How many forum posts does it take to change a light bulb, Do you know the answer?

[Steve Randles]

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

 

16 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently

 

6 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs

 

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

 

50 to flame the spell checkers

 

48 to correct spelling/grammar flames

 

7 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

 

154 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy"

 

118 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

 

1 to ask if when buying a new bulb they should go for a screw or bayonet type

 

98 to argue that their version of screw in or bayonet is better than the other and always will

 

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

 

 

[Ed Matysiak]

Its the way bulliten boards work .

[awaaar]

Nice swan Steve

[Gray-Catchpole]

i make that 1472 +1 to add it all up on the calculator thats 1473

[*Ant*]

Don't they have different sizes of bayonet/screw fittings?

[Apache]

[Newt]

Luv it. One of those "true but funny" things.

[Leon Roskilly]

Newt:

Luv it. One of those "true but funny" things.

Newt, try to be more precise.

 

'funny' can mean peculiar, dodgy or humorous (as at http://drs.yahoo.com/S=2766679/K=true+but+...com/rnd65.shtml )

 

 

 

Tight Lines - leon

[Newt]

Leon - you must be one of the "eschew ambiguity" brigade.

 

I, on the other hand, know when to embrace it.

[Leon Roskilly]

Newt:

Leon - you must be one of the "eschew ambiguity" brigade.

Are we talking non-heavy bulbs, or weak bulbs (as in 'light' beer), or light emitting bulbs?

 

Sometimes I find it hard to keep up with these ambiguous threads :confused:

 

 

 

Tight Lines - leon