How many forumers does it take to change a 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

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" ....


and another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid

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

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

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 URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs

4 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL.

3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group

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"

3 to tell a funny story about their beagle and a light bulb

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

1 to post that this has already been posted before...

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/priyajeet/fing.jpg" target="_new"><i><font color=red>Very funny, Scotty.</font color=red><font color=blue> Now beam down my clothes.</font color=blue></i></A>

1 to use the baseball bat to whack the initial poster round the head repeatedly for posting this toss.

<font color=blue>"I'm a man of few words, but most of the ones I said to the players began with F" - Steve Coppell</font color=blue>

Bordom can get pretty ugly...

<font color=blue>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to a hero as big as Crashman!</font color=blue>
<font color=red>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to an ego as large as Crashman's!</font color=red>

1 to hump the lightbulb.

I don't only break your heart, I also break your pelvis

Now you're talkin'!

<font color=blue>War</font color=blue> <font color=orange>Eagle</font color=orange>
"That was just instinct. Kind of like running from the cops." -- Marquis Weeks, TB, U. of Virginia

My warty girth opened the oriface so wide you could have parked an SUV in there.

I don't only break your heart, I also break your pelvis

Use a pickaxe handle for an interesting change of swing and thud, a cheaper alternative if you have to leave it at the scene prior to proper disposal. Available from a lot more outlets and not many that have pesky CCTV to capture you purchasing the weapon.[/perhaps revealing a little too much about my past]

<A HREF="http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/commercials/commercials_s-z/unigate1970sa.rm" target="_new">Watch out, there's a Humphrey about.</A>

I like it. Pickaxe handle it is.

<font color=blue>"I'm a man of few words, but most of the ones I said to the players began with F" - Steve Coppell</font color=blue>