How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?

linmag · Post by **linmag** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:55 am

I saw this on another forum I frequent & don't recall having seen it here, so...

How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb.

1 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.

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 participant's ISPs 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 takethis discussion to a lightbulb forum.

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb 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 URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URLs.

27 to post about links they found from the URLs 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".

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

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:31 am

[breath]

:lol: [breath]

John the Shorts · Post by **John the Shorts** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:41 am

Never Rub Another Mans' Rhubarb!!!

JTS

linmag · Post by **linmag** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:45 am

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:48 am

[That sounds dangerously close to being homophobically phallic, John

.]

Kush · Post by **Kush** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 5:42 am

...This one's gonna make the e-mail round as fast as I can copy and paste .

jurica · Post by **jurica** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:19 pm

now this one's REALY good.

reminded me of my old fear of dying of laughter.

did that ever happen? as a child i belived that if someone made you laugh too much, youd choke to death... can that happen?

Tchocolatl · Post by **Tchocolatl** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 4:28 pm

virtually certain, Jurica...ah...I'm recovering, now... linmag...very accurate portrait

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 4:39 pm

Linmag - what can I say I was rolling on the floor laughing. It is all so true

linmag · Post by **linmag** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 5:15 pm

I'm so glad you like it. I was still having uncontrolable fits of giggles as I copied it to bring it here. It's just so true - all of it

Susanne · Post by **Susanne** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 8:47 pm

LOLOLOL

It's true - a forum is really a new social system, which keeps going under its own momentum.
Both funny and thought-provoking...

Love, Susanne

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:16 pm

and I thought the answer was fish