And one Knarf to post: "And your point is.....?" > > From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/02/27 Tue AM 01:10:20 GMT > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: OT: How many List Members Does it Take? > > How many mailing 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. > > 13 to flame the spell checkers. > > 18 to correct spelling/grammar flames. > > 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb". > > 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive. > > 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is > "lamp". > > 5 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "light > bulb" is perfectly correct. > > 6 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in > violation of their "acceptable use policy". > > 4 to post that this mailing list is not about light bulbs and to please take > this discussion to a lightbulb mailing list. > > 11 to defend the posting to this mailing list saying that we all use light > bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this mailing list. > > 1 to show everyone how he didn't have to change the bulb but fixed it > up with duct tape & balin' wire and wants to know if he's now > qualified for "Redneck Status". > > 3 willing to let him have honorary status. > > 15 saying he is disqualified because his fix actually worked and > continues to function and besides nobody was hurt during the repair. > > 3 to claim that since they have superior visual skills they don't need > those "damn bulbs". > > 27 to say the new energy saving bulbs will never replace the old > standards and speculate which models will be discontinued in 5-10 years. > > 1 to ask, "can you kill an elk with a light bulb?". > > another one to say, "Yeah, but a heavy bulb penetrates better and is > more likely to make up for poor placement.". > > 8 will insist that the light trajectory from a fixture featuring > multiple 60-watt bulbs is flatter than the trajectory of a single > big-bore bulb of the same total wattage. > > 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. > > 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 "what he said". > > 4 to say that, "BY GOD lightbulbs are for sissies!" and that in their > day they had to use coal oil lanterns and home made candles. > > 8 to post rolling eyes....Here we go again!! > > 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?". > > 14 to say "do a search on light bulbs before posting questions about > light bulbs". > > 20 to wonder why some of these people don't read their owner's manual > instead of asking the whole world where the light bulb is, what type > it is, and how to change it. But they don't want to post such a question. > > 8 to say that flourescent is far superior to incandescent. > > 12 to refute that it makes no difference whether one uses incandescent > or flourescent. > > 3 to state that they "know someone" who was blinded by the use of > incandescents and only an inexperienced person or outright fool would > choose anything other than flourescent. > > 3 to state that they have tried reading upside down using > incandescents and can still see absolutely no difference between the two. > > 1 to put his incandescent light bulbs (lamps/lightbulbs) in nothing > but fiberglass swirly colored light fixtures. > > 6 to condem anyone using grid power, obvious from their reference over > which type to use and demand that everyone switch to eco-friendly candles. > > 6 to push for the further development of LED clusters. > > and finally, 1 mailing list "lurker" to respond to the original post 6 > months > from now and start it all over again. > > > > > Tom C. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >
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