Boba Rhett Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 Answer: 1493 --1 to change the light bulb and to post to the forum 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; --156 to write to the forum administrator about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this forum; --26 to sign out and post as guest; --74 to bash the guest posts; --109 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this exchange to the litebulb forum; --203 to demand that cross posting to grammar, spelling and illumination forums 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 --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 forum which makes light bulbs relevant to this forum --33 to link all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and footers and then add "Me too" --12 to post to the forum that they are never coming back, 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 "FAQ" --4 to say "didn`t we go through this already a short time ago on Usenet?" --143 to ask "what`s Usenet?" -1 to make a light bulb poll from the information gathered -34 to point out spelling and grammar mistakes in the poll, light bulb brands left out, comments on each of their votes, and other -9 to whine about the overabundance of light bulb topics -7 to whine "enough with the light bulb polls already!" even though it's the only one ______________________________________________ Ahahahahhaa.... ahahhahaha..... aha...... *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gnarly Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 Ahahahahhaa.... ahahhahaha..... aha...... *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 Rhett - were you a little bored this morning??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zygomaticus Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 --15 to complain about spamming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Homer Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Two. One to hold the giraffe and the other to fill the bathtub with brightly colored machine tools. Q: How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a lightbulb? A: None, they just define Darkness 1.0 as the new industry standard Q: How many technical support personnel does it take to change a light bulb? A: We have an exact copy of the light bulb here, and it seems to be working fine. Can you tell me what kind of system you have? OK. Now, exactly how dark is it? OK. There could be four or five things wrong... Have you tried the light switch? (note: I work in tech support so this is pretty funny to me....) Q: How many MTV cartoon characters does it take to screw in a lightbulb ? A: Errrrrrr... Uh-huh-huh-huh Lightbulbs suck or something... Huh-huh-huh... Q: How many Baptists does it take to change a light bulb? A: CHANGE??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_dog no.3 Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 That's 1443 forummers in total, Rhett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Odin Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 I see Rhett forgot the 50 that would point at that those who talked that much about lightbulds have no life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherack Nhar Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 As well at the 43 that keep making up horrible puns about lightbulbs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havoc Stryphe Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 Originally posted by Sherack Nhar As well at the 43 that keep making up horrible puns about lightbulbs... What only 43, that number seems a little lite to me? *Dodges shoes* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Homer Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 Oh, come on people, it just some light-hearted humor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havoc Stryphe Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 That's the best you've got? What a light-weight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zygomaticus Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 What nonsence! eh...yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Homer Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Originally posted by Havoc Stryphe That's the best you've got? What a light-weight! Havoc, your insight is enlightening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zygomaticus Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Who turned off the lights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherack Nhar Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 For the love of... UGH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 you don't want to forget the 28 who will condem the question because it is biased towards the 80% of the population who HAVE light bulbs and doesn't even mention the minority group that doesn't have lightbulbs at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clefo Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Real Answer: 2, but I don't know how they got there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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