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

[Kieran Devaneaux]

This was posted on another forum, but I found it somewhat amusing....

How many forum members 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
-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.

[Figrin D'an]

Yup... that sums up pretty much any discussion on any internet forum ever.

[Kieran Devaneaux]

That's what I thought too.....

[Marcus Telcontar]

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

Dude... this is soooo like WTLW. Get with it n00b :p

[Kale]

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

It's amazing to me how many people do that...

Heh, very funny! Best light bulb joke I've heard since the Babylon 5 newsgroups.

[Kieran Devaneaux]

Originally posted by Marcus Telcontar
Dude... this is soooo like WTLW. Get with it n00b :p

Hey, I didn't write this, cut me some slack :p

[Marcus Telcontar]

Originally posted by Kieran Devaneaux
Hey, I didn't write this, cut me some slack :p

6 to search the forums and post links when it was posted a year ago :D

[Pierce Tondry]

1 - Moderator to lock the thread. :)

[Dan the Man]

Heh this is pretty funny.

[Marcus Telcontar]

Originally posted by Pierce Tondry
1 - Moderator to lock the thread. :)

5 - To claim moderator abuse and threaten to leave the forum
7 - To reply that moderator was totally justified
2 - to rant how all authority sucks
1 - to say the board was better run in the old days

[Je'gan Olra'en]

3 - To inform the complainers that they can leave if they don't like it.
14 - To reminisce at random about the old days.
6 - To sigh regretfully at not being around in the old days.

[Kieran Devaneaux]

1 to wonder what the hell he started here....guess who :D

[Slayn Cloak]

Guys, seriously, it's light bulb.

[Live Wire]

1 female member to wonder why the guys are still discussing it and just change the damn light bulb

[Marcus Telcontar]

4 - to flame the woman back for not understanding the importance of lightbulbs to the male psyche

[Je'gan Olra'en]

2 - to snicker about Freudian symbolism
5 - to discuss comparative psychology

[Jacen]

5 to wonder how the subject changed from lightbulbs to psychology

[Je'gan Olra'en]

*points at Marcus* :D

[Yurza Magus]

2 to blame it on the old guy

[Alpha]

7 to call everyone in this discussion insane. :)

[Slayn Cloak]

1 to force dance.


:: force dances ::

[Marcus Telcontar]

Originally posted by Yurza Magus
2 to blame it on the old guy

1 - Old guy to smack the young un back into line

[imported_Firebird1]

1- Person to kill it by not replying to it unless it's been a week or so...

[Dasquian Belargic]

1 person to post the 'Thread Necromancy' macro

[Wei Wu Wei]

1 person to summon the can of WTF

8 people to go wild over the possibility of the can showing up.

15 people to start a mini pep rally so the can might actually appear.

[Kieran Devaneaux]

Originally posted by Wei Wu Wei
1 person to summon the can of WTF

8 people to go wild over the possibility of the can showing up.

15 people to start a mini pep rally so the can might actually appear.


This is the one I probably like most in the whole discussion. :D

[Alex]

One me to come along with plans for an entire army of candleers, who will totally obliterate your vast lightbulb-changing numbers, insisting on capturing an extremely large and powerful long-life lightbulb to be used as a candlestick holder in my headquarters, and threaten you all with my freaky shades and all-round fury (with ONE r!) trooperness?

[Alpha]

1 - Entire Board to smack down Alex's little insurrection.

[Je'gan Olra'en]

36 - LOL and various permutations thereof.

[Dasquian Belargic]

10 to create a parody of the aforementioned events in Hell.

[Tiberius Anar]

1 to bash heads together in order to end this ridiculous converstaion whilst, ironically, perpetuating it.

[Jacen]

6 to retaliate on the head smasher
20 to make a comment about the words head and smasher

[Alex]

1 to stagger into the forums and start randomly talking about nothing in particular while out of their head (aka. smashed)

[Marcus Telcontar]

Originally posted by Alex
One me to come along with plans for an entire army of candleers, who will totally obliterate your vast lightbulb-changing numbers, insisting on capturing an extremely large and powerful long-life lightbulb to be used as a candlestick holder in my headquarters, and threaten you all with my freaky shades and all-round fury (with ONE r!) trooperness?


Was that English?

[Kieran Devaneaux]

Originally posted by Marcus Telcontar
Was that English?

I couldn't tell, either...

[Shade Magus]

Originally posted by Marcus Telcontar
Was that English?

I think it was more gibberish.

[Aarron Mathinna]

1 to try to figure out why people would do this kind of thing but in the end give up and claim that it was Marcus's fault.

[imported_Marcus]

Originally posted by Aarron Mathinna
1 to try to figure out why people would do this kind of thing but in the end give up and claim that it was Marcus's fault.



Where's my flogging a dead horse macro when I need it?

[Yurza Magus]

I think it is in the closet.

[Je'gan Olra'en]

9 - to discuss difficulties of changing lightbulbs in closets

[Shade Magus]

12 to discuss how it got in the closet in the first place
6 to go in to change it
1 whole forum to disucuss the jokes about who will come out of the closet first

[Alex]

6 perverted people to wonder what the people who didn't come out of the closet first are getting up to, and how the dead horse is involved.

[AmazonBabe]

1 - watching someone's multiple characters argue with him or herself in who should change the lightbulb and how it should be done (schizo anyone? :D )

[imported_Firebird1]

1 computer nerd to suggest that everyone start using Linux and move away from the evil Windows of doom!

[Yurza Magus]

4 to ignore the nerd and go buy a bulb
200 to argue over which bulb brand to buy

[Je'gan Olra'en]

Originally posted by Kieran Devaneaux

-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

1 - to effectively restart the discussion

[Malcolm Trippen]

Originally posted by Yurza Magus
4 to ignore the nerd and go buy a bulb
200 to argue over which bulb brand to buy

Buy British. British bulb = best. British bulb = ball of brilliance. Buy, buy, buy!






1 to overuse words beginning with B.

[Marcus Telcontar]

Beaker says Microsfot defined darkness as an industry standard.

[Kieran Devaneaux]

Oh, God, it's Beaker-gorn......AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! :eek

To keep in the spirit of this discussion:

1 teenager to wonder whether his eyeglass prescription is screwed up, or if that really IS Beaker in Viggo Mortensen's body...