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Light bulbs (or is it lightbulbs...) - Zagatto - 08-23-2003
How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?
1 to change the light bulb and 1 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 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
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 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 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again
Light bulbs (or is it lightbulbs...) - Lonely_monkey21 - 08-23-2003
You've really got this place down don't you
Light bulbs (or is it lightbulbs...) - DARK OSAMU - 08-24-2003
1 to say this is the funniest thing ever...being me.
1 to say "me four"...being someone else because I am the LoD and refuse to be 4th!!!!
Light bulbs (or is it lightbulbs...) - morgorath - 08-24-2003
I insane poster talk like another persona avatar...
"This is not how to change a light bulb, because I am the changer of siad lightbulb, and if I do not change the lightbulb then I can not take over the world because there will be no light in my shop to devise my evil plan, that will be smitted by said power puff girls, so if I do not change the lightbulb............"
Your the best Zagatto... just thought you should know
Light bulbs (or is it lightbulbs...) - kakoi_sugoi_yama - 08-24-2003
Very nice. That pretty much describes message boards to a tee. It was funny, and enlightening all at the same time.
Light bulbs (or is it lightbulbs...) - puzzleguy - 08-27-2003
I think this Otaku has been here a few times before, good going Ace * puzzleguy