"Knock knock"
"Who's there?"
"A pointer"
"A pointer wh-"
"NULL REFERENCE EXCEPTION"

I'd love to tell the guy who invented *null*: "Thanks for nothing!"

Mr Null, please stop using my app.

Ikea had a little NullReferenceException today..

We receive an email from Splunk when errors go above a certain threshold, and a particular service has been especially problematic this week (throwing hundreds of exceptions). Email response from the team mgr responsible for the service.

"We are working to address these errors. We don’t currently have a way to prevent a user who’s account is locked from logging into the service and performing work."

The exception? NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

The code? (paraphrasing)

var user = GetUser(request.Login);
if (user.CanPerformWork) ...

<facepalm>

I'm doing my best not to reply .."Really? No way? You do realize we can read code, right?"

Okay, let's get this fight rolling: here's a typical .net error message:

An error occurred. (An error occurred.) The type of this error was: An error occurred. Additionally, an error occurred while the error was occurring. The type of this error was: An error occurred.

Additional information: NullReferenceException at line... haha not really fucko, an error occurred.

NullReferenceException

Nuff said

When someone asks about my sex life I just throw a NullReferenceException