HOW MANY MESSAGE BOARD MEMBERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE
A LIGHT BULB?
One to change the light bulb and to post that the
light bulb has been
changed.
Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing
light bulbs and how
the light bulb could have been changed differently.
Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light
bulbs.
Seven more to point out spelling/grammar errors in
posts about
changing light bulbs.
Five to flame the spell checkers.
Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.
Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light
bulb" ...
another six to condemn those six as stupid.
Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry
and give the
correct spelling.
Nineteen to post that this group is not about light
bulbs and to
please take this discussion to a lightbulb (or light
bulb) forum.
Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that
we all use
light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to
this group.
Thirty-six 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.
Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of
different light bulbs.
Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and
then post the
corrected URL.
Three to post about links they found from the URLs
that are relevant
to this group, which makes light bulbs relevant to
this group.
Thirteen to link all posts to date, quote them in
their entirety
including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
Five to post to the group that they will no longer
post because they
cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
Four to say "didn't we go through this already a short
time ago?"
Thirteen to say "do a Goggle search on light bulbs
before posting
questions about light bulbs"
Three to tell a funny story about their cat and a
light bulb.
AND
one group lurker to respond to the original post 6
months from now
and start it all over again.
A LIGHT BULB?
One to change the light bulb and to post that the
light bulb has been
changed.
Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing
light bulbs and how
the light bulb could have been changed differently.
Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light
bulbs.
Seven more to point out spelling/grammar errors in
posts about
changing light bulbs.
Five to flame the spell checkers.
Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.
Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light
bulb" ...
another six to condemn those six as stupid.
Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry
and give the
correct spelling.
Nineteen to post that this group is not about light
bulbs and to
please take this discussion to a lightbulb (or light
bulb) forum.
Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that
we all use
light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to
this group.
Thirty-six 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.
Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of
different light bulbs.
Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and
then post the
corrected URL.
Three to post about links they found from the URLs
that are relevant
to this group, which makes light bulbs relevant to
this group.
Thirteen to link all posts to date, quote them in
their entirety
including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
Five to post to the group that they will no longer
post because they
cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
Four to say "didn't we go through this already a short
time ago?"
Thirteen to say "do a Goggle search on light bulbs
before posting
questions about light bulbs"
Three to tell a funny story about their cat and a
light bulb.
AND
one group lurker to respond to the original post 6
months from now
and start it all over again.
