How many forum posters does it take to change a light bulb?

Post by **robbage** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:11 am

How many forum posters 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

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 forum 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 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 to the forum 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....

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Millsy · Post by **Millsy** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:15 am

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!

Love it!

Post by **Tyranus** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:30 pm

Post by **yorky** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:46 pm

It forgot the '3 to respond in incoherent engrish'

spartacus · Post by **spartacus** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:36 pm

you have to much time on your hands...

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:37 pm

yorky wrote:It forgot the '3 to respond in incoherent engrish'

We get that here WAY too much.

Thanks robbage - to quote the others here...

"That's gold!"

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:09 pm

Your sadly true

Post by **Toottoot** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:11 pm

Ãœber

written_ficton · Post by **written_ficton** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:09 pm

Toottoot wrote:Ãœber

Oh I know that - Its French

It Means

"I am a loser"

dazla · Post by **dazla** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:22 pm

That is gold!!

Post by **Toottoot** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:39 pm

written_ficton wrote:
Toottoot wrote:Ãœber
Oh I know that - Its French

It Means

"I am a loser"

I didn't know that one. Interesting that the French meaning is almost opposite to the German meaning. I also didn't realise the umlaut was part of the French alphabet.

SamW · Post by **SamW** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:40 pm

Toottoot wrote:
Ãœber

Oh I know that - Its French

It Means

"I am a loser"

Actually its German....and a quote from Wiki,

Often, competitive players of the video game series, PokÃ©mon, refer to certain PokÃ©mon as uber. This usually means that it is exceedingly powerful, and banned in normal competitive play. Examples of such Pokemon are Mewtwo, Rayquaza and Arceus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cber