Changing a lightbulb

[Kärnfysikern]

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!

[sav22]

Are you saying we should stick to candles???

[Kärnfysikern]

[palme]

Hehe funny!

[KeyMastur]

confused - where is the number of member's that "bump" the thread every 10 minutes to get an answer ??????

[BiosThornton]

Bump. I like Target lightbulbs. They make the house so nice at a safe 75 watts.

[EXCESS]

Originally posted by KeyMastur
confused - where is the number of member's that "bump" the thread every 10 minutes to get an answer ??????

Thats so true! I get so sick of threads that are bumped too frequently.

[skid]

very clever, bud! made me laugh

[adaptations]

And add 1 more on there to bring up that the answer is NOT 1343.
Simple math brings the total up to 2197....

[IronCy]

funny, but damn bro, you must have some serious free time on your hands.
-Cy

[Terinox]

Good good shit there bro!!!

[Kärnfysikern]

Originally posted by IronCy
funny, but damn bro, you must have some serious free time on your hands.
-Cy

hehe I have for sure. Im so fucking bored but there nothing else to do then do surf around and chat with people on icq