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.

[MIA-RN1, RN]

72. when you found out you passed your NCLEX, your first thought is not "I need to tell my family", but its "I need to post it on allnurses!"

[Ike Arumba]

These are hilarious!!! :roll :rotfl:

[ZASHAGALKA, RN]

64. You keep a dictionary on the desk to check for spelling.

I'll tell you the secret of my 'cheat' on this. I keep a 2nd window open to yahoo.com, and type in the search engine, for example, "define bureacracy"

The very first line of the search result says: "Did you mean: define bureaucracy"

And then, if I click, YES, it changes the search results to the correct spelling. NOW, when I minimize that window, the following shows up under the minimized icon: "define bureaucracy - Yahoo! search results"

And, it's right there at the bottom of my computer to spell.

Takes less time then thumbing through a book. LOL.

~faith,

Timothy.

[yvonnemuse, BSN, RN]

73. When something strange happens at work you think "oooooooh what forum will THIS fit under?"

[EricJRN, MSN, RN]

74. You've had detailed dreams involving multiple Allnurses.com members.

[gauge14iv, MSN, APRN, NP]

75. At a gathering of nurses - 2 people are heard to say the following and you can identify (or identify with) them both...

"I'm on all allnurses.com!"

"Really? So am I!"

"Oh? Who are you?"

"That depends...who are you?"

[goats'r'us, ASN, RN]

76: you've gotten your non-nursing bestie so hooked on allnurses that when you send her a letter, she complains if you haven't printed out a few really funny or gross stories and popped them in the envelope.

[goats'r'us, ASN, RN]

77: you've learned more from allnurses than you did at university.

78: you go to tell someone a funny story, and you find yourself thinking 'hang on, did that happen to me or did i read it on allnurses?'

[goats'r'us, ASN, RN]

79: you can spend hours bouncing between allnurses and snopes, reading and checking..

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

80. You actually pick music recommendations from the "Song Requests" thread...

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

81. You contemplate firing your therapist and trashing your diary. Who needs them when you have allnurses.com?

[MMARN, BSN, RN]

82. You find yourself recruiting new people for allnurses.

83. You get very upset when said people say, "What's so great about it?"