Exaggerated, but accurate....Hope you get a kick out of it


How many online forum members 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.

40 to flame the spell checkers.

33 to correct spelling/grammar flames.

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"...another 6 to condemn those 6 as ****-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.

12 to email the moderators complaining that the participants are in violation of the rules.

19 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group

23 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped.

11 to defend the posting to this 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.

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.

25 to ask what is a "FAQ".

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

30 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 18 months from now and start it all over again.

 

You forgot...

1 forum moderator to say, "If you can't play nice, I'll close this thread".

3 members to add "Lightbulb Master" to their signature.

19 to post replies saying, "you forgot..."

Funny stuff Justin!

I recognized all of those from various experiences on various forums.

Thanks for the laugh!

 

You also forgot:

5 to suggest that they use LEDs instead of light bulbs.

 

also forgot the case of beer it took to finish the job right!!!!

 

JJ, I thought about that right after I submitted my reply. But figured I'll let someone else mention it.

You also forgot...

2 to hi-jack the thread in another direction.

Speaking of which... I find that the LED replacement bulbs you find in the automotive section of your favorite department store don't work as well as the incandescent bulbs. I've noticed they look more like spot lights instead of flooding the area with light. It seems to take a bunch of LED's to replace the amount of light from a standard light bulb.

 

1 to mention that the thread has been PopCorned

 

1 to say i love this forum becuase he took that from another that had no coments on it and have ran out done themselves

 

1 to post what was already said above it but reword it making them look right. also, 50 ppl to say "wheres the pics,we love pics"

 

yeah, what jim said! no pics?

 

2 to post random question that have nothing to do with light bulbs.