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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: dracken1 on December 08, 2003, 11:50:04 AM

Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: dracken1 on December 08, 2003, 11:50:04 AM
How many forum 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

1 to pop the light bulb

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

1 newbie to ask how to get little smilies

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 "FAQ" means

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
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: Ripsnort on December 08, 2003, 11:56:42 AM
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=102214&referrerid=3203
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: gofaster on December 08, 2003, 12:20:10 PM
"Time?"

"Six minutes, sir."
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: dracken1 on December 08, 2003, 03:36:16 PM
lol ripsnort
wish there was some way to know this in advance without spending hours looking:D
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: dracken1 on December 08, 2003, 03:36:16 PM
lol ripsnort
wish there was some way to know this in advance without spending hours looking:D
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: dracken1 on December 08, 2003, 03:36:18 PM
lol ripsnort
wish there was some way to know this in advance without spending hours looking:D
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: Flossy on December 08, 2003, 04:12:26 PM
LOL, dracken (tittibit) - nothing like repeating it three times, either.   Nice triple post.....  ;)
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: Ripsnort on December 08, 2003, 04:42:08 PM
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Originally posted by dracken1
lol ripsnort
wish there was some way to know this in advance without spending hours looking:D


No sweat, I was just letting you know in case you wondered why you might have gotten few responses..
No sweat, I was just letting you know in case you wondered why you might have gotten few responses..
No sweat, I was just letting you know in case you wondered why you might have gotten few responses..

:D
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: JB73 on December 08, 2003, 05:37:17 PM
ROFLMAO
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: SunKing on December 08, 2003, 07:45:35 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort
No sweat, I was just letting you know in case you wondered why you might have gotten few responses..
No sweat, I was just letting you know in case you wondered why you might have gotten few responses..
No sweat, I was just letting you know in case you wondered why you might have gotten few responses..

:D



and to astablish copy/paste dominance.
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: midnight Target on December 08, 2003, 08:07:30 PM
Me three.
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: rpm on December 09, 2003, 08:31:55 AM
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Originally posted by SunKing
and to astablish copy/paste dominance.

Don't you mean establish?
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: Nod on December 09, 2003, 05:39:47 PM
I'll be the guy that flames the correct grammer guy:D

Wow got a ton of time on your hands huh?;)
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: SunKing on December 09, 2003, 05:50:33 PM
ooo you got me. I'm glad I can give you something to live for.
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: JB73 on March 18, 2005, 09:09:00 AM
looking for a different thread, came across this old funnay
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: AWMac on March 18, 2005, 09:52:06 AM
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Originally posted by SunKing
and to astablish copy/paste dominance.



It's establish you n00b...

:D

Dammm rpm beat me to it.
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: john9001 on March 18, 2005, 09:56:37 AM
which light bulbs are better , american or european?
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: Airhead on March 18, 2005, 10:23:43 AM
Quote
Originally posted by john9001
which light bulbs are better , american or european?


Neither....Japanese light bulbs last forever
Title: oh how very true in the "o" club
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on March 18, 2005, 11:20:20 AM
Hmmm........the original post forgot to add..........

Someone to flame the idjet who digs this stuff up 2 years after it was originally posted and foists it off on us to laugh at the ones who dont read the dates.  I'll volunteer.

73........... you're............... you're............. you're................

You're dessthpiccccable. *in best Sylvester the cat voice*