In Honour of Steve's new aquisition.....

[ozone]

How many online forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?

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.

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

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

111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group.

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 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again....

[davedove]

Didn't we already do this before?

Besides, everyone knows that only the incandescent bulb is a "real" light bulb. Anything else is just a modern corruption that dilutes the true meaning of light bulb.

[dfmacliam]

I guess that is it in a nut shell.... Ahhhhh but we all love it, reguardless...lol

[kiltedsawyer]

6 Members to debate the history of the light bulb.

22 Members to admonish the bulb changer for wearing a flat cap while changing the light bulb.

And a partridge in a peartree.

[Cynthia]

[Jock Scot]

What about the half a dozen users of traditional light bulbs as opposed to the, un counted, users of the new fangled energy saving light bulbs?

[Coinneach]

and just think...if we all used LED light bulbs we could have this debate a lot less often.

[Old Hippie]

and just think...if we all used LED light bulbs we could have this debate a lot less often.

I guess that means it's time to start an "LED Lamp" Social Group?

{duckin' & runnin'}

[piperdbh]

I agree with Jock, except Scottish light bulbs and American light bulbs are not the same.

Does anyone have a pic of a light bulb? Preferably one wearing white hose? How do you post pics again?

[JolyStNicholas]

Isn't that exactly what we discussed over dinner Saturday night? Now that's funny!