You Know You're LOTR/TH Obsessed When

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1. You pick up a stick and imagine it is an arrow and cry "Orcs!"

2. Whenever you're having a problem you wish Gandalf was around to advise you.

3. When your bus is late, you start talking to butterflies so the Eagles will come.

4. You put a sign on your door saying. "One does not simply walk into my room.".

5. You have started practicing Legolas' blade maneuvers with knitting needles. (or anything else pointy)

6. When one of your teachers tells you to pick groups for a project, so you pick up your stuff and go to a group that's formed saying. "You need people of intelligence on this project...assignment....thing."

7. You've changed the password on your computer to "mellon" (or other elvish words).

8. You've gone out to a restaurant and, when the waiter comes to take your order, you've actually asked for either:
Tomatoes, sausage, nice crispy bacon
Malt beer and ripe meat off the bone
Fiiisssshhhhheeeessssss.
Lembas
An Ale, and a bowl of herbs and stewed rabbit

9. When asked what your greatest fear is, you reply, "Sauron getting the ring and enslaving the world.".

10. You lose a left sock in the washing machine and sadly announce "It has fallen into shadow.".

11. You install a second peep hole and doorbell 3 feet above the bottom of your front door in case any hobbits stop by.

12. You've ripped up all the plants from your garden and planted only kingsfoil, for medicinal purposes.

13. You can hear someone talking about LOTR/TH or you can see the cover of one of the books, or hear music form the soundtrack from an amazing distance away. (Elf eyes.).

14. People have suggested therapy for your obsession. (Obsession? What obsession?).

15. You feel comforted while reading this list.

16. You wonder why Elvish, Black Speech, and Khuzdul is not included in the world languages.

17. People stop asking you what you did last weekend because it always starts. "Well, I saw LOTR/TH.".

18. It's getting hard to have conversations in which you use your own words rather than just quoting LOTR/TH

19. When you don't want popcorn you ask the movie theatre staff if you can just buy the LOTR/TH plastic popcorn bucket by itself.

20. When you flip through channels and you see LOTR/TH movie or commercial, you stop and watch it until it's over, than go back to flipping channels.