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Chiwas · 05-04-2004, 10:28 AM

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Originally posted by: u2sarajevo

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Originally posted by: Big Boy Laroux

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Originally posted by: Smiles

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Originally posted by: Psychedelic Fuzz
Someone posted this on a music forum I frequent, but the social dynamics of the internet message board hold true no matter what the subject.

How many Dallas-Mavs.com posters does it takes to change a light bulb?

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

10 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 stupid

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"

18 who trip over each other in their rush to say "repost!"

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and
starts it all over again.

I actually think that this thread needs to be moved to the Mavs section as you people have no idea how pertinent "lamps" are to the Dallas Mavericks Game Operations. [img]i/expressions/devil.gif[/img]

And hey, you missed a few bulb changers! Don't forget:

Platinum seat holder notices the bulb is out & tells Manny*.

Manny calls the President.

The president calls the director.

Director calls Admin Assistant #1 to tell her to place the Work Order.

Director tells Dispatch to radio the Master Electrician of the need to replace bulb

Master Electrician calls 3 Vendors and requests bids on said lamp

3 Vendors state their arguments as to why their bulb is the best and promise to keep backup bulbs in stock locally.

Junior Electrician points out why the cheapest bulb isn't the best (too little mercury and you're screwed)

Admin Assistant #2 requisitions favored bid.

Purchasing Agent approves the req and issues a Purchase Order (PO) number

Admin Assistant #2 faxes PO to contact at given lamp company

Vendor with winning bid loses fax with PO#.... (get the picture?)

* All names changed to protect the innocent. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Never forget... at least 4 people to quote the ENTIRE original post (and some after it) in their reply... [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

Excellent rebuttal!!!!

What's a rebuttal?