jazzbo Posted October 14, 2003 Report Posted October 14, 2003 (edited) How many forum members to change a light bulb? 1 to change the light bulb. 3 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" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as [Oops!]-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 URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs. 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URLs. 27 to post about links they found from the URLs 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 search on 'light bulbs' before posting questions about light bulbs". 16 to say, "I sent you a private message about light bulbs". 1 new forum member (or ninja) to respond to the original post 6 months from now and to start it all over again. From: http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/m-lou...=4026446&page=1 Edited October 14, 2003 by jazzbo Quote
Philip Posted October 14, 2003 Report Posted October 14, 2003 I thought this thread would ask about the number of members it takes for the software to implement flood control! Quote
JSngry Posted October 15, 2003 Report Posted October 15, 2003 In the spirit of this board, I'm not reading this thread until it gets RVG-ed, JRVG-ed, or TOJC-ed. Quote
John B Posted October 15, 2003 Report Posted October 15, 2003 In the spirit of this board, I'm not reading this thread until it gets RVG-ed, JRVG-ed, or TOJC-ed. forget the RVG, JRVG or TOCJ, this thread simply has reversed polarity. Quote
John B Posted October 15, 2003 Report Posted October 15, 2003 ...and have you seen the crazy prices this thread has been getting on ebay???? Quote
Brad Posted October 15, 2003 Report Posted October 15, 2003 Is that Chris and hardbop having another musical discussion? Quote
Simon Weil Posted October 15, 2003 Report Posted October 15, 2003 There is no lightbulb. Simon Weil Quote
JSngry Posted October 15, 2003 Report Posted October 15, 2003 We are our own lightbulb? If that's the case, I think I need a stronger wattage... Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 15, 2003 Report Posted October 15, 2003 is aric in charge of jackin' some safeway blubs... Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 15, 2003 Report Posted October 15, 2003 Leave it to jazzbo to forget about the 8 purists demanding that light from a cotton filament is far warmer and natural looking than that of a tungsten filament! Quote
Shrdlu Posted October 15, 2003 Report Posted October 15, 2003 Nice one, Lon! There are days when a bulletin board is a pain, rather than recreational, and you wonder why you are on it. That post neatly encapsulates this. Quote
Masterhit Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 YOU FORGTO TEH BEST ONE: 1 MEMBER TO FAKE HIS OWN DEATH> >>/// LOLZ!!!!! <.:.> 5m44.77.120Opz Quote
Aggie87 Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 ...zweitausendeins has the Complete General Electric Lightbulb Collection (12 bulb set) on sale this month, for just €6.99! Unfortunately at this price they don't come with the instruction booklet, and they're the older 40Watt Fantasy versions, but hey - at this price how can you pass 'em up? Quote
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