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Posted by -=M=- on Sep-28-2004 00:49:

How Many

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HOW MANY FORUM MEMBERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs

53 to flame the spell checkers

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... 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 "light bulb" is perfectly correct

156 to email the company's ISP complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy"

109 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a light bulb forum

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and light bulb forum about changing light bulbs be stopped

111 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this forum

306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty

27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs

14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the
corrected URL's

26 to post advertising material about the upcoming light bulb event

3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this
group which makes light bulbs 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"

12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy

19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb 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 search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again

10 posters to claim the light bulb failed because of George Bush's policies

20 to denounce those 10 and blame the failure on the previous administration

1 to say that if you were any damn good at all you wouldn't need the
freaking light bulb

3 to say that those of you talking about light bulbs aren't working and should get back to work

1 to say there's really 7 that are burned out, the gov's lying to us that there's only 1

HAHA! so true

Posted by Aesthetic on Sep-28-2004 01:19:

and if it was tranceaddict, "1 TO SMASH YOUUSEEEEE ALL"

:P

Posted by webmeister on Sep-28-2004 11:00:

Very true of TA, but also of every other forum I've ever been involved in (including IRC and Usenet)

Posted by marsh on Sep-28-2004 11:44:

That's fuckin hysterical - and spot on!!!

Posted by Chookie on Sep-29-2004 00:29:

That's awesome