OT but Quite funny

Sep 28, 2003 5 Replies
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Stolen from another newsgroup: I wonder how many know which newsgroup????


How many message board members 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


1 to move it to the Lighting section


2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section


7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs


5 to flame the spell checkers


3 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 that the proper term is "lamp"


15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct


19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum


11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum


36 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


7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs


4 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


13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"


5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy


4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"


13 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


1 to say you gotta put "OT" in the subject line for light bulbs.


5 to change the subject line so nobody has any idea what the new threads are


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Last spotted doing the rounds in uk.rec.caravanning :-) .... cos er.... my freind told me.

Lee D

in article 9tGdb.2059$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net, Lee_D at snipped-for-privacy@hathisterminalscoat.freeserve.co.uk wrote on 28/9/03 8:17 pm:

I have read it in the alt.music.Rush n/g cos I read that too.

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:17:19 +0100, "Lee_D"

spilled forth with the follow words of wisdom:

Well I got if from uk.rec.engines.stationary:-)

-- Dan

I've always felt this list, although 'funny' is fundamentally flawed as it negates the one contributor who will always post back stating that there is a big difference between a 'message board', 'forum' and a 'newsgroup'.

Martyn

On or around Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:48:05 +0100, Dan Allen enlightened us thusly:

It's an old one, but it's worth a revisit IMHO.

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