How many group members does it take to change a light bulb? November 11, 2004, 07:34:51 AM QuoteHow many group members does it take to change a light bulb?1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs53 to flame the spell checkers41 to correct spelling/grammar flames6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...another 6 to condemn those 6 as buttstuff-retentive2 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 correct156 to email the partint's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy"109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb groups about changing light bulbs be stopped111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group306 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 faulty27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group33 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 controversy19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ44 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....P.S. this was meant to be funny, Humours, laughter as we have all done it!Zero :D :rollin: :rollin: :rollin: :rollin: :rollin: :rollin: Taken from diyaudio.com Quote Selected
Re: How many group members does it take to change a light bulb? Reply #1 – November 11, 2004, 08:21:15 AM sounds more like problems from a bigger board like stangnet lol, if that was us the numbers wouldnt exceed 5 i think lol :p still funny tho, i saw that and "you know your a stangnet member if" one their a little while ago Quote Selected
Re: How many group members does it take to change a light bulb? Reply #2 – November 11, 2004, 10:38:28 AM I've seen this, and it's a good laugh. Thanks, I'd forgotten. :D Quote Selected
Re: How many group members does it take to change a light bulb? Reply #3 – November 12, 2004, 03:55:30 AM Quote from: Sly1990 Taken from diyaudio.comthe sad thing is, over at their board, the above is basically true Quote Selected
Re: How many group members does it take to change a light bulb? Reply #4 – November 13, 2004, 11:49:08 AM But you did forget the 10 links to eBay on auctions of different types of bulbs. Quote Selected
Re: How many group members does it take to change a light bulb? Reply #5 – November 13, 2004, 12:15:18 PM QuoteBut you did forget the 10 links to eBay on auctions of different types of bulbs. Im not the original writer but you r right..... Quote Selected