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 Electricals 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
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
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
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.



(Originally taken from Annoyances.org)

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You know, sometimes it feels good to have a chuckle at my own expense. This did just that. That is a pretty nice to be the last thing I see before going to bed. Thanks Lazlo Falconi

Mods : Hope you get as much of a kick out of this as I did.

Haha, that's funny. It reminds me a ton of Vizzed in several ways, and I suppose the same things happen across other boards.

...Maybe we should have a light bulb forum in case something like this pops up.

Someone70 : I had that same thought...

"we need a light bulb forum"

actually, it would be a good name for the development forum. Light bulb = ideas....

makes sense in my head anyway

That's awesome. And I absolutely love the forum lurker. I've never been the guy to revive a dead thread, but it's always awesome when there's that one guy. Especially on a forum with a community that takes itself too seriously (funny thing is, if he started a new thread on the same topic they'd blast him for not using the search engine).

WAHAHA! That actually Was entertaining to read! Thanks for posting this!

I think this is hilarious, and absolutely true.

However, I need to debate the ethics of this thread... is it a joke thread or is it a serious thread...

<--- is the "lightbulb" or "light bulb" guy

legacyme3 : I thought about posting it in General Chat, or maybe even Computers or Web Splurge, but then I remembered the argument about which forum it goes in, and nobody ever complains that something shouldn't be in the Crazy House.

Funny little post that was.  I do remember hearing that joke on another board I went to before this one.  Or at least a joke like it.  I still laugh when I read it though!

I once read a funny joke about light bulbs, but I caution you all about the risks involved when reading light bulb jokes.

I thought this was incredibly clever. Whoever posted this knows their stuff about forum-goers.

Thanks for the laugh, Lazlo.

tj4bigred : This thread actually isn't about the risks of light bulb jokes, please take that to the risks of light bulb jokes forums. XD

Lazlo, I disagree, I believe this belongs in the General Electronics Risks forum.

We should argue about it and ultimately not reach an agreement after several pages of posts!

Before anyone had ever made comments about this post I thought you had to figure the method out.I didn't look at is as a joke here.I guess i over look it.This appear to look like a guessing game at first.

How Many Forum Members Does it Take To Change a Light Bulb?

The correct answer is 0, we all wait around while Davideo7 asks the server host to change it.

smotpoker86 : Haha, yeah I guess that's a bit more accurate!

All in all, a thread like that would gather a total of 185 posts.

*Someone70 has an idea...

Someone70 : That's not counting duplicate posters. There would be a total of 185 separate users in that thread, each one maybe posting two or three times! Arguments ahoy!