The Bad Threads

[mudraker]

dominicb

And here I was thinking my reply had helped

I will go sit in the shame corner for all of 10 seconds

[martindwilson]

I could just look this up, but I'll be lazy.

ok mate i'll do the searching for you no prob...NOT!

[mudraker]

Where did you find that one Martin?

[martindwilson]

here
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...f-a-value.html

[ChemistB]

OP: I need this, this and this....

Mod1: It would be helpful if you attached an example workbook

OP: Let me explain further........

Mod2: As Mod1 said, an example workbook will help us solve your problem.

OP: Here's what I need...........

Mod1: Example workbook???

etc. etc....

I mean, why are people so resistant to putting up an example workbook? Too much work to put in dummy data? Sheesh

[martindwilson]

i saw this in a recent post

You can't open the file because I don't have winzip installed and the forum wouldn't accept .rar, so I renamed it to .zip. I hoped it would work.

[Cheeky Charlie]

http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...tion-help.html

Not so much the poor title but the hilarious concept:
I can't figure out what's wrong with this formula:
=linesandlinesandlinesofnestingandbracketsandhorribleinefficientspreadsheetusagewithoutanyreferencet owhatanyofitismeanttodo)))))))

can anyone else?

well... no

[teylyn]

OK, the OP is not a native speaker of English, but still ....

http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...-on-table.html

[simjambra]

This was a brilliant one I saw on another forum, when I was look for some help on Flash.

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=728675

Hahahaha I can't stop laughing.

[NBVC]

This was a brilliant one I saw on another forum, when I was look for some help on Flash.

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=728675

Hahahaha I can't stop laughing.

There's more...

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=728673

and

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=728672

[teylyn]

gd 2 no th gy wdnt hv a chnc hr ta 2 nbvc & shg & th lk

<good to know the guy wouldn't have a chance here, thanks to NBVC and shg and the like!!>

[martindwilson]

another classic and the posted image link really helps,not
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...s-formula.html

[darkyam]

Here's a recent one: http://www.excelforum.com/excel-new-...se-column.html
The OP doesn't tell anyone what he really wants, complains about no responses within 24 hours, says he found something to give him a statistical advantage in roulette, then later claims it's not about gambling, basically calls everyone who responded an idiot, and finishes it off by being a complete jackass. Bravo! [thunderous applause] It's hard to get all that in just one thread.

[ChemistB]

Darkyam, that definitely goes on the all time bad threads list. Sheesh!

[darkyam]

Yeah, this is at least the third time I've seen someone come on an excel forum and claim to have found a way to improve their odds of winning the lottery or roulette or something random. It's great when people think that they have somehow outsmarted all the other mathematicians in the world and the laws of probability.