[off-topic] How many group posters does it take to change a light bulb?

M

Michael Starberg

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 group is not about light bulbs and to
please take this discussion to a lightbulb group

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic
forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be
stopped

111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use
light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group

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....
 
N

Norman Diamond

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...
another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

Hey! We don't need no stinking newsgroup, we got FxCop to issue those
complaints.
111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs
and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group

Yeah that too. It's pretty hard to edit a C# program when the screen's
backlight is burnt out. Now waiting for instructions on how to change the
light bulbs in 3,000 different models of notebooks.

By the way Chuck Norris can dereference a null pointer, but that's
off-topic, that belongs in the C++ newsgroup.
 
B

Bob Powell [MVP]

Please post such information to the [off-topic] newsgroup provided.

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M

Michael Starberg

Bob Powell said:
Please post such information to the [off-topic] newsgroup provided.

Microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.bizzare.hampster.ducttatpe.offtopic

Haha. That dog won't hunt.
You forgot to add alt.binaries =)

Glad you found it funny!

- Michael Starberg
 
M

Michael A. Covington

And one old geezer to point out that there were five ways to change
lightbulbs in PL/1.
 
S

Stephany Young

So long as lightbulb's, light bulb's or lamps' are relevant to the 'another'
newsgroup.
 
M

Mythran

Michael Starberg said:
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 group is not about light bulbs and to
please take this discussion to a lightbulb group

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic
forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be
stopped

111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use
light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group

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....

Me too!!!!
 
M

Mythran

Jon Skeet said:
<snip>

1 to ask for a short but complete example of a broken lightbulb.

1 to point the OP to Jon Skeet's website regarding how to post a short but
complete example of a broken lightbulb.
 
A

.\\\\axxx

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

+ 134,234 to post unrelated messages informing the reader of the
benefits of viagra.
 

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