes out at a moment’s noctice. ~18 days~
36.You can tell just by seeing your room you are a Fan.
37. You write Fanfic or draw Fanart
38. In mouthing the words to you sound clips or to the movies you know exactly when to pause and start back up again~ even in the LONG pauses~
39.Your entire Photobucket is running out of space because of all your pics and blends. ~ I have reached my photobucket limit~
40.You often use the terms: Alas, naught, all-for-naught, nigh to sounds more lotrish.
41.You want to sound LotRish.
42.You are quiet enjoying the fact that these all sound likes you. ~I am!! ~
43.You know every actors name to every character.
44.You speak and write elvish.
45.You learned it all on your own!!! ~Im trying!!! ~
46.You watched the Oscars, golden globes, and the MTV movie awards to root for lotr and you never missed a commercial fearing you would miss a moment of a glimpse of an actor or actress and shouted for all when there was one
47.You shouted for joy with every award won.
48.You have an undying grudge against movie that beat LotR in winning an award.
49.You had a LotR costume party on Halloween or just on the weekend.
50.For your Drama class monologue you did a speech from LotR.
51.you have all the LotR games *More tomorrow

[Urambo Tauro]

Guilty as charged, your honour.

[e.Blackstar]

just on a random tangent, Aslan, there are threads identical to this all over the forum.

I think.

[Zale]

Purely out of interest, what is the thread doing in the Prancing Pony? Surely Stuff & Bother would be better?

[ASLAN THE GREAT]

will i did know were to put that is why i put here

[Kelonus]

I may not be hardcore, but I am a HUGE FAN! That means something. :D