Please, does anyone have a copy of the old RCTN joke: How many stitchers does it take to thread a needle! It's based on the old joke -- how many people does it take to post to a message board.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I don't remember that one but here is one similar:
Q. How many stitchers does it take to change a light bulb? A. One, but it takes her several hours because she keeps wanting to do "just one more."
Q. How many stitchers does it take to change a light bulb? A. Two. One to get a 250-watt replacement bulb because the area could use more light, and one to replace the existing fixture with a directional one.
Q. How many stitchers does it take to change a light bulb? A. Two, so they can discuss which color bulb would look better against the ceiling.
Q. How many stitchers does it take to change a light bulb? A. Five. One to change the light bulb, and four to form a round-robin because the cover is too plain and would look great with a stitched design on it.
Q. How many stitchers does it take to change a light bulb? A. None. He was using his Dazor magnifier lamp and didn't even notice that the bulb in the ceiling had burned out.
Mavia
Found this old posting:
From: snipped-for-privacy@crl.com (Kathleen Dyer) Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles.needlework Subject: Re: There once was a stitcher... Date: 13 Mar 1995 17:32:08 -0800 Organization: CRL
And another format change...
Q. How many stitchers does it take to change a light bulb? A. One, but it takes her several hours because she keeps wanting to do "just one more."
Q. How many stitchers does it take to change a light bulb? A. Two. One to get a 250-watt replacement bulb because the area could use more light, and one to replace the existing fixture with a directional one.
Q. How many stitchers does it take to change a light bulb? A. Two, so they can discuss which color bulb would look better against the ceiling.
Q. How many stitchers does it take to change a light bulb? A. Five. One to change the light bulb, and four to form a round-robin because the cover is too plain and would look great with a stitched design on it.
Q. How many stitchers does it take to change a light bulb? A. None. He was using his Dazor magnifier lamp and didn't even notice that the bulb in the ceiling had burned out.
Kathy
I do appreciate those jokes -- but I'm afraid the one I am looking for is a bit longer and deals with message boards and threading needles, not lightbulbs. But I do thank you for the quick responses!
FOUND IT!!!
How many group posters does it take to thread a needle?
1 to thread the needle and to post that the needle has been threaded,14 to share similar experiences of threading needles and how the needle could have been threaded differently,
7 to caution about the dangers of threading needles,27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about threading needles,
53 to flame the spell checkers,12 to post the subject line with no text in the body of the post,
14 to post that they threaded needles like their mother did and if it was ok for their mother it was ok for them,28 to post that some mothers didn't know how to thread a needle properly,
4 to post that their grandmothers threaded needles the same way,41 to correct spelling/grammar flames,
6 to argue over whether it's "needle" or "eye of the needle", another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive,2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "needle",
15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "needle" is perfectly correct,156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy",
109 to post that this group is not about needles and to please take this discussion to a needle group,203 to demand that cross posting to knitting forums, off-topic forums, and needle groups about threading needles be stopped,
111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use needles and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group,306 to debate which method of threading needles is superior, where to buy the best needles, what brand of needles work best for this technique and what brands are faulty,
27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different needles,14 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 needles relevant to this group,33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too",
19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three",4 to suggest that posters request the needle FAQ,
44 to ask what is a "FAQ",4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?",
143 to say "do a Google search on needles before posting questions about needles",1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again,
12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the needle controversy,201 to post a reply about their problems with PMS without changing the subject line or marking it OT:. "
Nah, just Darla and me. ;)
Hey! Don't forget about me! I like to point out spelling mistakes, too! :):):)
Joan
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