Sunday, February 04, 2007

Q: How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?





A : One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.

Fourteen 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.

Seven more to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.

Three to correct spelling/grammar errors.

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 and start it all over again . . .

17 comments:

  1. - I once posted a 'forum' joke
    - Just be careful, there are people out there who don't like people like us
    - you really should have made some bullets for those points. They are not really paragraphs as such
    - For example, you can see in my list I have used ' - ' as an indicator of the individual list items
    - In addition, should forum have a capital 'F', as in 'Forum'
    - I am just being stupid
    - On top of all that, I actually worked in the AV industry for a while, so I am familiar with technology. I believe it should in fact be a capital 'F' in Forum.
    - Isn't this Blog supposed to be about the Revhead’s Journey? Could we please talk about the Revhead...and his Journey?
    - ....
    i can't keep up this pace much longer....

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  2. ----No journey,anymore Billy, the COFFEE MACHINE WAS TURNED OFF AT THE WALL YESTERDAY!!

    ----??Bullet points? Good call.

    ----fORUM is actually the way it's wriTten.

    ---- wHo are 'people like us' ?? Do I KNOW you Billy? I'm not with him (US)

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  3. Thirteen to boast of their "l337 L19|-|7 bULB (|-|4|\|91|\|9 $|<1LL$!"

    (translation: elite light bulb changing skills)

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  4. Did anyone ever think about replacing the lightbulb/light bulb with an energy efficient globe? At least the said bulb won't need to be changed for a few years and everyone can relax and enjoy the light!!!!!!!

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  5. Haha, it's funny because it's an old joke that's used to parody forums and internet social spaces. And it's true.

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  6. ha ha. old jokes are great. but not as good as old limrics... there once was a man from Nantuckit...

    p.s. blogger bounced me so i have a new blog: warfortruth.blogspot.com

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  7. Come back Revvy! You can't leave the blogging world now that you have your new found freedom! We'll miss you too much!

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  8. I agree...keep those thoughts coming : )

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  9. here's one for SoldierofT

    There once was a man from Peru
    who always put dirt in his stew
    When he stirred it around
    it looked like the ground
    so he planted some seeds in it too

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  10. There once was a bucket of sludge,
    That bent over to look like some sludge,
    Rhyming with sludge,
    Is difficult. Sludge?
    So I'll just end every line with sludge.

    I call that lymerick "Nudge", in honour of the character from "Hey Dad".

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  11. I think that's my favourite lymerick of all time!

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