>From the Triumph Herald group (Thanks Graham). He found it in a Jeep group,
but IMO it's just as relevant here ...
> How many Jeep Owners Forum 'Regulars' 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
>
> 1 to move it to the Lighting section
>
> 2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section
>
> 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 stupid
>
> 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.
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