How many SBers does it take to discuss the purchase of a pony bottle?

[Quero]

ONE to post his experience after he has already bought the pony.

FOURTEEN to share similar experiences of buying pony bottles and how the choice could have been made differently from the way the OP did it.

SEVEN to caution about the dangers of buying the wrong size pony.

ONE moderator to move the post to the Tanks forum

TWO to argue in favor of leaving it in the Advanced forum.

FOUR to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about buying pony bottles.

FIVE to flame the "grammar nazis"

THREE to correct spelling/grammar flames in the "grammar nazi" posts.

SIX to argue over whether it's "pony bottle" or "pony tank" ... another SIX to condemn those 6 as stupid.

TWO industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "cylinder"

FIFTEEN know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "pony bottle" is perfectly correct.

THREE to post that the use of pony bottles is most appropriate to technical diving and to please take this discussion to a tech forum

TWENTY-FOUR to defend the posting to this forum saying that anyone can use a pony and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum

THIRTY-SIX to debate which method of carrying a pony is superior, the advantages and disadvantages of mounting valve up or down, vs slingling; how to balance the rig, etc.

SEVEN to post URL's where one can see examples of different mounting and slinging methods

FOUR to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's

THREE to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes pony bottles relevant to this group

FIVE to say "do a search" or "why isn't this a sticky" or "oh, no, not THAT post again" or post a popcorn box icon.

SIX to post that carrying a pony bottle is not necessary if you do adequate gas planning, three of whom are going to recommend the OP spend his money on Fundies rather than a pony bottle.

ELEVEN to quote the entire preceding post and add "+1"

FIVE to post to the group that they will no longer post because they sick to death of the pony bottle controversy

FOUR to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

ONE forum lurker to respond to the original post 18 months from now and start it all over again.

[TSandM]

You completely forget the six that post that carrying a pony bottle is not necessary if you do adequate gas planning, three of whom are going to recommend the OP spend his money on Fundies rather than a pony bottle

[Quero]

You completely forget the six that post that carrying a pony bottle is not necessary if you do adequate gas planning, three of whom are going to recommend the OP spend his money on Fundies rather than a pony bottle

So right! I've edited that in!

[ZKY]

And 152 likes posted to various posts depending on what "camp" they belong to.

[nielsent]

Heh, brings new meaning to the quote

"All sound and fury signifying nothing"
-- Shakespeare

[mselenaous]

Don't forget the 87 smilies peppered liberally throughout the thread

including at least TWO , THREE ,
ONE , and ONE

THREE retorts to the gas management issues TS&M mentioned "it is not the agency, it's the instructor".

[Jax]

ONE to bring up the Hello Kitty pony bottle and post its link

THREE to say OMG, that was hilarious, with the required

[Cave Diver]

NINE people to argue over what the contents of the Pony Bottle are and whether the valve needs to be left on or off.

[Jax]

FOUR to argue whether the pony should have a button pressure gauge or a full-sized one.

[vshearer]

who had time to count all that?