Winter Lion
05-20-2004, 10:08 PM
Hi Everyone, this is an admittedly incomplete list of typical forum users and their role in developing the average thread. See if you can find yourself on it, I bet you can!
How many brothers does it takes to plan a get together?
1 to plan the outing and to post that the get together has been planned.
14 to share similar experiences of planning get togethers and how the outing could have been planned differently.
7 to caution about the dangers of planning get togethers.
1 to move it to the technical section
2 to argue then move it to the photos section
7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about planning get togethers.
5 to flame the spell checkers
3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
6 to argue over whether it's "outing" or "outting" ... and another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "Ride"
15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "outing" is perfectly correct
19 to post that this forum is not about get togethers and to please take this discussion to a outing forum
11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all go on outings and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum
36 to debate which method of planning get togethers is superior, where to buy the best maps, what brand of maps work best for this technique and what brands are faulty
7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different plans of get togethers.
4 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 outings relevant to this group
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 outing controversy
976 to say "Thanks" without reading any of the above
296 to complain that the links to the planned outings don't work, even though the original links were posted months ago
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
13 to say "Do a Google search on get togethers before posting questions about get togethers"
1 forum leecher to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.
How many brothers does it takes to plan a get together?
1 to plan the outing and to post that the get together has been planned.
14 to share similar experiences of planning get togethers and how the outing could have been planned differently.
7 to caution about the dangers of planning get togethers.
1 to move it to the technical section
2 to argue then move it to the photos section
7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about planning get togethers.
5 to flame the spell checkers
3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
6 to argue over whether it's "outing" or "outting" ... and another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "Ride"
15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "outing" is perfectly correct
19 to post that this forum is not about get togethers and to please take this discussion to a outing forum
11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all go on outings and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum
36 to debate which method of planning get togethers is superior, where to buy the best maps, what brand of maps work best for this technique and what brands are faulty
7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different plans of get togethers.
4 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 outings relevant to this group
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 outing controversy
976 to say "Thanks" without reading any of the above
296 to complain that the links to the planned outings don't work, even though the original links were posted months ago
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
13 to say "Do a Google search on get togethers before posting questions about get togethers"
1 forum leecher to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.