Primer Bulbs for Dummies - The Freelance Files MMCLII

Where's that "hose," Steve

Although most people in our society operate internal combustion engines on a daily or near-daily basis, the vast majority of them have no clue about how the things work. Enough of us do, however, to keep most of the engines working when we need them. eHow.com contributor Steve Smith, however, is not among the cognoscenti when the subject is IC engines, despite having a BA in journalism (which supposedly makes one an expert on any topic). We base our analysis on Steve's woefully inept attempt to explain "How a Small Engine Primer Works" for ItStillRuns.com.

Mantis Tiller Repair for Dummies

mantis tiller

It should come as no surprise that the eHow.com contributors who were unfamiliar with their topics were still perfectly happy to find a reference and simply reword it in order to collect their fifteen bucks. Who could blame them? the website didn't care about accuracy, only eyeballs. On the other hand, we here at the Antisocial Network are far more concerned about accuracy, which is why we regularly nominate eHowians for the DotD, eHowians like Fern Fischer, whom we caught  pretending to know "How to Fix a Mantis Tiller That Won't Start" for GardenGuides.com.

Troubleshooting John Deere Snowblowers for Dummies

Troubleshoot your snowblower

You'd think that if someone googled "Problems with a John Deere Snowblower," the poor frozen schmuck would be looking for a little help troubleshooting a machine that either doesn't start or does a lousy job of clearing away the snow on his driveway (if he's like our neighbors at Antisocial Network HQ, he doesn't bother with sidewalks...). That's what you probably think, that's certainly what our research staffer thought... it's not, however, what Christine Lebednik seemed to think – at least according to her post at Hunker.com, anyway.