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This was fantastic!!!<div><br></div><div>Marie, Ireland<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 16:51:11 +0200<br>From: correia.rui@gmail.com<br>Subject: [governance] OT: A light-hearted moment for those who identify with participation on lists<br>To: <br><br>Hope at least some of you will get a good chuckle out of it.<br><br>Rui<br><br>________________________________________________________ <br><br>How Many List Members Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?<br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">
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One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been<br>
changed.<br>
<br>
Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the<br>
light bulb could have been changed differently.<br>
<br>
Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.<br>
<br>
Seven more to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing<br>
light bulbs.<br>
<br>
Five to flame the spell checkers.<br>
<br>
Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.<br>
<br>
Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...<br>
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Another six to condemn those six as stupid.<br>
<br>
Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give the correct<br>
spelling.<br>
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Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take<br>
this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb) forum.<br>
<br>
Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that we all use light bulbs<br>
and therefore the posts are relevant to this group.<br>
<br>
Thirty six to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where<br>
to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this<br>
technique and what brands are faulty.<br>
<br>
Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.<br>
<br>
Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the<br>
corrected URL.<br>
<br>
Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this<br>
group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.<br>
<br>
Thirteen to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including<br>
all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"<br>
<br>
Five to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot<br>
handle the light bulb controversy.<br>
<br>
Four to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"<br>
<br>
Thirteen to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions<br>
about light bulbs."<br>
<br>
Three to tell a funny story about their cat and a light bulb.<br>
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AND<br>
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One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now with<br>
something unrelated they found at <a href="http://snopes.com" target="_blank">snopes.com</a> and start it all over again!<br>
<br><BR></div></div></div></div></div></div>-- <br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">_________________________<br><br>Rui Correia<br>
Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Consultant<br>
Angola Liaison Consultant<br>
2 Cutten St<br>
Horison <br>
Roodepoort-Johannesburg, <br>
South Africa<br>
Tel/ Fax (+27-11) 766-4336<br>
Mobile (+27) (0) 84-498-6838<br>
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