RE: [OT]how many newsgroup/forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

Must have taken you ages to work out all those numbers ;-)

*ducks*

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jenni Lowe [mailto:jenni@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 December 2001 12:09
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT]how many newsgroup/forum users does it take to
> change a lightbulb?
>
> how many newsgroup/forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?
> 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 alt.litebulb
>
> 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling, and
> alt.illuminati 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 the 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 "FAQ"
>
> 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time
ago?"
>
> 143 to say "do a DejaNews search on light bulbs before posting
questions
> about light bulbs"
>
> 34 to say "FA: on Ebay---vintage light bulbs---no reserve"
>
> 66 to killfile anything with the words "light" or "
bulb" in it
>
> 1 Autobot from the Usenet Self Awareness Project to post that the
> lightbulb
> controversy generated the most posts
>
> 1 DejaNews subscriber to respond to the original post 6 months from
now
> and
> start it all over again
>
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