[Healeys] list humor

[Bob Spidell]

1 to admonish all posters to use TinyURL




On 8/26/2012 2:15 PM, F Ronald Rader wrote:
> I ran across this in another group to which I subscribe. For those
> that are in different groups this will make total sense. This is my
> contribution for your laugh of the day, since we do need light bulbs
> to work on our cars.
>
> So.........How many Forum members 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
> 1 to move it to the Do It Yourself section
> 2 to argue then move it to the General Discussion 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 stupid
> 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
> 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"
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Bob Spidell           San Jose, CA            bspidell at comcast.net

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