A wee U2 fan joke.

Anna L. Hight ([email protected])
Sun, 13 Sep 1998 23:22:39 -0400

Forgive me for sucking up bandwidth but you have to admit, this is pretty
funny (and has probably been posted before. Oh well. Won't kill you).

>>Compliments of Dejanews:
>>
>>Q: How many [Wire] posters does it take to change a
>>lightbulb?
>>
>>A: 101...
>>
>>1 to change the bulb.
>>
>>2 to say the old bulb was better and there was no need for the new bulb.
>>
>>1 to say things went downhill at least *four* bulbs ago.
>>
>>3 to say it's the same type of bulb
>>Radiohead/Oasis/some-electronic-band-you-never-heard-of has been using
>>for
>>years.
>>
>>6 to say U2 and Radiohead/Oasis/some-electronic-band-you-never-heard-of
>>really
>>should change a bulb together.
>>
>>10 to say U2 and Radiohead/Oasis/some-electronic-band-you-never-heard-of
>>don't
>>even use the same bulbs so it wouldn't work
>>
>>3 to say they never even looked at the bulb until the new one was put
>>in.
>>
>>2 to say the new bulb is way too commercial.
>>
>>4 to point out that the new bulb just looks commercial but is actually
>>just
>>meant to mock commercial bulbs.
>>
>>5 to say they like the fact that the bulb keeps changing
>>
>>2 to say Brian Eno should have changed the bulb in the first place, and
>>would
>>have done it better
>>
>>1 to ask which bulb was the best
>>
>>12 to mention 12 different bulbs as the best
>>
>>1 to claim they were there the first time the bulb was changed
>>
>>3 to type "THE BULB SUCKS!!"/"U2 SAYS THEY'LL NEVER CHANGE A BULB
>>AGAIN!"/"THE
>>BULB IS GAY!"
>>
>>4 to tell that person to get a life and probably never even looked at
>>the
>>bulb.
>>
>>3 to point out that they commented on the new bulb several times and no
>>one
>>answered them then, so why is everyone talking about the bulb now?
>>
>>1 to say everyone should just shut the hell up about the bulb
>>
>>3 who typed "THE BULB SUCKS!!"/"U2 SAYS THEY'LL NEVER CHANGE A BULB
>>AGAIN!"/"THE BULB IS GAY!" to change their names and post "THE BULB
>>SUCKS!!"/"U2 SAYS THEY'LL NEVER CHANGE A BULB AGAIN!"/"THE BULB IS GAY!"
>>
>>again.
>>
>>1 to say one opinion in particular was obviously posted by a complete
>>moron
>>who wouldn't know a good bulb if it bit them in the bum.
>>
>>2 to say everyone is entitled to their opinion about the bulb and not to
>>start
>>another argument about the bulb.
>>
>>1 to start another argument about the bulb
>>
>>4 to say the whole bulb flame thread should go to e-mail or shut up.
>>
>>2 to offer bootleg bulbs for a limited time.
>>
>>5 to complain about the ads for the bootleg bulbs and point out that you
>>can
>>trade bulbs for free.
>>
>>1 to scream that the bulb offends their
>>political/religious/spiritual/philisophical view
>>
>>1 to offer an interpretation of the bulb in an effort to get things back
>>on
>>track
>>
>>4 to say they're wrong
>>
>>4 to say they're right
>>
>>1 to say the bulb is a very personal thing and everyone sees it in their
>>own
>>way.
>>
>>3 to say they heard a new bulb would be put in before Christmas
>>
>>4 to speculate on what the next bulb will be like
>>
>>1 to post a long joke about it.
>>
>>Originally posted by [email protected]

~A
"As the poets have mournfully sung
Death takes the innocent young,
The rolling in money,
The screamingly funny,
And those who are very well hung."
- W. H. Auden

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