[Sussex] funny forum post

[Gareth Ablett]

Whould help if I added the heading.

How many forums does it take to change a lightbulb?

Gareth Ablett
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gareth Ablett
> Sent: 28 August 2003 1:42 pm
> To: sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [Sussex] funny forum post
> 
> I saw this on a forum I use and decided to post here. For your
intrest.
> 
> Hope you enjoy.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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 lightbulb forum
> 
> 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum,
and
> lightbulb 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 responces 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 lightbulb, welcome to the
> darkside
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Gareth Ablett
> Systems Developer
> 
> ITP Services Ltd.
> http://www.itpserve.co.uk/
> 
>
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