OT; PET PEEVES

.>Just imagine one of these kids reaching up to change a lightbulb

This one showed up recently on the AOL "Knitting Friends" board. Some of you may have seen it before, but I thought this was a good time to post it here. (Chortle, chortle).

How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs 1 to move it to the Lighting section 2 to argue then move it to the Electrical section 7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs 5 to flame the spell checkers 3 to correct spelling/grammar flames 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp" 15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct 19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum 11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum 36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty 7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs 4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's 5 to post photos of lightbulbs that they have changed. 13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too" 5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?" 13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs" 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Olwynmary
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Guess I'm a Soft Southern B**tard! (Doncaster is practically the Midlands really.)

A friend brought over some crumpets from England last week. Oh joy, but it took me years to call them crumpets. My Scottish mother would definitely call them 'pikelets'.

:) Trish

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Trishty

Yup, that's what I knew them as in my growing up years. Took me aeons to unlearn it. BTW, we moved from the Northeast U.K. to Montreal (mostly French) to Ohio (various parts), to Florida and then to New Orleans. I'm still learning the correct local terms for some things!!!!

Olwyn Mary.

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Olwynmary

Around here it is just a simple phrase....

"Crack Kills"

LOLOL

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Puppy Lover

Must say this made me chuckle. I went to a big law school in a small town and at least half the students were women. And a pick percentage of the local bar was as well, including the county's lead felony prosecutor. Yet somehow, all the women were "lady lawyers" and the prosecutor was the "lady prosecutor" Didn't bother me any, but made a friend of mine livid, because she felt she was being looked down upon. We never heard about the "gentlemen lawyers."

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Maureen Wozniak

Were there any?????

(My definition of "gentleman" may be different from yours).

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Olwynmary

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Maureen Wozniak

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