If the cap fits

[Jim Scott]

Found this elsewhere.

How many a.c.f members does it takes 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 Lighting section
2 to argue then move it to the Electrical 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"
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and
start
it all over again.
--
Jim

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[jo]

How many a.c.f members does it takes to change a light bulb?

Nice post

 

[Son Of Spy]

Found this elsewhere.

How many a.c.f members does it takes to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
changed

<snip>

many more than that...

Q: How many internet usenet subscribers does it take to change a light
bulb?

A: 1,421:
* 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the newsgroup that the
light bulb has been changed...
....
* 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
bulbs,
* 53 to flame the spell checkers,
* 156 to write to the ng administrator complaining about the light bulb
discussion and its inappropriateness to this ng.
* 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames,
* 109 to post that this ng is not about light bulbs and to please take
this exchange to alt.lite.bulb,
* 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different
light bulbs,
* 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and
to post corrected URLs,
* 12 to flame the AOL users for violating netiquette and
blame them for starting this whole thing,
* 45 posts about whether or not AOL should even be
allowed to exist,
* 4 to post 30 possible true identities of the one
who changed the bulb ! ! ! ! !
* 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them
including all headers and footers, and then add "Me Too,"
* 12 to post to the ng that they are leaving 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,
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[Aussie Bomber]

5 to complain about bottom posting in the thread

Found this elsewhere.

How many a.c.f members does it takes to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
changed
..... snip .....

24 to complain about top posting in the thread.

 

[jo]

24 to complain about top posting in the thread.

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7 to point out that a sig sep should be hyphen hyphen space.

 

[Aussie Bomber]

7 to point out that a sig sep should be hyphen hyphen space.

oooppps - the space fairy gobbled it up - the space used to be there!!