A Lesson on Posting on a Board

POSTED BY: rklenseth
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 8, 2004 10:10
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RKLENSETH

Friday, March 26, 2004 2:59 PM

A lesson in Posting:

How many group posters does it take to change a light bulb?

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 flames

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...

another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

2 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 email 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 lightbulb group

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic
forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs 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

3 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 too's" to say "Me three"

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

44 to ask what is a "FAQ"

4 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"

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from
now and start it all over again....

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

TEELABROWN

Friday, March 26, 2004 3:04 PM

That sums it up. It's a never ending cycle. Have fun!

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2 plus 2 make 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.
"No one reads these things any way."- Bart on Blackboard

STATIC

Friday, March 26, 2004 3:05 PM

That is the funniest damn thing I've read in a long time!

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"Wash. . .we got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss."

SEVENPERCENT

Friday, March 26, 2004 3:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Static:
That is the funniest damn thing I've read in a long time!

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"Wash. . .we got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss."

Me too-

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He looked bigger when I couldn't see him.

CHRONICTHEHEDGEHOG

Friday, March 26, 2004 4:04 PM

Oh!! Me three!!

Okay, now I feel dirty....

TEELABROWN

Friday, March 26, 2004 4:07 PM

It's hi-larious! I should have said that earlier.

_____________
"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2 plus 2 make 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.
"No one reads these things any way."- Bart on Blackboard

ZAPHODB

Friday, March 26, 2004 8:03 PM

Hah!! Good stuff!

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

JARED

Friday, March 26, 2004 8:03 PM

you know, that reminds me i forgot to buy new lightbulbs for my bathroom and will spend yet another day trying to find my tooth brush in the dark.
maybe next time you could try and post that BEFORE i go shopping? ,-)

well, at least that way i'll have enough time to find those hundreds of posters. id do it myself, but i really DONT want to have to correct my own spelling.

KARENKAY99

Friday, March 26, 2004 11:03 PM

what is a FAQ?

sorry couldn't resist. :-) you truely had me in stitches.

you work in an office? that kind of delightful sarcasm comes from years under fluorescent lights (or lamps). i'm so confused now.

"They say the snow on the roof is too heavy. They say the ceiling will cave in. His brains are in terrible danger."

TEELABROWN

Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:49 AM

So sorry. There is a driving force that was pounded into me that I hate.

Quote:
44 to ask what is a "FAQ"

Wouldn't it be "an FAQ" because "F" is spelled "ef", thereby the sound is starting with a vowl sound?

Again, so sorry.

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2 plus 2 make 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.
"No one reads these things any way."- Bart on Blackboard

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