Light bulbs

[Adam J Bunton]

...and the crowd cheers.

On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 16:30, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> How many KCLUG subscribers does it take to discuss changing 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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