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....
Norman Diamond - 24 Mar 2008 01:33 GMT
> 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...
> another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
Hey! We don't need no stinking newsgroup, we got FxCop to issue those
complaints.
> 111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs
> and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group
Yeah that too. It's pretty hard to edit a C# program when the screen's
backlight is burnt out. Now waiting for instructions on how to change the
light bulbs in 3,000 different models of notebooks.
By the way Chuck Norris can dereference a null pointer, but that's
off-topic, that belongs in the C++ newsgroup.
>1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has
> been changed
[quoted text clipped - 67 lines]
> 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from
> now and start it all over again....
Bob Powell [MVP] - 24 Mar 2008 01:37 GMT
Please post such information to the [off-topic] newsgroup provided.
Microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.bizzare.hampster.ducttatpe.offtopic

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>1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has
> been changed
[quoted text clipped - 67 lines]
> 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from
> now and start it all over again....
Michael Starberg - 24 Mar 2008 02:18 GMT
> Please post such information to the [off-topic] newsgroup provided.
>
> Microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.bizzare.hampster.ducttatpe.offtopic
Haha. That dog won't hunt.
You forgot to add alt.binaries =)
Glad you found it funny!
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Michael A. Covington - 24 Mar 2008 02:25 GMT
And one old geezer to point out that there were five ways to change
lightbulbs in PL/1.
Michael D. Ober - 24 Mar 2008 02:54 GMT
>1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has
> been changed
[quoted text clipped - 67 lines]
> 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from
> now and start it all over again....
ROTFLMAO!!!
Mike.
Michael Starberg - 24 Mar 2008 02:58 GMT
> ROTFLMAO!!!
>
> Mike.
Sometimes jokes are funny.
- Mike
Steve Gerrard - 24 Mar 2008 03:45 GMT
> 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
> .....
Can I steal this and post it in another newsgroup? :-)
Michael Starberg - 24 Mar 2008 03:50 GMT
>> 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has
>> been changed
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Can I steal this and post it in another newsgroup? :-)
I don't see no licence-agreement attached =)
Stephany Young - 24 Mar 2008 07:53 GMT
So long as lightbulb's, light bulb's or lamps' are relevant to the 'another'
newsgroup.
>> 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has
>> been changed
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Can I steal this and post it in another newsgroup? :-)
Mythran - 24 Mar 2008 16:53 GMT
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has
> been changed
[quoted text clipped - 67 lines]
> 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from
> now and start it all over again....
Me too!!!!
Ben Voigt [C++ MVP] - 24 Mar 2008 17:09 GMT
>> 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has
>> been changed
[quoted text clipped - 69 lines]
>
> Me too!!!!
Me three :)
Mythran - 24 Mar 2008 17:13 GMT
>>> 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has
>>> been changed
[quoted text clipped - 71 lines]
>
> Me three :)
Better grab the three spot in "[off-topic] Ode to C" quickly before someone
else does!
Jon Skeet [C# MVP] - 24 Mar 2008 17:19 GMT
<snip>
1 to ask for a short but complete example of a broken lightbulb.

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Mythran - 25 Mar 2008 00:00 GMT
> <snip>
>
> 1 to ask for a short but complete example of a broken lightbulb.
1 to point the OP to Jon Skeet's website regarding how to post a short but
complete example of a broken lightbulb.
.\\axxx - 25 Mar 2008 00:38 GMT
On Mar 24, 10:12 am, "Michael Starberg" <michael.spam-
captcha.starb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has
> been changed
+ 134,234 to post unrelated messages informing the reader of the
benefits of viagra.
henon - 25 Mar 2008 14:18 GMT
On Mar 24, 1:12 am, "Michael Starberg" <michael.spam-
captcha.starb...@gmail.com> wrote:
[....]
Oh my god. It is spreading like a virus. Google returns 46000 hits.
The search returns almost only variations of the light bulb joke. See:
http://www.google.com/search?q=+How+many+group+posters+does+it+take+to+change+a+
light+bulb%3F&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firef
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