How many forum posts does it take to change a light bulb?

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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 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

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 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.

1 to state that a light bulb does not emit light, it sucks dark. After it is full, it stays dark.

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hehe! Ganske morsom hvis man orker hele :D Og ganske dead on i noen tilfeller ja!

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Seconded.