jfinn
Literotica Guru
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- Jun 12, 2002
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Saw this on a newsgroup and thought it worked for here too:
How many newsgroup posters does it take to change a light bulb?
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
27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs
53 to flame the spell checkers
41 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
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 URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
14 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
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 Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
13 to respond that the OP should be using florescent lights to save energy
2 to blame the light bulbs failure on a vast right/left wing
conspiracy
1 to argue that if <pick a leader> had not <pick an event> light bulbs wouldn't burn out (e.g. Hitler/Lost WWII, JFK/been shot, GWB/been elected, etc) leading to a lengthy thread with the original subject line, nothing about light bulbs and a lot of ranting followed by a bunch of plonks
406 to post links to web sites selling automatic light bulb changers
20 to post the same lightbulb question within a week later
50 to flame those people for not checking the forum archives to see that their questions had already been answered
43 to point out that this question has been in the FAQ forever
25 to give the URL to Google Groups, perhaps with a "Lightbulbs"
search already entered
12 to simply repost the entire original text, and add one word at the end: "Google"
17 of them to reply ROTFLMAO.
23 of them to ask what does ROTFLMAO mean.
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again
Jayne
How many newsgroup posters does it take to change a light bulb?
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
27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs
53 to flame the spell checkers
41 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
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 URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
14 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
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 Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
13 to respond that the OP should be using florescent lights to save energy
2 to blame the light bulbs failure on a vast right/left wing
conspiracy
1 to argue that if <pick a leader> had not <pick an event> light bulbs wouldn't burn out (e.g. Hitler/Lost WWII, JFK/been shot, GWB/been elected, etc) leading to a lengthy thread with the original subject line, nothing about light bulbs and a lot of ranting followed by a bunch of plonks
406 to post links to web sites selling automatic light bulb changers
20 to post the same lightbulb question within a week later
50 to flame those people for not checking the forum archives to see that their questions had already been answered
43 to point out that this question has been in the FAQ forever
25 to give the URL to Google Groups, perhaps with a "Lightbulbs"
search already entered
12 to simply repost the entire original text, and add one word at the end: "Google"
17 of them to reply ROTFLMAO.
23 of them to ask what does ROTFLMAO mean.
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again
Jayne
