Guest guest Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Lana Gibbons wrote: > Okay, so I normally don't do these... But this had me in stitches. > > ----- > > How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb? LOL! Thank goodness this has absolutely no resemblance to any lists that any of us are on atm... --s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 This is hilarious. thank you - i actually snickered out loud at work! > > Okay, so I normally don't do these... But this had me in stitches. > > ----- > > How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb? > > 1 to change the light bulb. > > 1 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. > > 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light > bulbs > .. > > 53 to flame the spell checkers. > > 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. > > 156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in > violation of their " acceptable use policy " . > > 109 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please > take this discussion to a lightbulb forum. > > 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, > and lightbulb forum about changing light bulbs be stopped. > > 111 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light > bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum. > > 306 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. > > 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs. > > 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the > corrected URLs. > > 27 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to > this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group. > > 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including > all headers and signatures, and add " Me too " . > > 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they > cannot handle the light bulb controversy. > > 19 to quote the " Me too's " to say " Me three " . > > 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ. > > 44 to ask what is a " FAQ " ? > > 4 to say " didn't we go through this already a short time ago? " > > 143 to say " do a search on 'light bulbs' before posting questions > about light bulbs " . > > 1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now > and to start it all over again. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 3 more to mail the group asking to be unsubscribed because they can't handle the volume of email traffic. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Lana Gibbons <lana.m.gibbons@...>wrote: > Okay, so I normally don't do these... But this had me in stitches. > > ----- > > How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb? > > 1 to change the light bulb. > > 1 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. > > 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light > bulbs > .. > > 53 to flame the spell checkers. > > 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. > > 156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in > violation of their " acceptable use policy " . > > 109 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please > take this discussion to a lightbulb forum. > > 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, > and lightbulb forum about changing light bulbs be stopped. > > 111 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light > bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum. > > 306 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. > > 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs. > > 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the > corrected URLs. > > 27 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to > this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group. > > 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including > all headers and signatures, and add " Me too " . > > 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they > cannot handle the light bulb controversy. > > 19 to quote the " Me too's " to say " Me three " . > > 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ. > > 44 to ask what is a " FAQ " ? > > 4 to say " didn't we go through this already a short time ago? " > > 143 to say " do a search on 'light bulbs' before posting questions > about light bulbs " . > > 1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now > and to start it all over again. > > -- Alan (alanmjones@...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Clearly LED bulbs are the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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