How to change a light bulb using an internet forum

[OldDog]

It takes -

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"

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

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

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

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 whole 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

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[Ace]

Ok, i'll respond. How many librarians does it take to change a light bulb?

















Im not sure but i can look it up for you. Matt

[DiscoTDI]

you forgot 208 people to respond with just this

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[Ace]

How many toyota technitians does it take to change a light bulb.














Sorry we cant offer any technitians at the moment, they are busy fixing IFS systems on the 100 series land cruiser. Matt

[DiscoTDI]

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[Ace]

Originally posted by DiscoTDI
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Thought you'd like that one.

How about this one

How many New Yorkers does it take to change a light bulb?















None of your'e f@#cking business get the hell out of my way. Matt

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I see you took your funny pills again today Ace,,, [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

[harry]

8) merry christmas all, now back to the future

[p38arover]

Originally posted by Ace
How many toyota technitians does it take to change a light bulb.

Then there's us blokes who will complain that teachers can't spell and it should be "technicians" and that it isn't "light bulb" but "light globe"

Ron

[p38arover]

From the Land Rover Anti-FAQ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cattermole/faq.htm (spelling has not been corrected):

How many Land Rover Owners does it take to change a lightbulb?
At least nine. The relative merits of genuine parts versus aftermarket products must be discussed, with of course, the consideration of the value of equivalent, common, american replacements, which leads to a lively symposium about the validity of non-original Land Rovers, degenerating into a heated argument about which particular Land Rover model is the best, incorporating, naturally, a joke about a Corgi or Dinky model being the best, starting a comparison of various miniature Land Rover collections, culminating with a trading frenzy, whilst the remaining participants rehash the benefits of cooking on a galvanized grill versus the resulting toxicity. Eventually the bulb *is* replaced, at which point, seeing as how it's Lucas Electrics, it promptly burns out again. [RS]