Light Bulb

[Net Boy]

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

A:

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 participants' 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.

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 say "didn't we go through this a year ago?"

143 to say "do a search on 'light bulbs' before posting questions about light bulbs."

16 to say, "I sent you a private message about light bulbs."

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

[fatfish]

You have a complete understanding of how this board works. Right On!

[Fshklr]

Originally posted by Net Boy:
Q: How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?

A:

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

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">Something like this...

http://www.ifish.net/cgi-local/ultim...;f=24;t=001805

[skein]

You left out "thanks for sharing." Probably about 40 of them. Oh, and you left out the pictures. At least 4 will post a picture of a 60 watt bulb and 37 will say it's only a 40 watt.

Good chuckle though. You've got it pretty well nailed.

But don't forget the 4,900 who will say, "Nice light. You brightened up my day."

Skein

[STGRule]

It was good here too.

I liked the political bent.

[Small Fry]

[lingslayer]

What about the 27 who say it was all Bush's fault that the bulb burned out and the 27 who say it is all Clinton's fault that the cheap bulbs don't last? :grin:

Jamie