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[A Friend of Charlie]

Forum joke

Light Bulb
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How many 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 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....

That's pretty spot on, huh?  We should be talking cigars on this forum.  Let's stop the bullshit and discuss important things, like celos on or off?

[Travellin Dave]

good morning MF lancero and water.
long ass day yesterday. don't plan on picnicing or going to bday parties again anyting soon.
much more pleasant sitting my ass at camp here.

Got to be sociable every once and a while.

[Travellin Dave]

Morning Chip, Dave, Dean and Tony.

[A Friend of Charlie]

In 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.

I'm thinking about bringing it back, on the banter.

good morning Tony.

Howdy, Dean.  Weather has been perfect here this weekend.  Let's talk again in a month. 

[A Friend of Charlie]

Morning Chip, Dave, Dean and Tony.

Hi Dave.  Watcha got going on today?

[South Carolina Redfish]

Morning Chip, Dave, Dean and Tony.

Morning Dave.  Both Tigers Win but yours was a conference win too.

[dwgbryant]

In 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.

I'm thinking about bringing it back, on the banter.

good morning Tony.

Howdy, Dean.  Weather has been perfect here this weekend.  Let's talk again in a month. 

uh, so you don't want to talk to me before then?

[dwgbryant]

good morning MF lancero and water.
long ass day yesterday. don't plan on picnicing or going to bday parties again anyting soon.
much more pleasant sitting my ass at camp here.

Got to be sociable every once and a while.

no I don't!

[LSUFAN]

In 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.

I'm thinking about bringing it back, on the banter.

You will get my vote on that one! Sheesh. 

[LSUFAN]

Morning Chip, Dave, Dean and Tony.

Good morning Tony, Dean and Dave.

[dwgbryant]

pecan, apple pie, and lemon squares for breakfast.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Morning Chip, Dave, Dean and Tony.

Morning Dave.  Both Tigers Win but yours was a conference win too.

Good morning to you too, TXDave.

[Travellin Dave]

Morning Chip, Dave, Dean and Tony.

Hi Dave.  Watcha got going on today?

Ya know, I think maybe a whole lot of nothing'

[Travellin Dave]

pecan, apple pie, and lemon squares for breakfast.

Some ginger ale to wash it down?  Almost a breakfast of champions!

[A Friend of Charlie]

In 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.

I'm thinking about bringing it back, on the banter.

good morning Tony.

Howdy, Dean.  Weather has been perfect here this weekend.  Let's talk again in a month. 

uh, so you don't want to talk to me before then?

LOL.  That's not exactly what I meant.  That's like someone says to you, "Hey, if I don't see you again, take care".  So what?  If you see me again I should throw myself down a set of stairs?