WHAT DO LIGHT BULBS HAVE TO DO WITH SINGING???????? AAARRRGHHHHH!!!
> If someone's already shared this while I was off-list, please forgive me.
I
> seldom post humor, feeling as I do, that my own life is already a divine
> comedy, but it made me laugh.
> Vocalist is much, MUCH better behaved than this hypothetical group, but
some
> things still sound familiar. A year or so ago though, this sounds a lot
like
> one of those interminable Charlotte Church threads we used to endure.
> From a Neurology web site of all places!
> How many Bulletin Board Participants does it take to change a light bulb?
> Answer: 1,343
> 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 of the flames;
> 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb";
> another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;
> 156 to write to the site administrator about the light bulb discussion and
> its inappropriateness to this board;
> 109 to post that this board is not about light bulbs and to please take
this
> thread to the litebulb board;
> 203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and illuminati-l
> about changing light bulbs be stopped;
> 111 to defend the posting to this board saying that we all use light bulbs
> and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this board;
> 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 the post the
corrected
> URL's;
> 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this
> board which makes light bulbs relevant to this board;
> 33 to link all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and
> footers and then add "Me too";
> 12 to post to the board that they are logging off 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 "FAQ";
> 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago in chat?"
> 143 to ask "what's chat?"
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