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Old December 22nd 03, 04:31 AM
gowestyngman
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Default A lesson in Posting

Im sure this had probly been postd in here B4, but it realy fits this group
so well I couldn't pass it up.

A lesson in Posting. Damn funny!

How many group 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 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




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Old December 23rd 03, 02:40 AM
Mary Malmros
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Default A lesson in Posting

"gowestyngman" writes:

Im sure this had probly been postd in here B4,


Within the past two or three weeks, IIRC.

*sigh*

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