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#1

QUESTION

How many group posters does it take to change a light bulb?

Answer

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

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"

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

12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they
cannot handle the light bulb controversy

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

Hahahahaha...!

Lost Ghost · #2

lmmfao....and that shit was so unbelievebly true.

#3

Right on! :tul:

#4

Too funny and too true

#5

That is true unfortunatly

#6

Burnout?

#7

This is so sad that its true...are we a breed of our own???

#8

I think so. We need to break out of the stereotype. Maybe I'll google search to see how to do that. I'll post back on what we should do....

#9

K. Goot thinkin' trash... I'll to a Google zearch on FAQ'z when zomethin like thiz happenz...and pozt zome URL'z..but I juz rememberet...I waz toin zome rezearch in Goztozaz and a couple of my keyz ton't work... :-s

#10

Cap, you spelled alot of things wrong. First of all, you used a 'z' instead of an 's'. Only illeriterate bitches do that. Second, "toin?" What the heck? That's so far off....I can't believe you. "ton't"?? Come on...twice in the same post? That's lame.

Geez Cap...you are horrible