A bunch of useless crap
One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.

Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.

Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

Seven more to point out spelling/grammatical errors in posts about changing light bulbs.

Five to flame the spell checkers.

Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.

Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another six to condemn those six as stupid.

Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give the correct spelling.

Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb) forum.

Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this group.

Thirty six 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

Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL.

Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.

Thirteen to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"

Five to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.

Four to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

Thirteen to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"

Three to tell a funny story about their show dog and a light bulb.

One to reply almost immediately saying "First Post !!!!!!"

One to post an ASCII image of the lightbulb.

Three to ask "Wtf is that" because their clients didn't display it as fixed-width.

One to reply with a perfectly labelled scale diagram of how to change a light bulb correctly.

One to make a comment about the upcoming Microsoft Digital Lightbulb Management 2007 SP2 RGE.

Two to suggest that Apple lightbulbs are superior.

Seventy-five to start a massive off-topic Apple vs Microsoft flamewar.

One hundred and seventy-eight to respond at various times saying
"Troll!!"
"OMG WTF TROLL !!!!!!one
LOL" "Don't Feed Da Troll!!1", etc...

AND

One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again


Comments
on Oct 15, 2005
, ROFL.......
hahahahah

thank you!

........gee I recognized a few......
on Oct 15, 2005


on Oct 15, 2005
That is the best JU joke ever!
on Oct 16, 2005
Don't forget the one that might ask the Wattage of the bulb and where it was made. If it was imported, did that country ever possess WMD, were they ever engaged in a war with the USA and if yes, Did the USA win?
Then it must be known if there were any illegal immigrants used in the production of said lightbulb.
Mason, things are not as simple as you think they are... all facts must be known before attempting to change that lightbulb.
on Oct 16, 2005
Great.  But I skunked you by about a month: http://drguy.joeuser.com/index.asp?aid=87802
on Oct 16, 2005
ACK!!! Sorry Dr. Guy, I must have missed that one. Great (and not-so-great) minds think alike
on Oct 17, 2005

Great (and not-so-great) minds think alike

Great and great!  I loved it.  And it is oh so true!

on Oct 18, 2005
You're funny M!
on Oct 18, 2005
ummmmm MM makes wild guess about topic, ummmmmm just one...I hollor "colleen change the fucking bulb" see
on Oct 18, 2005
LW, if I had the slightest idea who originated this piece I would have been glad to credit that person, just as I did with the "They're made of Meat" piece. This lightbulb piece has been circulating around the web for so many years I doubt anyone knows who originated it.

Jokes are told and retold so many times it's often impossible to determine where they started out. I don't rate retelling jokes as plagarism, unlike posting a serious article or even humorous short story and claiming it as one's own work. It's a joke.
on Oct 18, 2005

Shame on you too, Dr G. I had assumed it was an original piece.

We found your place!

Uncle!  It was emailed to me, and anything I post under humor is not mine!

WOuld I lie?

on Oct 18, 2005

In cases like that, a simple.."I found this while surfing" or " I got this in email today."

I found it on the internet!  Mea Culpa!

Guess I have a lot of backtracking to do. (tries to slip out the side door.....)

on Oct 18, 2005
I don't give out very many 'insightfuls', but i had to give one here... even if it wasn't an original piece. that shit is too funny...
on Oct 21, 2005
Thanks imajinit, I thought it was pretty funny too. So, it seems, did Dr Guy.

I did a bit of editing so it would fit in with our JU crowd, but it's more or less how I found it.
on Oct 23, 2005
t's not a one-liner though, it's a humorous essay.

In cases like that, a simple.."I found this while surfing" or " I got this in email today."

To present something this long and detailed with anything less leads people to believe that the poster actually created it.

Im not trying to start trouble, just stating my opinion, and I won't comment on it again.


Sorry I hadn't responded further to this before now, haven't been feeling too well.

Hmmm. I suppose I never really gave it that much thought with regard to humor. To me, retelling a joke, even a long one such as this, just seems natural. I love humor a great deal, and telling jokes, sharing humorous items, is just fun. I suppose I have just always viewed humor as something that's best shared with others.

I do see your point though. As you said, something like "I found this on the net" would help some folks understand that a person is sharing something humorous (which to me just seemed obvious before now).

Consider me duly chastised