How Many Forum Members.......

[Dobbin]

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

1 to change the light bulb

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

6 to argue over whether it's ''lightbulb'' or ''light bulb'' ... plus

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, BMW 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''

6 that flame them for not using the Search feature

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''

16 posts of two forum members that are exclusively talking to each

other only about lightbulbs and what they did that weekend

1 moderator that comes in and says something about doing it wrong

and that everyone who disagrees gets a warning

1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from

now and start it all over again

:mat:

[javadude]

You forgot to mention that LED bulbs may be a suitable replacement. :iraqi-info-minister:

[tony_hetherington]

That is brilliant......and so true!!!

www.bulbcollector.com

www.thelightbulb.co.uk

www.howstuffworks.com/light-bulb.htm

www.bookcase.com/library/humor/lists/light_bulb.html

[djanderso]

The really scary thing is - it's all true!

[Jimmy Ten Toes]

Me three!!

[tony_hetherington]

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

1 to change the light bulb

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

6 to argue over whether it's ''lightbulb'' or ''light bulb'' ... plus

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, BMW 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''

6 that flame them for not using the Search feature

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''

16 posts of two forum members that are exclusively talking to each

other only about lightbulbs and what they did that weekend

1 moderator that comes in and says something about doing it wrong

and that everyone who disagrees gets a warning

1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from

now and start it all over again

:mat:

[tony_hetherington]

(sorry.....I couldn't resist doing that.....I find it SO annoying!!!)

[djanderso]

Who's going to be the smart **** and put an entry in their diary to revist this thread in 6 months! :)

[Rob]

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

1 to change the light bulb

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

6 to argue over whether it's ''lightbulb'' or ''light bulb'' ... plus

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, BMW 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''

6 that flame them for not using the Search feature

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''

16 posts of two forum members that are exclusively talking to each

other only about lightbulbs and what they did that weekend

1 moderator that comes in and says something about doing it wrong

and that everyone who disagrees gets a warning

1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from

now and start it all over again

:mat:

what is annoying?? :P

[tony_hetherington]

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

1 to change the light bulb

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

6 to argue over whether it's ''lightbulb'' or ''light bulb'' ... plus

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, BMW 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''

6 that flame them for not using the Search feature

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''

16 posts of two forum members that are exclusively talking to each

other only about lightbulbs and what they did that weekend

1 moderator that comes in and says something about doing it wrong

and that everyone who disagrees gets a warning

1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from

now and start it all over again

:mat:

what is annoying?? :P

:P :P

[Fidgits]

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

1 to change the light bulb

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

6 to argue over whether it's ''lightbulb'' or ''light bulb'' ... plus

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, BMW 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''

6 that flame them for not using the Search feature

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''

16 posts of two forum members that are exclusively talking to each

other only about lightbulbs and what they did that weekend

1 moderator that comes in and says something about doing it wrong

and that everyone who disagrees gets a warning

1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from

now and start it all over again

:mat:

what is annoying?? :P

:P :P

c'mon guys, this is getting silly

[JohnRX400h]

What goes around.....

One from my 'other' forum

http://www.tt-forum.co.uk/ttforumbbs/YaBB....68570084;start=

and the flame room reply - Caution from flame room strong launguage from start - eh that was me

http://www.tt-forum.co.uk/ttforumbbs/YaBB....88870;start=0#0

[GreyBeard]

143 to say ''do a Google search on light bulbs before posting

questions about ''light bulbs''

who are the other 26

and boy, did you make that hard (even word didn't spot it!), but there was one (besides lightbulb); there should have been another set of speech marks after "light bulb", see extraction from original post!!

[Dobbin]

There had to be one mistake in there for someone to pick up or there wouldn't be ammo for the 27 (now 26 - thanks GreyBeard) to point out the grammar errors :P

That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it ;)

[GreyBeard]

There had to be one mistake in there for someone to pick up or there wouldn't be ammo for the 27 (now 26 - thanks GreyBeard) to point out the grammar errors :P

That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it ;)

but you and i know just how hard you tried, in an effort to make sure that it was absolutely spot on! i salute you sir! and you took it in good part :)

[Monster-Mat]

and they are technically lamp, filament

[GreyBeard]

nope! they're filament lamps! lamp filament is the tungsten wire inside the lamp capsule!

[Monster-Mat]

nope! they're filament lamps! lamp filament is the tungsten wire inside the lamp capsule!

sorry have to disagree, the correct terminology is, lamp, filament :)

[Monster-Mat]

also termed as Lamp, incandesant

[GreyBeard]

and they are technically lamp, filament

eats roots and leaves!

you edited your post and put the comma in after my post! what sort of example is that? :D and wouldn't you sound a nerd if you went into Halfords and asked for a 'lamp comma filament'.

they're only 'lamp, filament' in an index or listing, not in speech - but good effort to try and get out of it!

[Monster-Mat]

;) .......

so does that mean you agree now :D

[GreyBeard]

if it would make you feel happier!

[Monster-Mat]

[ a rosey glow ]

:)

[RoadRash]

You forgot the one who says:

"Everything is wrong you all wrote and you don't have any idea about changing light bulbs!"

and the one who asks:

"What is a light bulb? Is it something to eat?" :duh:

[tony_hetherington]

Look, this is a CAR forum of the LEXUS owners club. I suggest you take your light bulb antics to http://forums.lightbulbs.com

(disclaimer...that was in jest, by the way!!!)