Digital BW, The Print

For All,

I didn't make this up, but it is amusingly funny and relevant to all 
of us here on the DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint group.  Which
one are you?  We all fit in there somewhere.

Now, please just read it, if you so choose, and be amused.  Remember, 
it's "off-topic" and not
camera related.  Also, be careful if you decide to comment on it, as 
other members may then know
which category you belong in.  It does sum up pretty well the 
different types of personalities
people have (DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint included), when it comes to 
commenting on a given subject.

Enjoy,
Mark W


How many e-mail group members 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

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....

ROFL!!!

Thanks,
Bill



on 3/13/04 2:19 PM, awahlster wrote:

> For All,




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The post reminded me of the old joke.
?. How many babies does it take to change a light bulb?
A. What's a light bulb? 
Steve M.  ;0)


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I split my side.  One more:
 
5822 to post a message with no body and a 900 line signature.
 
2635 to reply to the message.  These posters get the messages in digest form
and none of them will trim any of the 16,384 lines of messages in the digest
or change the subject.


  _____  

From: awahlster [mailto:awahlster@...] 
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 2:19 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] OT but really really on target for this group right
now.


For All,

I didn't make this up, but it is amusingly funny and relevant to all 
of us here on the DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint group.  Which
one are you?  We all fit in there somewhere.





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