How many Internet online 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

-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 the 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
controversey

-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"

-1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and
start it all over again

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