Tuesday, January 1, 2008

How Many Forum Members Does It Take To Swap Some Lightbulbs

Thanks to a comment on my earlier post containing the "How Many Forum Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb" (Not Written By Me), I was inspired to write a continuation of the lightbulb saga, in which someone gets the idea that they should swap some lightbulbs! Everyone likes a swap, right?
Here goes:

*1* To post announcing that they would like to host a lightbulb swap.

*8* To post announcing that they would like participate in the lightbulb swap.

*2* To post announcing that they will be shipping their lightbulbs late.

*1* To not ship their lightbulbs at all.

*10* To post, blowing up into a heightened state of rage at the inconsiderate people (they didn't notice it was just one person) who dropped out of the lightbulb swap.

~~~
Right about here is a lull in which the swap host
receives, swaps, and ships out the lightbulbs. And it
begins again.
~~~

*1* To post and politely inquire as to the whereabouts of their lightbulbs... not meaning to cause any trouble of course...

*3* To post and announce loudly that they see no reason why the above should not have posted, seeing as the lightbulbs had "supposedly" shipped a month ago.

*5* To post, calculating exactly how much money the host had made off of them in the lightbulb swap (shipping fees etc.)

*13* To post protesting this revolt and declaring the above posters to be inconsiderate, and to proclaim that the host is such a wonderful talented person.

*The Host* To post and say that they did ship the lightbulbs some time ago, everyone knows the mail has been slow lately, and to please be patient.

*1* (OP) To post and say they didn't mean to cause this controversy, they just wanted to know where their lightbulbs were!

*3* (Mods) To post and announce that everyone needs to stop discussing this, and that if they have anything they want to say about the lightbulb swap, to please contact the host.

*11* To post, completely ignoring, (or overlooking, I cannot say) the mods' posts, and continue bickering over the lightbulbs.

*4* To post and try to change the subject.

*5* To post more about the stupid lightbulb swap.

*1* To post and announce that their lightbulbs have arrived.

*8* To post and announce that they knew all along that the lightbulbs were on their way (at least 2 of them had earlier stopped just short of condemning the host as a theif and a liar.)


PS Happy New Year everyone!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

So...umm...uh...does this...umm...uh...mean you...umm...uh...you know...umm...uh...like, you know...umm...uh...already have...umm...uh...you know...umm...uh...your light...umm...uh...bulbs??

PaperBouquet said...

Lightbulbs are tie us together.

Anonymous said...

VERY funny! But I do have a good reason why ny lightbulbs are late!