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

[Greebo]

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
beenchanged

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



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[stan-drews]

Can I assume that I am not the only one with a great deal of free time on my hands?

and anyway, how many different ways are there to change a light bulb?...

[Guided By Vices]

I think there's an article about changing light bulbs on the Sinner's Guide.

If there isn't then if anyone wants to write one...

[Cain]

how many singer songwriters does it take to change a lightbulb?

Two - One to change the bulb and another to sing about what it was like living in the darkness.

courtesy of Tom McRae

[undisclosed]

narf

[DrAlex]

Apparently 1 user to bump the thread 3 years later too...

Quoting Greebo from 21:36, 14th Aug 2003
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

Light-bulb being the noun, lamp and relamp being verbs.

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[niall]

Quoting DrAlex from 12:44, 8th May 2006
Apparently 1 user to bump the thread 3 years later too...

Quoting Greebo from 21:36, 14th Aug 2003
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

Light-bulb being the noun, lamp and relamp being verbs.

for the comedy value (and since you're wrong) Lamp is also a noun

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=lamp

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do you have a tastyspoon?

http://www.tastyspoon.com/forum

[Steveo]

For household applications I say lightbulb.

At work, in the industry, I say lamp.

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Set your goals way too high so I can laugh when you fail.

[orudge]

Quoting Greebo from 21:36, 14th Aug 2003
1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now
and start it all over again

Maybe not quite 6 months, but the idea was right.

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[munchingfoo]

what about

Lamp: To punch with a heavy hand.

i.e. "We lamped the fuck out of that cunt"

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Tired Freudian references aside - your mother played my mighty skin flute like a surf crowned sea nymph trying to rouse Poseidon from his watery slumber!