How many forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?

[Ditty_72]

How many forum users 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

1 to move it to the Lighting section

2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section

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

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

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

[Hacker]

You forgot "Richard" posting about how he is going to lift weights, run laps around an in-door track, take Pilates and Yoga this winter so that he can finally change a light bulb faster than Dan come the Spring

[jeffc]

you beat me to it. 1 "Richard" to say that he's never changed a lightbulb before.

["Richard"]

I just love where this thread is going

2. "richard" washing the lightblub in the toilet before he changes the bulb

[big mac]

This is almost as good as the question I was going to ask;

Question---what was the name of the reindeer that Rudolph replaced when Santa asked--"Would you like to guide my sleigh tonight?"

[KickerOfElves]

I'd be interested to hear if anyone has experience with "tour issue" bulbs....

[sharkshooter]

This is almost as good as the question I was going to ask;

Question---what was the name of the reindeer that Rudolph replaced when Santa asked--"Would you like to guide my sleigh tonight?"

Would that be Olive, the other reindeer?

[ironmaster15213]

Ehhh, I remember when I was a kid....We couldn't afford to change a light bulb...Nope we'd just play in the dark while there was 10 foot of snow outside and wait fer Christmas when we'd all pitch in an buy one of those new fangal bulbs and replaced the burned out one!!! Ya, one of us kids would stand on the family mule and change that contraption and pray the mule would stay still so we's woodent breaks our neck falling off dat ornery cuss. Yup dem were the good ol days wen we wer dun glad to git a lickin cus that made a man of us, but tell da kids today about den and they don't believe ya, recund dat.

[big mac]

Where did "Olive" come from?

[Kilroy]

4 mods to filter the spam and remind people that forums are supposed to be fun.

[Kilroy]

Where did "Olive" come from?

Olive, the other reindeer, picked on Rudolf. Weren't you paying attention to the lyrics?

[big mac]

Oh why o why did I not re-read the lyrics?? Good one Dan!

[cliffie]

Olive as voiced by Drew Barrymore and starring Ed Asner as Santa.