How many Nancies…
If you don’t participate on any type of message boards you will have no idea how true this is…
Q: How many Nancies does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 1,435
1 to change the light bulb and to post on the boards 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;
1 to correct spelling/grammar flames;
6 to argue whether it’s “lightbulb” or “light bulb”;
6 more to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;
156 to write to nancies.org about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to Nancies;
109 to post that the boards are not about light bulbs, but about “loving the music,” and to please take this thread to nDMBc;
203 to demand that cross posting about changing light bulbs be stopped;
111 to defend the posting on the boards saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant;
294 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;
12 that want to know why “we can’t all love one another and share in the experience of Dave?”
26 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs;
14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and the post the corrected URLs;
3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to the boards which makes light bulbs relevant;
1 to post about the “Lightbulb Ate My Balls page” that they just made;
33 to include all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and footers and then add “Me too!”;
12 to post on the boards that they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy;
19 to quote the “Me toos” to say “Me three”;
4 to suggest that all Nancies read the light bulb FAQ;
44 to ask what is “FAQ”;
4 to ask “Didn’t we go through this a few months ago?”;
120 to ask “what’s a light bulb?”;
10 to complain that Minarets didn’t used to be like this;
13 to say that “It’s all about the music,” and suggest that we “do what Dave would do”;
132 Nancies to say “Thanks! This is the best method for changing light bulbs I have ever seen, and the one I’ve been looking for for years.
{{{Hugz}}}
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