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

elicoten · Post by **elicoten** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:07 pm

Well quite a lot... read on:

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 idiots and a public nuisance.

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 to 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 a "FAQ" is.

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."

10 posters to claim the light bulb failed because of George Bush's policies.

20 to denounce those 10 and blame the failure on the previous administration.

1 to say that if you were any damn good at all you wouldn't need the
freaking light bulb.

3 to say that those of you talking about light bulbs aren't working
and should get back to work.

1 to say that there's really 7 that are burned out, and the
government's lying to us that there's only 1.

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

iPod Wizard · Post by **iPod Wizard** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:42 pm

I say none lol...good joke though.

Impertinence · Post by **Impertinence** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:45 pm

Heeeee. Great joke--forums can be overdramatic, can't they?

elicoten · Post by **elicoten** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:14 pm

Forums can be very dramatic and cause a lot of 'flaming' or 'fighting'.

I should quickly add that in my experience, this is not the case with Smokyhosts :lol:

EnacheVladian · Post by **EnacheVladian** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:34 pm

thats the longets joke i read in a long time ...

Rapboy · Post by **Rapboy** » Fri May 05, 2006 9:08 am

hhahahhaha :lol: :lol: nice joke.
Really like it.

Freedom Fighter · Post by **Freedom Fighter** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:00 pm

well I would agree with this but it should have used a good topic rather than lightbulbs hahah jk jk Nice joke.

norulez · Post by **norulez** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:12 pm

Haha great joke man.Thanks.

miroku404 · Post by **miroku404** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:16 am

jeremy90 · Post by **jeremy90** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:09 am

lol, really good joke