Q: How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?

[Ruptured Duck Motorsport]

Q: How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?

A: 1,445

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 by telling them 'to get a life';

156 to pm various forum staff complaining that members posting in this topic are violating the TOS;

109 to post that this topic about light bulbs is not in the correct forum and for mods to please move this topic;

203 to demand that this topic is completely irrelevant for these forums and for a mod to please close the topic;

111 to defend the posting of this topic by 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 forum which makes light bulbs relevant to this forum;

33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too";

12 to post that they will no longer post in these forums because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy;

19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three";

4 to suggest that someone write up a FAQS tutorial about changing light bulbs;

44 to ask what a FAQS tutorial is;

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";

34 to mention other search engines you could use;

66 to start contemplating where the words "light bulb" originated;

1 forum administrator to post that the lightbulb controversy generated the most posts;

1 'n00b' to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.


('borrowed' from another forum)

[Robbo SPS]

I would love to be the n00b , who starts something , which thread did you get it from ?

[Chef]

you forgot about the man there to test the light bulb.

would it be any more or less if women were involved?

[Black Widow]

Much more if women were involved.  At least 4, going out all day to a shopping centre to find the best deals, in between frequent visits to coffee bars!!  And after all that, they forget to actually buy one, then get the husband to pop down to local corner shop and pick upn a vastly over-priced one!
Any body want a light bulb!

[jpchenet]

What about the 10 to ask if the lightbulb has had his camping tickets for 2004 confirmed yet and the 20 others to say it's too early to talk about that!!  

[Ruptured Duck Motorsport]

and another 10 to post that you can ring the ACO and give the number, reassuring them that they do speak English, but knowing that they wont call as they are scared to speak another language and will just post and bitch instead