[Rhodes22-list] CAUTION: HUMOR

[Hank]

Too Funny, but really not relevant to this list! ;>)

Hank


On 10/28/06, Joseph Hadzima <josef508 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all
>
> I shamelessly cut and pasted this from the Long Island
> sailnet forum.  I hope it will tickle a Rhodie's funny bone
> somewhere out there in cyber space.
>
> joe/hadz
>
> "That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and
> hull and a deck and sails. That's what a ship needs. But
> what a ship is... is freedom."
> -- Captain Jack Sparrow
>
>
>
> =====Begin stolen Email message:
>
> Yet on a lighter note, the following bit of insight was
> recently passed along on the Pearson list (and was itself a
> re-birth of the original posting of several years ago), and
> is quite apropos here and now:
>
> How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?
>
>
> 1 to actually change the light bulb and 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 forum is not about light bulbs and to
> please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum
>
> 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum,
> off-topic forum, and lightbulb forum about changing light
> bulbs be stopped
>
> 111 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all
> use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to
> this forum
>
> 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 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months
> from now and start it all over again.
>
>
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