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

[Helena]

A LESSON IN POSTING... AND LIGHTBULBS.

How many forum posters 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 forum which makes light bulbs relevant to this forum.

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....

1361!

[Asthaloth]

*Has to say it*

Plz do Google search on how often this comes up K thx



Frequency of it's appearance notwithstanding, I do get a giggle from it still.

[Ski]

1 to bring up a Hitler comparison, and 7 more to point out Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies.

[Exiled]

192 moderators randomly warning people not to troll because they were posting their opinion.
Jk.

[zorg]

1 moderator to get tired and lock the thread?

(hehe i was going to write that, and lock this thread, but I chickened out)

[Helena]

1 moderator to get tired and lock the thread?

(hehe i was going to write that, and lock this thread, but I chickened out)

Lolz "1 Moderator to get tired and lock the thread, but chicken out."

1 idiot to post again saying "Lolz "1 Moderator to get tired and lock the thread, but chicken out."

etc.

[Tsukasahminaki]

1 moderator to get tired and lock the thread?

(hehe i was going to write that, and lock this thread, but I chickened out)

Lolz "1 Moderator to get tired and lock the thread, but chicken out."

1 idiot to post again saying "Lolz "1 Moderator to get tired and lock the thread, but chicken out."

etc.

DONT THROW IT IN A LOOP!

[3lla]

DONT THROW IT IN A LOOP!

one person to point out that the other is typing in caps, and that CAPS IN ANNOYING

hehehee..........

[Tsukasahminaki]

one person to type in caps then argue that he is only typing in caps for that one time and that he barely does it anyways

[Helena]

One person to throw it in a loop, and repeat the fact that they are only typing in caps that one time, then to state that they are only repeating it because they need to put it in a loop, then to state that they are stating that they are looping it....yada yada blah.

[Tsukasahminaki]

thanks, my brain exploded

[Helena]

One persons brain to explode, yeah you get the message

[bonsgun]

One persons

One person to quote "One persons" and say that it is supposed to be "One person's" and waiting to be flamed back.

[zorg]

One moderator to remind everyone that continuing the same joke of repeating whatever the person above you said, but with one person in the front of it, is spamalicious and to suggest that its okay to continue replying like this, aslong as you come up with novel ideas

[Ski]

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

And of course, the one forum member that is wearing said ring.