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Bodo
08-13-2008, 02:17 PM
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 would have been changed differently

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs

1 to move it to the Lighting section

2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section

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

5 to flame the spell checkers

3 to correct spelling/grammar flames

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" … another 6 to
condemn those 6 as stupid

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

19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this
discussion to a lightbulb forum

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

36 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

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

4 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

13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all
headers and signatures, and add "Me too"

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

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

13 to say "do a Google 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.

HAB
08-13-2008, 02:26 PM
And so it begins.

cow pollinater
08-13-2008, 05:45 PM
It's Light Bulb... And yes, I did go read the side of a light bulb box to see. :D

Bodo
08-13-2008, 06:47 PM
=D

I thought it was cute.

Galaxy
08-13-2008, 08:02 PM
Good post Bodo.

Ken&Andria
08-14-2008, 11:27 AM
I realised last night after it got dark that Hey!, I need a light bulb! I called the local light bulb supplier, and they told me they wouldn't be able to get the light bulb out to me until morning. By then it'll be too late, the sun will have come up!

What lousy service! I'm never ordering lightbulbs from these guys again! ;)