Q: How many discussion members does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 1,343
1 to change the light bulb and to post to the board 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" or "Light bulb" or "Light Bulb" or "light BULB".
another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive.
156 to write to the board administrator about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this board.
109 to post that this board is not about light bulbs and to please take this subject to litebulb-L.
203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-L, spelling-L and illuminati-L about changing light bulbs be stopped.
111 to defend the posting to this board saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this discussion board.
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 post the corrected URL`s.
3 to post about links they found from the URL`s that are relevant to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
33 to link all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and footers and then add "Me too".
12 to post to the board that they are leaving 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 "FAQ".
4 to say "didn`t we go through this already a short time ago on 'that other board'?".
143 to ask "what`s 'the other board'?".
853 to pose the question -- "Should light bulbs be changed?".
And, one they forgot ...
1 to ask the same question 3 days later and start the whole thing over again!
