Re: OT: How many Alfa Digest posters does it take to change a lightbulb?

["Jason Hagen" <hagen_jason1@xxxxxxx>]

That's probably one of the funniest Alfa digest postings yet!  And so true!  
However, it sure ran a little long.  If I were you, I would have trimmed it 
back to fewer examples as my laughing turned into frustration (see, advise 
on how to write a funny e-mail, always an opinion as you stated)...

-Jason Hagen
'73 Spider
'95 164Q



> From: "Andrew Schwartz" <andrew_s_swartz@domain.elided>
> Reply-To: "Andrew Schwartz" <andrew_s_swartz@domain.elided>
> To: alfa@domain.elided
> Subject: OT: How many Alfa Digest posters does it take to change a  
> lightbulb?
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 17:14:20 -0400
>
> How many Alfadigest posters does it take to change a lightbulb?
>
> 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 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
>
>
> 19 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
>
>
> 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 URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
>
>
> 4 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
>
>
> 13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all 
> headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
>
>
> 5 to post to the group that they will no longer post 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"
>
>
> 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start 
> it all over again
>
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