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

How many messageboard posters does it take to change a lightbulb?

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

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 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

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 and one list curmudgeon who queries what all this has to
do with Macintosh and threatens to disbar the original poster.

That's a good one!!

Deja vu all over again...

LOL

I laughed, then cried as I realised how true it is! :P

You really captured the essence of DU, didn't you? But you forgot the 3 who would tell everyone that it really doesn't matter all that much in the great scheme of things, that there are people who aren't even lucky enough to have their own light bulbs to change, that we should be grateful for what we have and that we should all just learn to find common ground and get along for the sake of the common goal of getting Shrub out of the WH. And then the 4 who would then tell them to blow it out their ass!

Never heard that one!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

And don't forget...

1 poll nut that posts a poll about changing lightbulbs.

...To point out that Mac Bulbs are better than Microsoft Bulbs.

How many DUers does it take to change a lightbulb? This could be great!

spelling out the numbers eg.

5 (five) to post to the group...

and this would work better as a list

and "message board" is two words

and the spacing is screwed up after 36

:evilgrin:

10 to tell us that Howard Dean's position lightbulb is leftist
12 to tell us he has the DNC position
8 to tell us he is fiscally conservative and would say that we can do without that one lightbulb

1 to post "I'm a light bulb, ask me anything!"

1 to post "I'm a dark bulb, ask me anything!"

1 to post "I'm a dim bulb, ask me anything!"

1 to post "I'm a flower bulb, ask me anything!"

1 to post "I'm a daffodil, ask me anything!"

1 to post "I'm daffy duck, ask me anything!"

you get the picture