Pwn Up: Look Who's Tolkien

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I work at a summer camp for kids and all the mentors take turns riding the bus in the morning. I had bus duty on the second day of the program, and the first kid to be picked up started talking about Pokemon with me, after noticing my nails were painted like pokeballs. He was talking about all the new lengendary Pokemon he caught and then he said, "I love these Pokemon so much. They are so much better than the really old ones." I then spent the next hour lecturing this 11 year old on how wrong he was and why the original 151 are the best Pokemon of all time. The next time I had bus duty I brought in my old pokedex to back up my argument. He now calls me a Pokemon expert and plans to buy the original Pokemon games. I believe I have now fulfilled the purpose of my job by making a positive change in a child's life.
-Alex

When I was little, I used to go to a friend's house to play co-op Who Framed Roger Rabbit for NES. The problem is, Who Framed Roger Rabbit didn't have co-op. It turned out my friend always gave me an unplugged 2nd controller and made me think I was playing as Roger. I was young enough at the time that I couldn't tell it wasn't me making Roger move. We still played games after I found out, but I always checked the controllers first.
-Erick

I am an Officer in the United States Navy, and my ultimate career goal is to become so well-known and honored that I can name a ship. Instead of them naming a ship after me, I would have them name it the USS Pillar of Autumn.
-Sean

Pottermore sorted me into Ravenclaw. That was my main motivation to study during the holidays, to the point that I finished every textbook and several exam papers, all of which I aced.
-Ethan

I have recently gotten really into Skyrim but am on the go a lot for work. So when I need a fix, I pull up Scribblenauts Remix on my iPhone and re-enact my favorite moments.
-Garrett

The runner-up for this week's "Hey, This Is Probably Not a Healthy Way To Deal With Your Significant Other…" award is…

My first real fight with my boyfriend was over him not leaving me his key when he went to visit his family for a week. The only reason I needed the key was to play my own save of Arkham Asylum on his Xbox. As revenge I watched seasons 4 and 5 of Babylon 5 without him and threatened to spoil the series for him.
-Kay

And the winner of this week's "Hey, This Is Probably Not a Healthy Way To Deal With Your Significant Other…" award is…

I am a huge Tolkien fan, and one day while in my car with my girlfriend, I was talking about my growing out my facial hair when I jokingly said, "One of these days I'm going to have a long flowing beard like Gandalf." She responded with the most confused look on her face saying "Gandalf? Like from Harry Potter?" I absolutely died inside and made her pull over so I could get out of the car and walked the rest of the way. I have yet to see her since.
-Jack