[TowerTalk] How many list members does it take to change a lightbulb?

[Jim W7RY]

Whatever....


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Gates" <regates at kingwoodcable.com>
To: "Tower Talk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:42 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] How many list members does it take to change a
lightbulb?


> Received this over a non-ham related reflector, but it certainly gives
credence
> to the theory that all lists are the same :)
> Regards,
> Bob  KG7KW
>
>
>
> How many list members does it take to change a light bulb?
>
> 1 to change the light bulb.
>
> 1 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.
>
> 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 URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
>
> 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the
corrected
> URLs.
>
> 27 to post about links they found from the URLs 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 search on 'light bulbs' before posting questions about
> light bulbs".
>
> 1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now an to
> start it all over again.
>
>
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