I've seen this before, but not sure it it's been posted here. Thankfully it doesn't happen like this too often here, though it's rampant on other boards.

How many forum members does it takes 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
1 to move it to the Lighting section
2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section
7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs
5 to flame the spell checkers
3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid
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
19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb 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
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
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
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
13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.

:-) Rodger, thanks for my laugh of the day... :-)

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What a way to start the day, thanks Roger.

I take it that for lightbulb we should read Aeroplanes?


Running for deeep cover.... :-) :-) :-) :-)

Cheers
Henk

Note to self: bookmark this page and resurrect 2 years from now.

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Very good, first real laugh of the day.

I changed two light bulbs (lightbulbs) once on the same day. Would this require a separate thread? LOL
:-)

Waiting six months. BTW, I think they are actually incandescent lamps.

Link:

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllight.htm

:-) :-)

Shaun

/Heading over to revive the infamous "Which Olive Drab is Correct" thread...

One tp say "I first posted this light bulb question last week."

It all depends in which factory the lamp (sp?) was manufactured. Factories will use whatever glass they have available.

And don't forget the obligatory post(s) telling where to buy resin and pe aftermarket kits to make the light bulb more realistic and technically correct.

8 Posters to complain when the thread gets locked
10 posters who asked to have the thread pinned... (++) (++)

Yeah,me too.Can we make this a 'sticky'?
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Wow, look at the time! Gotta go......

Hee hee hee....I gotta say, I love this! Thanks for posting this!

Got to make sure it's been sufficiently long to continue this thread....hardly 6 months.

Rodger a huge thanks for this "illuminating" post. Once in a while we get a gem and this is one "bright" one. Made my day seeing as I have to work on a Saturday.