| How many Corvette Guru members does it take to change a light bulb? |
Subject: How many Corvette Guru members does it take to change a light bulb? by ghoffman on 2009/10/17 17:12:28 One 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. Seven 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. Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"...another six to condemn those six as anal-retentive. Two 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 e-mail 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 light bulb group 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and light bulb group about changing light bulbs should 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. Three 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 toos" to say "Me three". Four to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ. 44 to ask what is a "FAQ". Four 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." One forum lurker to respond to the original post six months from now and start it all over again... |
