Does any of this sound familiar?
How many forum 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 blame 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 ****-retentive.
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp."
1 to tell us he has a team of buyers who can get them at a great price for us
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 to 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 a "FAQ" is.
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."
10 posters to claim the light bulb failed because of George Bush's policies.
20 to denounce those 10 and blame the failure on the previous
administration.
1 to say that if you were any damn good at all you wouldn't need the
freaking light bulb.
1 to say he has a forum about changing light bulbs with 145 hits a day
3 to say that those of you talking about light bulbs aren't working and
should get back to work.
1 to say that there's really 7 that are burned out, and the government's
lying to us that there's only 1.
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again
How many forum 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 blame 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 ****-retentive.
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp."
1 to tell us he has a team of buyers who can get them at a great price for us
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 to 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 a "FAQ" is.
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."
10 posters to claim the light bulb failed because of George Bush's policies.
20 to denounce those 10 and blame the failure on the previous
administration.
1 to say that if you were any damn good at all you wouldn't need the
freaking light bulb.
1 to say he has a forum about changing light bulbs with 145 hits a day
3 to say that those of you talking about light bulbs aren't working and
should get back to work.
1 to say that there's really 7 that are burned out, and the government's
lying to us that there's only 1.
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again
