One might also consider that at least one person will no doubt inform everyone that there have been over two hundred posts over this light bulb issue, this in turn will start a whole new thread with others comparing light bulb posts to the fire ant posts, to the bush/kerry posts and finally to the topical posts. Some will decide their are more post about light bulbs and there for the main concern of the forum should be re-focused to include light bulb changing and its consequenses. Of course others will insist that the forum was just fine without lightbulb, fireant, bush/kerry debates and other non related posts and shoud therefore remain pure. This of course will start another thread discussing this new "issue", and another and another, eventually making the forum useless to all. All this because one person took the time to change a light bulb and talk about it. John Jamie Ballou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That was priceless!
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/19 7:43 pm >>> How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb? 1 to change the light bulb. 1 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. 22 to claim light bulbs were cheaper in 1973 after adjusting for inflation. 5 to blame the Bush administration for allowing the bulb to burn out. 12 to blame the Zionists for stealing their light bulbs. 6 to argue over whether it's lightbulb or light bulb. 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. 10 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum. 11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum. 6 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 URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs. 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URLs. 27 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group. 19 to accuse the big light bulb corporations of depleting precious vacuum resources. 4 to complain about Spain's new tax on used light bulbs. 3 to claim only the French make the best bulbs, and everything else is le crap. 5 Americans to remind the French they are making light bulbs instead of candles because the US bailed them out, again. 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures. 5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy. 9 to call light bulbs weapons of mass illumination and to deny Iraq had any WMI. 2 to say didn't we go through this already a short time ago? 4 to say do a search on 'light bulbs' before posting questions about light bulbs. 3 to spam the post talking about how light is pretty.... 7 to ask what kind of lightbulb they should buy. 2 to get in a heated debate about which is better, halogen or fluorescent. 3 to ask about how to get it to turn on. 4 to post that they are forming a light bulb co-op. 1 to write some long cynical diatribe metaphorically reflecting the frustration of the whole experience. and 1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and to start it all over again. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.775 / Virus Database: 522 - Release Date: 10/8/2004 Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
