Guest guest Posted October 8, 1998 Report Share Posted October 8, 1998 Greetings All: Computer playing time. have added some graphics, tell me if you see any of what I have posted. The joke I found and in no way am I making any comments about our list!! Peace D. Jest For Fun JOKE: How many people does it take to change a light bulb in cyberspace? 1 to successfully change the light bulb and to post to the message board 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. 156 to write to the board administrator complaining about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this message board. 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames. 109 to post that this board is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to www.lite.bulb.bbs. 203 to demand that cross posting 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 brands of light bulb work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty. 102 to flame those w/ different techniques. 204 to flame the flamers claiming that " we are all entitled to our own opinions! " 112 to post that " some posters seem to be AGAINST certain brands, no matter what. " 193 to post that they are " offended by other posters who seem to gleefully slam others favorite brands of lite bulbs. " 42 to post that " it isn't " nice to say mean things about certain brand names. after all, CEOs of big manufacturing companies are people too & have feelings. " 99 to post urgent messages begging everyone to calm down and be peaceful & respectful. 112 to post in the discussion that the discussion is stupid. 83 to post that posters enjoying the discussion should ignore confrontational posters & those who are not interested in lite bulbs can post somewhere else. 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs. 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and to post corrected URLs. 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this discussion, which makes light bulbs relevant to this board. 33 to review 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 quitting because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy. 19 to complain that their posts disappeared. 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ. 1 to propose new lite.bulb message board for those who want to continue the lite bulb discussion. 47 to say that this is just what this board was meant for, leave the discussion here. 8 to post their opinions on the controversy long after most of the lite bulb fuss has died down. 10 to post that the discussion is none of their business because they came too late to add anything relevant. 4 to post that they are new and would like some background info on the lite bulb brouhaha. 409 to post that they don't really want to know. its all too silly to go into, but welcome to the board! 143 votes for a lite.bulb message board. 38 votes proclaiming the advantages in using vintage light bulbs. 409 to post that there is no need to start up the discussion AGAIN!! 1048 to promise to drop the lite bulb debate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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