Got this in my inbox yesterday...

How Many forum-goers Does It Take...

...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

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

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

3 wiseazzes to point out that they don't even have light bulbs in the Congo

...which adds up to 172 fools wasting their time on forums.

I love the internet...

#288336

Wow, that was great... too true :P

#288340

and don't forget the most important one of all

1 pat to point out that it all sucks and he hates it

#288342

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

^and we have our first winner!!

#288345

thank you for this useful post (which is just a repost of two similar threads) :P

#288348

^and we have our first winner!!

and i had to fullfill it lol

// Lou

#288349

You forgot fool 173; the idiot who digs the thread up in 9 months to start everything all over again.

#288370

lol... how true :)

#288408

another 6 guys to go lol

lol

#288462

And, of course, 1 Seph who closes the thread (Unbe is a perfectly acceptable substitute as well).

-NC

#288484

Hey, it took 3 posts to figure out it was a duplicate.... and my forwards are usually fresh, so I was surprised that this was around back in the day. But of course, you can't close this, otherwise

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

will never be fulfilled.

#288552

I ran a forum once. This is right.

1 down, 14 to go...

;)

#288555

BUUURRRRNNNN!!!!!

Meh - People, search...

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The Topic Has Been Closed

// Seph

#288571