How many discussion group posters does it take to change a lightbulb?

Grey Wolf greywolf1 at jazzfree.com
Thu Aug 21 21:16:58 UTC 2003


How many discussion group posters does it take to change a lightbulb? 

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been 
changed 

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the 
light bulb could have been changed differently 

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs 

7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light 
bulbs 

5 to flame the spell checkers 

3 to correct spelling/grammar flames 

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" 

... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive 

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is 
"lamp" 

15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light 
bulb" is perfectly correct 

19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take 
this discussion to a lightbulb forum 

11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light 
bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum 

36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to 
buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this 
technique and what brands are faulty 

7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs 

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

3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to 
this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group 

13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including 
all headers and signatures, and add "Me too" 

5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they 
cannot handle the light bulb controversy 

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

13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions 
about light bulbs" 

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and 
start it all over again.

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Does it ring any bells?

Hope it helps,

Grey Wolf, who found this very amusing and hopes you find it too, but 
is not 100% sure so he opens his fire-proof umbrella just in case






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