Only 60% of people in internet chat rooms actually laugh out loud when they type LOL.

Significantly fewer roll on the floor laughing, approximately 12%, though its hard to measure as they generally fall out of view of the web cams used to gather the information.

But, by far the most disturbing trend is the 5% to 6% of the Internet Chat Room Populace that have begun to laugh their asses off. ER rooms in America & A&E in Britain have reported a 4 fold increase in the amount of Internet Related Ass Prosthesis (IRAP).

The problem is compounded by huge numbers of people falsely claiming to LMAO & causing a misdirection of essential ass saving resouces.

So the next time you read a pithy comment on an internet chat room/bulletin board - THINK before you TYPE.

"lol" the contagious disease.

I first discovered the term about 7 years ago back in the days when it cost an arm and a leg to go online.
At first I thought.. why do these pple keep saying "lots of love"?

Then I discovered what it meant and i became well and truly addicted.

I "lolled" when something was only mildly funny and "roffled" when it brought tears to my eyes, with a few "L mayos" and other variations in along the way.

The keyboard now had a mind of its own, when ever I typed something it inserted a "lol" on its own accord.

I found myself having to spell check memo's to Trustee dept and try not to insert it to letters to customers.

We regret to advise you that your account is £x in debit
so we have therefore returned unpaid your cheque lol..
... yeah that would go down really well.

It then became more serious and my tongue suddenly found itself infected.

Reading through the birthday cards one day in a shop, I suddenly found myself saying out loud those dreaded words "lol".
The woman next to me stared as if I had spat out the most dreadful swear word imaginable.
Good job I didn't "roffle" or I'm sure she would have had me committed.

No-one in my everyday life understood these terms, I was beginning to be a social leper and outcast for my "weird vocabulary".

I challenged my online buddies to find me a cure... only to find they suffered the same affliction and one person told what he'd done only that day.
~ Standing up in front of a group of Financial Advisors giving a presentation and deciding to take a quick break he uttered the dreaded word BRB,
to be met with a room full of blank stares.

These days the terms are far more understood particularly with the advent of sms. and even the yanks now understand pmsl.

yer its definately catching, sod thinking before you type tho cos thats boring lol