Sharing and Caring .............
>>> He ordered one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The
>>> old
>>> man unwrapped the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in half. He
>>> placed
>>> one half in front of his wife. He then carefully counted out the French
>>> fries, dividing them into two piles and neatly placed one pile in front
>>> of
>>> his wife.
>>>
>>> He took a sip of The drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup
>>> down
>>> between them. As he began to eat his few bites of hamburger, the people
>>> around them kept looking over and whispering. You could tell they were
>>> thinking, 'That poor old couple - all they can afford is one meal for
>>> the
>>> two of them.'
>>>
>>> As the man began to eat his fries a young man came to the table. He
>>> politely
>>> offered to buy another meal for the old couple. The old man said they
>>> were
>>> just fine - They were used to sharing everything.
>>>
>>> The surrounding people noticed the little old lady hadn't eaten a bite.
>>> She
>>> sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns sipping
>>> the
>>> drink.
>>>
>>> Again the young man came over and begged them to let him buy another
>>> meal
>>> for them. This time the old woman said 'No, thank you, we are used to
>>> sharing everything.'
>>>
>>> As the old man finished and was wiping his face neatly with the napkin,
>>> the
>>> young man again came over to the little old lady who had yet to eat a
>>> single
>>> bite of food and asked 'What is it you are waiting for?'
>>> She answered...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> **********
>>>
>>> **********
>>> **********
>>>
>>> **********
>>>
>>>
>>> **********
>>>
>>> 'THE TEETH.'
>>>
>>>
How many online forum group members does it take to change a lightbulb?
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.
27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.
53 to flame the spell checkers.
41 to correct spelling/grammar flames.
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"...another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
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.
156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy".
109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group
203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped.
111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group.
306 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.
27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's.
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.
33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too".
12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three".
4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
44 to ask what is a "FAQ".
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
143 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....
I got a time out error, something happened at the server when posting it, so I refreshed. [] after deleting one copy i went straight to your place rather than reviewing it [] a little later, checking for replies I found it gone and was thinking about web servers, not web goddesses []
good thing it was on clipboard still ctrl P is faster than typing all that [xx(]
A farmer got in his ute and drove to a neighbouring farm
and knocked at the farmhouse door. A young boy, about nine, opened the
door.
'Is your Dad home'? the farmer asked.
'Sorry mate, he isn't' the boy replied. 'He went into town.'
'Well,' said the farmer, 'Is your Mum here'?
'No, mate, she's not here either. She went into town with Dad.'
'How about your brother, Greg? Is he here'?
'He went with Mum and Dad.'
The farmer stood there for a few minutes, shifting from one foot to
the other and mumbling to himself.
'Is there anything I can do for ya'? the boy asked politely. 'I know
where all the tools are if you want to borrow any, or maybe, I could
take a message for Dad.'
'Well,' said the farmer uncomfortably, 'I really wanted to talk to
your Dad. It's about your brother Greg getting my daughter pregnant.'
The boy considered for a moment.
'You'd have to talk to Dad about that,' he finally conceded. 'If it
helps you any, I know that Dad charges $200 for the bull and $150 for
the pig, but I really don't know how much he would be asking for Greg.'
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