The curse of the lightbulbs!

Muninn · Postby **Muninn** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:33 pm

I don't know how popular this is/was, some of you may have seen it somewhere already but i thought it was funny and posted it here anyway. Of course, something like this could never happen in this forum,no, never, not in a million years...  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Question: How many forum users 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" 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"</td></tr></table>

Tavis · Postby **Tavis** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:52 pm

I guess we don't have enough members to replace a light bulb yet. Well, I'm not one to make light of this.. oh wait, I guess I am.

Henohenomoheji · Postby **Henohenomoheji** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:55 pm

duuuuuaaaaauuuuuhhhhh... Edit: hey Tavis, you made me miss! congrats! that was a good pun. it's not all screwed up like the others. Lightbulbs are bad. they make light. light is the enemy of the ninja. unless it's casual day. then you don't dress like a ninja.

Archaemic · Postby **Archaemic** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:01 pm

o.O Um...yeah... *contemplates and regains the headache I tried so hard to get rid of earlier today*

simon · Postby **simon** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:46 pm

Ahahahaha, very true. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' />

Henohenomoheji · Postby **Henohenomoheji** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:46 pm

*looks at OL's post* so that's where I got that headache... it makes sense now. somebody's gonna get tied to a chair for this, and it's not gonna be IHateUserNames.

Miles E Traysandor · Postby **Miles E Traysandor** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:19 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> 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" 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"</td></tr></table>  Hehe, cute... but you forgot one thing...  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> One (1) dragon named Isolde, whose perfectly executed conspiracy is the cause of all the mass chaos that appears after: 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed</td></tr></table>

Holyman83 · Postby **Holyman83** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:44 pm

hehehe thats funny

Zaaphod · Postby **Zaaphod** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:18 am

<img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /> Such goofy lists are beacons of insanity, casting incandescent glows into the darkness.

erikbarrett · Postby **erikbarrett** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 6:24 pm

One more: ALL to voluntarily set the post and all light bulbs on fire.

Foxchild · Postby **Foxchild** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:36 am

well, thats only in OUR forum, thus making us UNIQUE!

Gizensha · Postby **Gizensha** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 6:19 pm

Of course, we never needed any stinking lightbulbs to tell us we're unique. Just take a look that the topics that stay on topic seem out of place here, for example <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

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