[pct-l] an oldie but a goodie

[dude at fastmail.ca (dude)]

hahaha.  very cute.   but you forgot the posters who would respond 
that you shouldn't use regular light bulbs because they are harmful 
to the environment. :-)


> All of these  bear can rehashing and posting purity discussions
> made me think of this old forum humor piece..
> 
> *************************************************
> 
> 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 Electrical 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.
> 
> 10  to argue whether you should counter balance your lightbulbs or
> sleep with them.
> 
> 1  throw a hissy fit and vow that he won't rest until all light
> bulbs are stored properly in bear cans.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 5 to post photos of lightbulbs that they have changed.
> 
> 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!
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