Nice try, anyway. On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 at 14:02 -0600, Adam Peterson wrote: > How many list members does it takes 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 Google search on light bulbs before posting > questions about light bulbs" > Three to tell a funny story about their show dog and a light bulb. AND > One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and > start it all over again. > > > Sorry. > > > > .===================================. > | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | > | Don't Fear the Penguin. | > | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | > `===================================' >
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