[Az-Geocaching] How many members to change a lightbulb

Matthew Shapiro sonburnt at gmail.com
Mon Dec 24 17:44:29 MST 2007


http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/lights.asp

;-D


On 12/23/07, Brian Casteel <bcasteel at uccinc.net> wrote:
>
> Me too.
>
> crystalh at cox.net wrote:
> > I thought this was funny and had to pass it along!
> >
> > CraftyCrystal
> >
> >
> >
> > How many list members does it take to change a lightbulb?
> >
> > One to change the light bulb and to post that the lightbulb has been
> > changed.
> >
> > Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing lightbulbs and how
> > the light bulb could have been changed differently.
> >
> > Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
> >
> > Seven more to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
> > changing light bulbs.
> >
> > Five to flame the spell checkers.
> >
> > Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.
> >
> > Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...
> >
> > Another six to condemn those six as stupid.
> >
> > Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give the
> > correct spelling.
> >
> > Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to
> > please take this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb) forum.
> >
> > Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that we all use
> > light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this group.
> >
> > Thirty six 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.
> >
> > Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light
> > bulbs.
> >
> > Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the
> > corrected URL.
> >
> > Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant
> > to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.
> >
> > Thirteen to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety
> > including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
> >
> > Five to post to the group that they will no longer post because they
> > cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
> >
> > Four to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
> >
> > Thirteen to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting
> > questions about light bulbs."
> >
> > Three to tell a funny story about their cat and a light bulb.
> >
> > AND
> >
> > One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now
> > with something unrelated they found at snopes.com and start it all
> > over
> > again!
> >
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-- 
Sincerely,
Matthew A. Shapiro
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