Roflmao!
It happens that Michael formulated :
> 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....
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