In a message dated 1/31/06 10:19:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We are having a grand time discussing
these and other worthless issues.
How many Shop Talkers does it take to change a light bulb?
ANSWER:
1 to change the light bulb and 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
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 light bulb forum
203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and
light bulb 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"
1 new forum member to respond to the original
post 6 months from now and
start it all over again
1 OE user to
quote all the previous responses in an HTML post so
the other 535 previous
respondents can flame him to hell
and one Linux user to say don't change
the light bulb.
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