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A lesson in Posting:

How many forum posters 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 group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped

111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group

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....

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A sleep deprived Vernaltemptress stammered:
Who are you?

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12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy

HAH

But I wouldn't actually post. I would simply say it out loud.

Very sad.

See.. sad.

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Vernaltemptress had this to say about pies:
Then add one!

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But.. that would be like.. work.

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Batty wrote this stupid crap:
I post unrelated things generally meant to be funny and/or make fun of your mother. The fat cow.

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sod off

Mathematical Proof that Women are Evil (Math in parentheses)

1. We all know that women require rather large amounts of time and money. (Women = time x money)

2. We all know that time is money. (time = money)
Therefore, our equation is now (Women = money x money) or (Women = money^2).

3. We all know that money is the root of all evil. (money = sqrt[Evil])
Thus, our equation is now (Women = [sqrt<Evil>]^2)

4. Now, the square root of x^2 is simply x, so (sqrt[Evil]^2) must be equal to evil. (sqrt[Evil]^2 = Evil)

5. Thus, (Women = Evil).

You can use this for just about anything, really, so long as it first requires both time and money.

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Ruvyen said this about your mom:
An old joke, but still a favourite of mine.

Mathematical Proof that Women are Evil (Math in parentheses)

1. We all know that women require rather large amounts of time and money. (Women = time x money)

2. We all know that time is money. (time = money)
Therefore, our equation is now (Women = money x money) or (Women = money^2).

3. We all know that money is the root of all evil. (money = sqrt[Evil])
Thus, our equation is now (Women = [sqrt<Evil>]^2)

4. Now, the square root of x^2 is simply x, so (sqrt[Evil]^2) must be equal to evil. (sqrt[Evil]^2 = Evil)

5. Thus, (Women = Evil).

You can use this for just about anything, really, so long as it first requires both time and money.

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you're not even worthy of flame-ing......

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indegloriafeestbeest stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
you're not even worthy of flame-ing......

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Uhh... chill. That's a very old thing. He did not make it up.

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Waisz had this to say about Cuba:
Uhh... chill. That's a very old thing. He did not make it up.

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Yep. And .9 repeating = 1. ;D

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How.... indegloriafeestbeest.... uughhhhhh:
you're not even worthy of flame-ing......

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I'm sure I recall you making cracks against men and Americans in general. There's no room in this argument for you.

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Mr. Parcelan painfully thought these words up:
I'm sure I recall you making cracks against men and Americans in general. There's no room in this argument for you.

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America

There's no STFU or DIE tag

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Waisz had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
America

There's no STFU or DIE tag

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Precisely. We may not all agree on the government, the laws and what-not, but we love the country (except for Zair, who is a terrorist).

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Mr. Parcelan painfully thought these words up:
Precisely. We may not all agree on the government, the laws and what-not, but we love the country (except for Zair, who is a terrorist).

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I told you, I got rid of my "I Terrorists" T shirt.

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A sleep deprived Zair stammered:
I told you, I got rid of my "I Terrorists" T shirt.

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*bombs Zair*

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Zair attempted to be funny by writing:
I told you, I got rid of my "I Terrorists" T shirt.

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We have reason to believe that you are harboring T-Shirts of Mass Dysfunction.