"DJA"
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Not photo related but appropriate nonetheless...
>
Dave
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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
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 forum
lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start
it all
over again
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YOW!
THET WUZ SUM "OT" POST - AN' LOTSA FUN, TU! ;-)
(Talk
about "thorough"!)
I was
very, very impressed with both the range and truth of this most important
of
recent posts...( ;^})
Thanks!
--
David Ruether
d_ruether@hotmail.com
http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com