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Geezer walks into a bar in Dublin
Quote from: JimBob on 18/08/2010 22:33:11Geezer walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finished all three, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.The bartender says to him, "You know, a pint goes flat after I draw it; it would taste better if you bought one at a time." The Irishman replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in America, the other in Australia, and I'm here in Dublin. When we all left home, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days we all drank together."The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar and always drinks the same way: he orders three pints and drinks the three pints by taking drinks from each of them in turn.One day, he comes in and orders two pints. All the other regulars in the bar notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your great loss."The Irishman looks confused for a moment, then a lights dawns in his eye and he laughs. "Oh, no," he says, "Everyone is fine. I've just quit drinking!"Yes, but Geezer ain't Irish, at all, at all.
Geezer walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finished all three, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.The bartender says to him, "You know, a pint goes flat after I draw it; it would taste better if you bought one at a time." The Irishman replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in America, the other in Australia, and I'm here in Dublin. When we all left home, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days we all drank together."The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar and always drinks the same way: he orders three pints and drinks the three pints by taking drinks from each of them in turn.One day, he comes in and orders two pints. All the other regulars in the bar notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your great loss."The Irishman looks confused for a moment, then a lights dawns in his eye and he laughs. "Oh, no," he says, "Everyone is fine. I've just quit drinking!"
And in Ireland EVERYONE drinks.
How many 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.156 to email the flamers ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy".6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"...another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive.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 about changing light bulbs between the hardware forum, lightbulb group and off-topic 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.47 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs and changing methods.14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's.3 to post about links they found on the URL's that sipport their argument that changing light bulbs IS relevant to the forum.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.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... [] [] []
Quote from: peppercorn on 23/08/2010 19:43:553 to post about links they found on the URL's that sipport their argument that changing light bulbs IS relevant to the forum.FOG!!The word in red, above, is misspelled.(FOG - Finicky Old Git)
3 to post about links they found on the URL's that sipport their argument that changing light bulbs IS relevant to the forum.
"How many Spaniards does it take to change a lightbulb? ... Juan." "I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again." "Dave drowned. So at the funeral we got him a wreath in the shape of a lifebelt. Well, it's what he would have wanted."
Quote from: JimBob on 23/08/2010 23:02:33Quote from: peppercorn on 23/08/2010 19:43:553 to post about links they found on the URL's that sipport their argument that changing light bulbs IS relevant to the forum.FOG!!The word in red, above, is misspelled.(FOG - Finicky Old Git)Er yeah, urm ... I put that one in for you JimBob!>>>NtS: God damn it! there's always one!!<<<Could add: 4 who take offence after misunderstanding acronym!
Quote"How many Spaniards does it take to change a lightbulb? ... Juan." "I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again." "Dave drowned. So at the funeral we got him a wreath in the shape of a lifebelt. Well, it's what he would have wanted." http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Could add: 4 who take offence after misunderstanding acronym!
"Dave drowned. So at the funeral we got him a wreath in the shape of a lifebelt. Well, it's what he would have wanted."
I actually preferred Gareth Richards gem to the winner Wooden spoons are great. You can either use them to prepare food, or if you can't be bothered with that, just write a number on one and walk into a pub. []