1997 List/Group Experience

Everybody has probably seen this before, I know I have, but it's still funny. I belong to a few Yahoo Groups, and have subscribed to a few interest lists/forums, and this really does happen.

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How many list members 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.
• 7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.
• 5 to flame the spell checkers.
• 3 to correct spelling/grammar flames.
• 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... Another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid.
• 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.
• 9 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a light bulb group.
• 11 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this group.
• 36 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.
• 7 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
• 4 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URLs.
• 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.
• 13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too". [These are the ones that drive me crazy!]
• 5 to post to the group that they will no longer subscribe because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
• 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
• 13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".

And finally, 1 group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.
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