How many forum posters does it take to...?

Dana Sheets · Post by **Dana Sheets** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 4:05 pm

HOW MANY GROUP 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 group is not about light bulbs and to please take this
discussion to a lightbulb group

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and
lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped

111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group

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 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again....

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:06 pm

Ha you nailed it Dana!

But you left out:

1 poster who claims the light bulb was never required in the first place why bother changing it your only perpetuating errors of the past.

Bill Glasheen · Post by **Bill Glasheen** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:10 pm

Mills75 · Post by **Mills75** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:54 am

That was well thought out as usual and really funny lol..

And 3 so far to say this post was funny lol..

Stryke · Post by **Stryke** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 2:02 am

Me Too !!

CANDANeh · Post by **CANDANeh** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 2:33 am

Considering how many attempts it took to invent the light bulb a number of posters OWWW! SHEESSSH! Make sure the bulb is in there first!

That was some good post Dana

RACastanet · Post by **RACastanet** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:13 pm

'2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"'

How did you know that?

Down here in Richmond we will also spend a lot of time discussing how good the old 'lamp' was compared to the new one. Just yesterday I replaced the lamp in the garage ceiling and bid it a fond farwell as it was the last 'original' bulb in the house. It lasted a month short of 18 years! GE of course. Instead of just tossing it in the trash I put it in the package the new one came in so it would be buried at the landfill in a proper outfit.

Rich

Dana Sheets · Post by **Dana Sheets** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 3:31 pm

Hi all,

Rich - for the record, I knew it was a "lamp" because of my work in theatre.

However the post is not my own creation. I received it from another list and thought it would be fun to post here.

It still makes me laugh when I read it.