I saw this posting elsewhere and thought it rather good..have changed it to
MX5 of course
Joan H
How many MX5List posters does it take to change a tail light?
1 to change the tail light and to post that the tail light has been
changed
14 to share similar experiences of changing tail lights and how the tail
light could have been changed differently
7 to caution about the dangers of changing tail lights
7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing tail lights
5 to flame the spell checkers
3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
6 to argue over whether it's "taillight" or "tail light"
... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
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 "tail
light" is perfectly correct
19 to post that this forum is not about tail lights and to please take
this discussion to a taillight forum
11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use tail
lights and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum
36 to debate which method of changing tail lights is superior, where to
buy the best tail lights, what brand of tail lights work best for this
technique and what brands are faulty
7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different tail lights
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 tail lights 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 tail light controversy
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
13 to say "do a Google search on tail lights before posting questions
about tail lights"
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and
start it all over again.
