How many does it take to change a light bulb?

Screehopper

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Couldn't fit the entire thing in the title so here's the full question:

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 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 take this 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 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

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 Google search on light bulbs before posting
questions about light bulbs"

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



Sounds like some of the threads on this board doesn't it?
 

Screehopper

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I must of missed that one with all the posts that go through here. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif:):)

okay, so this is a slight variation.....
 

Roy

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re: third from the bottom of the list. Only need 2 more to point this out! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinser2.gif
 

Screehopper

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[ QUOTE ]
Roy said:
re: third from the bottom of the list. Only need 2 more to point this out! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinser2.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

hahaha
 

Kanai

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With all the flashlights we have, why change the lightbulb? We can light the place with our EDC. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 

Charles Bradshaw

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Out of 4,500 members: 1 to actually change it and the other 4,999 to argue about what Kind of lightbulb to replace the burned out one with. LOL /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
 
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..the list forgot the guy who follows me around;
1 to say it's a stupid idea and can't be done.
 
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