How many forum members does it take...

Stumpy

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

1 to change the light bulb and 1 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 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 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 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.
 
LMAO - Yes, the joys of news groups
you forgot the 13 to post something not remotely connected to the thread at all
 
You forgot:

1 to post that we are all paying too much for light bulbs and that he knows where to get them cheaper.

and

47 to flame this person who eventually gets kicked off the board only to start his own rogue board called the "Dig It Man! Buy Undervalued Lighting Board" (DimBulb)
 
1 to claim that they copyrighted both the term "lightbulb" and "light bulb" and notify poster that they will sue for royalties from this and all subsequent threads ;)
 
8 more to hijack the thread and turn it into a discussion between themselves

1 jerk from Vancouver who feels it necessary to spam and tell us about HIS light bulb board.

...and of course, Goober has to make some comment about how light bulbs enhance his pie-eating experience.
 
2 idiots to post that they got much more wattage from a particular lightbulb than is legal

1 moderator to chastise those idiots for revealing too much

3084012094E+134 people to complain about censorship

2 people to say the moderators are doing a good job

1 person to post a gratuitous fucking swear word
 
And....

How many club owners does it take to screw in a light bulb?

None....cause the world rotates around them.

industry joke

Bonnie
 
Meesh said:
8 more to hijack the thread and turn it into a discussion between themselves

Let me pull a Rusty on you here ( excuse me , Rusty )
Word.

MsKiss, nice rack..................of equipment and monitors. Do I see a turntable there ?
 
One constantly thinks he is a smarter bulb changer or wiser conductor for earthly tasks just because of his (or it's) self claimed high IQ level, or rather, intelligence of unknown extraterrestrial origin.......now departed, but vowed to revisit via differnt human body hosts;

And 1 other , enjoys thread hijaking , constantly displays immense interest in alternative light bulb changing technique i.e. changing bulb orally, and light fixtures worshipping... while understandably , 10's of others flame on.

Don't stop the mid light bulb awards, keep'em coming, we need bulbs that give good wattage and are environmentally friendly :cool:
 
You forgot 1 Alien to tell you a story about how a lightbulb fucked up his life, so to get back at it, he ripped off some foreigners that he was supposedly helping, and then he compared his IQ to the lightbulb wattage, and misspelled almost everything....

And then countless others that then flame Alien...........
 
Hey coolguy, did you read his story about his friend got screwed by the lawyer....wait, I am sure you did and slammed him already. That was some funny shit.

LOL with his mentality, he is truly freekin entertainment, always.
 
Berlin, yes I did, what an imagination, eh? Oh, and I posted a couple of responses that tbill deleted, then tbill sent me a PM saying, "stop calling people fucking retards".

I was howling laughing, so I sent him a message back telling him I didn't call any people fucking retards, I called an Alien that. It's still going on in PM land.
 
What about pun references to GB like dim bulb, or socket to him or the licking of 5 pairs of lesbians, call that tungsten.
 
I don't feel it's TERB's responsibility to change things in the industry, simply to review it.
 
Well you guys ought to do an updated version of How many forum members does it take...

It's about time.
 
There would be a late post from someone who intended to post earlier, but was abducted by aliens, and made to perform unspeakable sexual acts.