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
1 mod to make it a sticky
14 to highlight the dangers of changing light bulbs and how the
light bulb could have been changed differently
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"
Another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid
1 to say the bulbs are inferior foreign rubbish and should all be sent back
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"
3 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light
bulb" is perfectly correct
1 to call one of the know-it-alls princess
19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take
this discussion to a light bulb 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
5 People to post pics of their own light bulbs
15 People to post "I can't see S$%^!" and their own light bulbs
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
13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all
headers and signatures, and add "+ 1"
5 to announce they are no longer posting to the thread and say "I'm out"
1 to ruin everyone's fun by posting a link to Snopes
1 to suggest torpedoing boat loads of imported lightbulbs and not get suspended
4 more to get into personal attacks over their political views.
5 who aren't out and have come back to add thirty more comments
1 to make a knob gag
1 moderator to lock the light bulb thread.
If posted in Off-Topic, you need to add that the discussion will either degenerate to a discussion of
- energy efficiency and then global warming, or
- light bulbs as targets and then guns / gun control.




