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

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

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 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

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" or "lol"

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

6 people to bump it by complaining that it's an old thread (instead of just leaving it to drop out of sight again)

1 exasperated overworked mod to lock the thread.

lol this is pretty funny

but is this supposed to be a disscussion?

And 5 to request moving the thread elsewhere xD

Did you write that yourself? That's awesome xD

Now let's go through the boards and see how many different words we can replace "light bulb" with...

lmfao, nice find--or good original.

Most, almost all, of it is true. :heh:

Moving.

*giggles*

neh i didnt write it- found it on other forum and thought it was so amazingly true

:thumb:

Very nice. I enjoyed reading that.

3 mods to point out that there is already a thread about this subject.

XD

you forgot the 1 person who doesn't know what a light bulb is...

another 12 posters to explain what a lightbulb is and then debate who's explainations is the most acurate and after that carry on to talking about the history of the light bulb

this is good

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"

... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive


XD Funny!

another 13 to argue over how it's impossible to change a light bulb over the internet.

And one 'smarty pants' to point out it doesn't need doing.

Another to flame the smarty pants for trying to act like a know it all; using exclusively txt spk.

5 more to flame the flamer for using excessive amounts of txt spk

One more stating that this is a free country and they can talk the way they want to talk.

another to say the forum isn't a free country

an admin to state that it's a dictatorship and say that it's light-bulb XD

one n00b to complain about the admin and the dictaor ship

a set of supporters to flame the n00b for taking on the admin dictatorship

a mod to close the thread for excessive amounts of spamming XD

*i had to ruin it -.-*

Another mod to trump the fact that the mod that locked the thread was out of line. Then suggest that the thread needs to get back on topic.

Amusing haha.

1 forum lurker or noob to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.
That just made burst into laugh.:lol:

Hmmm... :shifty: Do you guys know how long that first list will be if you add all the reactions from this thread to it. whuaha.

*updated*

How many forum posters does it take to change a lightbulb?
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
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 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
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" or "lol"
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 or noob to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.
6 people to bump it by complaining that it's an old thread (instead of just leaving it to drop out of sight again.
5 to request moving the thread elsewhere
3 mods to point out that there is already a thread about this subject.
1 person who doesn't know what a light bulb is
another 12 posters to explain what a lightbulb is and then debate who's explanations is the most accurate and after that carry on to talking about the history of the light bulb
13 to argue over how it's impossible to change a light bulb over the internet.
1 'smarty pants' to point out it doesn't need doing.
1 to flame the smarty pants for trying to act like a know it all; using exclusively txt spk.
5 more to flame the flamer for using excessive amounts of txt spk
1 stating that this is a free country and they can talk the way they want to talk
... another to say the forum isn't a free country
1 admin to state that it's a dictatorship and say that it's light-bulb
1 n00b to complain about the admin and the dictatorship
a mod to close the thread for excessive amounts of spamming
Another mod to trump the fact that the mod that locked the thread was out of line. Then suggest that the thread needs to get back on topic.
1 exasperated overworked mod to lock the thread; again.

1 n00b to start a new thread with the same name before checking

1 user to point out that there's already a thread, and
4 others that reply stating the exact same thing, and
1 user to reply as though it was the original thread, and
3 others to reiterate the original's point.

(Yes, I hogged a few entries)

1 admin to close this new thread, complaining about having to do so
1 n00b to start a thread saying that they didnt feel it was correct to close the thread
4 members to say that they feel the same way

7 more to say that they feel the opposite
20 members to debate about it

5 more to complain that it's already been closed and ask that other just leave it alone.

4 more to say that they can do what they want

- 1 more to state that the posts are off subject and continues it.

0, because they dont have the time.

10 more to argue over the best way to do so

0 because when they start doing something else they're not posters.

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

4 to complain that yet another n00b jumped in and ignored all the other posts; again.

2 more to flame the complainers to leave the n00b alone because he/she is a n00b

1 noob complaining that he/she has no time to read all the previous posts, even though theres a search function avaliable to them :heh:

4 members to jump on the n00b, saying that they should read the posts anyway.

3 Admins to somehow moderate the situation, giving the almighty threat of shutting down the entire fourms due to massive discrepency in Lightbulb Philosophy.

Okay, maybe not that far, but the end results of the moderation is the banishment of all 12 users.

1 noob talking in the third person to start it all....

And just one to re revive it.

And 1 admin to eventually close it.