GE Hates Children

Posted by John Carney, Jul 11, 2008, 11:25am

If General Electric sells its lighting division, it will ruin a time honored childhood tradition. You might remember the trick from your youth. You'd ask the unsuspecting to clasp their hands above their heads, forming a circle with their arms. Then you'd ask them to attempt to spell the word image and say lightbulb afterwards.

The result was someone whose arms formed a lightbulb shape above their head saying, "I M A G E Lightbulb." Of course, this sounds exactly like "I am a G.E. lightbulb."

In short, GE's about to take a little bit of laughter away from children across America.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 11:38AM

Carney. You've finally lost your mind.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 11:45AM

Yup, Schizo for sure.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 11:47AM

Lightbulbs are the new rice.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 11:48AM

Lightbulbs need to combine with children to survive

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 11:50AM

Lighten up (pun intended). Carney's not schizo at all. You first two commenters are spoil sports. Oh - or maybe you're the ones who were laughed at when you couldn't spell image, or didn't get the trick. Bad childhood memories of being taunted by your smarter friends. That's it. Kind of sour grapes.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 11:53AM

Did I miss something? Didn't grow up here and am unaccustomed to this "tradition" ....my life could have turned out very differently... may quickly try this trick in the office now before GE sells it...

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Posted by EricM, Jul 11, 2008 11:53AM

Stories like this really should be reserved for the short bus alumni reunion weekends.

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Posted by John Carney, Jul 11, 2008 11:55AM

Wow. Cranky lot for a Friday.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 11:55AM

Carney, you should leave the humor to Bess.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 11:57AM

owah
tahgoo
siam........or knock knock, who's there, pileup

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 11:59AM

Awww leave Carney alone!!

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 11:59AM

Knock Knock?

Who's there?

Smell mop.

Smell mop who?

Hahahahahahahah

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:02PM

@11:59 - It's better if you don't text-laugh (i.e. lol, hahaha) at your own jokes.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:05PM

I preferred asking girls if they could touch their elbows to their shoulder blades. (try it, bess)

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Posted by mrpink, Jul 11, 2008 12:09PM

Who wants a drink tonight.

NYC.

-mrp

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:12PM

Who vants a moustache ride?

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:15PM

Carney,
I snickered.
I laffed.
I guffawed.

To quote Carlin,
"George is a neverending word.
G-E
O-R
G-E"

thanks

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Posted by blndebnker, Jul 11, 2008 12:15PM

@12:12pm - Giambino?

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:16PM

Carney,
I snickered.
I laffed.
I guffawed.

To quote Carlin,
"George is a neverending word.
G-E
O-R
G-E"

thanks

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:17PM

Carney,
I snickered.
I laffed.
I guffawed.

To quote Carlin,
"George is a neverending word.
G-E
O-R
G-E"

thanks

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:17PM

Carney,
I snickered.
I laffed.
I guffawed.

To quote Carlin,
"George is a neverending word.
G-E
O-R
G-E"

thanks

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Posted by jerrydill, Jul 11, 2008 12:24PM

I didn't do that as a kid. I guess I just missed out as a child. *sigh*

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:24PM

Where I grew up you coaxed other kids to hook their index fingers into the sides of their mouth, pull their mouths wide and try to say "I was born on a pirate ship."

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:30PM

The sad thing is I just tried to do this at my desk.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:31PM

what happened to the good ol' pull my finger?

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:40PM

-damnslowbrowser-
sorry

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 12:54PM

Didn't Bill O'Reilly start the smears of GE because O'Reilly hates MSNBC's Keith Olbermann? GE owns NBC. O'Reilly has accused GE and NBC of being for the terrorists.

One thing is for sure. Olbermann has succeeded where many have failed: He has caused O'Reilly to go nuts on the air!

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Posted by Anal_yst, Jul 11, 2008 1:28PM

@ Mr Pink

Make it so.

What'd you have in mind?

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 1:30PM

Knock knock!

Who's there?

Babs' uvula.

Babs' uvula who?

I don't know, Babs.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 1:30PM

GE without light bulbs is like an airplane without a partner.

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Posted by mrpink, Jul 11, 2008 1:51PM

Anal_yst-

I don't know where the DB 'in crowd' hangs out at, any suggestions?

-mrp

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 2:13PM

kids who did that were dorks anyway...

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 2:40PM

GE Finance cocked up the works so now GE has to sell the real assets to shore things up.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 2:52PM

I know when I was a kid the 'in thing' was to get someone to use their index fingers to pull their mouths wide and say "I'm a banker". How apt

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 3:47PM

@ 11:53 - go ahead. Live. Try it now! Ask someone in your office to do it. Silliness is allowed on a Friday afternoon. Let us all know how it turns out.

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Posted by guest, Jul 11, 2008 3:47PM

I bet Carney's never done an atomic situp. Does anyone want to see Carney do an atomic situp?

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Posted by John Carney, Jul 11, 2008 6:22PM

Guest 3:47: Keep your stuff in your pants. This is a post about childhood.

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