How many posters does it take to change a litebulb

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 group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group

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

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

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

Edited by HandyRyan - Yesterday at 9:35pm

 

Let the light shine in!!

I knew yawl would have way to much fun with this... preordained!!... are we talking all "LITE" bulbs? or just American made? ....uh..are there any American made bulbs?.. I think any bulbs with "LEFT" handed threads should be tossed..this being a more or less Conservative right forum..

 

Whut I dew ??.. I just posts em I don't make em up...

I'm guilty of posting so many because in truth, Every day the news gets worse, the money gets thinner, prices are higher... so I figger we best be laughin or we will be cryin.. know whut ah mean Vern?

HEY !!! guess what I learned today!!!! don't eat a Subway meatball sanny while hanging over your key board!!!! .. it was a hard lesson but if yer fast you can salvage some of the sauce but licking the keys is not real fun...:dunno::dunno: