Changing a Sawblade
Q: How many subscribers to a newsgroup does it take to change a sawblade?
Answers:
1 to change the sawblade and to post that the sawblade has been changed
14 to share similar experiences of changing sawblades and how the sawblade
could have been changed differently
7 to caution about the dangers of changing sawblades
27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing sawblades
41 to correct spelling/grammar flames
6 to argue over whether it's "sawblade" or "saw blade" ...
another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "blade"
27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different sawblades
12 to post to the group that they will no longer post
because they cannot handle the sawblade controversy
4 to suggest that posters request the sawblade FAQ
44 to ask what is a "FAQ"
8 to post jokes about sawblades
2 to post reasons why changing the sawblade is the result of a government
conspiracy.
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
43 to say "do a Google search on sawblades"
1 lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all
over again
Yes,,, ;!) It is funny...the first time, like you said.... but it is long
and you would probably not find it as funny the second or third or fourth
time that you have seen it like I have in the last 2 or 3 weeks in this news
group...
"Graham Walters" <graham@*antispam*aceglow.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> > Shechoooooooo.... zzzzzzzeeeee Shechoooooooo.... zzzzzzzeeeee
> > Shechoooooooo.... zzzzzzzeeeee
> >
> > This one was funny the first time but certainly not the second time....
> > and this was not the first or the second time....
> >
> >
> > Well, it is funny but it is getting old...
> >
> First time I've seen it, and thought it was VERY funny, and very apt of
this
> newsgroup......
> I'm not knocking it though......
> Many thanks to those of you that make this newsgroup what it is.....
>
> Graham
>
>
> Shechoooooooo.... zzzzzzzeeeee Shechoooooooo.... zzzzzzzeeeee
> Shechoooooooo.... zzzzzzzeeeee
>
> This one was funny the first time but certainly not the second time....
> and this was not the first or the second time....
>
>
> Well, it is funny but it is getting old...
>
First time I've seen it, and thought it was VERY funny, and very apt of this
newsgroup......
I'm not knocking it though......
Many thanks to those of you that make this newsgroup what it is.....
Graham