501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

[Roy Fokker]

all right.

i confess! i'm a proper addict! this is a fantastic website - filled with goodies and great people.

and i know that i'm not alone :)

so... i challenge forum members to describe 501 ways to know you've been posting on allnurses.com too much. here's some to start off...

remember to put the numbers

1. you're still stuck in threads from 2002, trying to catch up.

2. during conversations in 'actual reality', you keep looking for the emoticon buttons whenever you are being sarcastic/trying to be funny/etc.

3. when arguing with your so, you quickly get your point in because you think the debate will get locked.

4. you try to find a pm function on the phone, so much easier than dialing.

5. when your family starts getting on your nerves, you want to pm a moderator to get them banned.

[suzy253, RN]

36. While on your computer, you have multiple windows open, one of them allnurses so you can switch back easily. don't want to miss anything!

[ZASHAGALKA, RN]

36. While on your computer, you have multiple windows open, one of them allnurses so you can switch back easily. don't want to miss anything!

I normally have a second window open while in current events so I can 'fact check' what I was just told. . .

~faith,

Timothy.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

37. You find an internet cafe while in a foreign country so you can post on

allnurses.

38. You DO post from work.

steph

[gauge14iv, MSN, APRN, NP]

39. You occasionally find yourself posting on a topic you have no real interest in whatsoever just because you happen to know a little something about it and you are bored/not asleep when you should be.

40. You talk about people on allnurses to people in real life as if you had actually met them.

[madwife2002, BSN, RN]

41) You get really cross and angry when posters you dont know cyber insult you

[gauge14iv, MSN, APRN, NP]

41) You get really cross and angry when posters you dont know cyber insult you

:yeahthat:

42. You can pretty much create an entire post in smileys without typing a post.

[Dratz]

43: You totally forget to make breakfast, lunch and dinner....get groceries, feed the cats.....

44: Anyone knocking on your front door annoys the heck out of you and you stand there tapping your foot while you talk to them because you have to get back to Allnurses.com.

[RGN1]

43. You don't bother looking anything up anymore, you just post your questions on allnurses because someones going to know the answer and more!

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

45. You actually cite allnurses as a reference for a position you're debating with a co-worker ("Well, according to this thread on allnurses.com, 1 in 3 nurses have drug problems, BUT........")

46. Your spouse no longer remembers what you look like.

[suebird3]

47. your spouse knows where you are.....on allnurses!

sueb

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

48. You actually go through withdrawal symptoms (generalized anxiety, sweaty palms, hyperventilation etc.) if you can't get to allnurses for longer than 24 hours!

[gauge14iv, MSN, APRN, NP]

50. When the server goes down for 24 hours, you discover that you have a spouse, 3 kids you didn't know you had and that you can actually cook AND clean! In the SAME day!