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Offline Xairbusdriver

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« on: July 05, 2003, 12:01:02 PM »
Saw this at a list that suffers from some of the following behaviors:

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How many forum users 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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« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2003, 12:52:41 PM »
Is this the same as a lite bulb? <gr>
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« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2003, 01:28:35 PM »
Who's the lurker?

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« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2003, 01:48:29 PM »
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Who's the lurker?


Dunno, but in these cases they're better referred to as trollers... but I'm convinced some think it's their job...
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« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2003, 03:50:03 PM »
Optical engineers do a lot of light reading.  . . .  .but it's very illuminating! doh.gif
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« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2003, 03:58:01 PM »
Well that just struck my light laugh.gif

Well, if people can start topics about "nothing" than this is one of them..... oh no wait... it's about lightbulbs... wacko.gif

I better kill my lights here, and go to bed.
Night all

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« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2003, 04:06:38 PM »
I've been enlighten on .... what? <gr>
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« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2003, 09:49:51 PM »
Sorry for the OT! Just wanted to share some ensight on the light and airy atmosphere around here on this day after the streaking of colored lights though the moonlit evening after some one lights the fuse on the candles causing the streaming of sparkles and colored glitterings... doh.gif
(is the above called stream of unconsciousness?!)

Oh! Now I see! By the glow of the luminary!

BTW, did anyone else hear the selection of the talent winner last weekend on WhatDoYouKnow? If you like puns, you'll love this guy!
To listen to a RealPlayer edition of the show go to:
NotMuch.com. Select 'Part A' and once the RP starts loading, you can scroll over to about 06:45 into the stream to hear just the winner reading from his upcoming movie (The Terminologist) starring Arnold Swartzinager(sp?)! whistling.gif
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« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2003, 06:02:10 AM »
And there is the additional discussion when Administrators meet in their private forum or off line to decide what actions should be taken re the offending posts... doh.gif  biggrin.gif

Uh, I mean that sort of thing happens on other forums...

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« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2003, 09:30:55 PM »
See what happens when you let the inmates run the institution??
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« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2003, 03:00:16 PM »
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They're coming to take me away... whistling.gif  Devilish2.gif
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« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2003, 04:01:36 PM »
airbusdriver, I like to visit several digital camera forums, the best known being dpreview.com.  On reading your original post, I ROFLMAO (hope that is close).  Hilarious, and it captures many threads to a "T".  thanx.gif, I haven't laughed  so much in some time.

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« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2003, 05:26:05 PM »
"They're coming to take me away.."  Stand in line missy! smile.gif
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