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Disclaimer: This list was cowritten with Nimtheriel Renor'ath during two hours of boredom.  Any inaccuracies are unintentional.

You know you're in N.O.D. when...

Someone expresses an interest in bombing the IRS and you immediately think, "NO! Not Graymael!"

You know that Efoloma Isemoo means "Pointed Heart" in elvish and is not an anagram for "I'm a moose, fool."

You're flattered when someone refers to you as a "medieval dork".

It doesn't strike you as even slightly odd to see people running about in tunics, swinging foam swords, and painted strange colors.

Your garb is more comfortable than your mundane clothes.

You can think of several meanings for the phrase "Double Green."

You know that Mog is never drunk, just "abbreviated."

You've been killed by an anvil.

You've been killed by a gnome.

You've sung the Imperial Death March for the Romans.

You've sung "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" for the Narnians.

You've been barreled over by a legion of Romans, crossed blades with Vikings, and shared a camp with the Knights Templar.

You've dropped your weapons and charged into something akin to a meat grinder in order to prove yourself.

Backhacking someone is an acceptable way to start a conversation.

The person who just murdered you without remorse later becomes your best friend.

You think nothing of saying, "I was killed five times today" and then are surprised when people give you strange looks.

You are accustomed to the odd looks you get the day after a battle because you didn't get all your paint off.

You know exactly why it is a bad idea to shout "LEROY JENKINS!"

You know why Magnus of Taurendor is a hooker by training, yet does not have AIDS.

You call the world outside of Dagorhir "Mundania" and the people "Mundanians".

You think Mundanians are weird.

You've ever referenced Dagorhir in schoolwork.

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