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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 07:42 PM
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How many Lounge members does it take to screw in a light bulb?
1 to change the light bulb.

1 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.

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 URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URLs.

27 to post about links they found from the URLs 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 search on 'light bulbs' before posting questions about light bulbs".

and 1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and to start it all over again.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 07:44 PM
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1. and one to say
"My yak ate a light bulb once."
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northofdenali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 08:32 PM
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11. Is that why he has a blaze on his forehead?


By the way, by industry standard, it IS lamp................
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 07:44 PM
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2. you forgot: ONE to show the anatomy of a light bulb
:D

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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 08:14 PM
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8. lol
:kick:
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 11:59 PM
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17. Thanks for the photo!
I need that for my class!!! Welcome back, matcom!
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 07:46 PM
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3. ROFLMAO
:yourock:
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Philostopher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 07:49 PM
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4. And one to kick everybody's ass
For leaving the lights on all the time so they burn out faster.

Where's Skittles? I'll bet she'll do it!
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 07:51 PM
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5. Sorry you said SCREW
No sex threads
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 07:54 PM
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6. And one to say
"I just screwed in a lightbulb - ask me anything"
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nini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 07:59 PM
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7. excellent post.. LOL
.
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pmbryant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 08:15 PM
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9. in the spirit of things here...
Edited on Mon Jan-26-04 08:15 PM by pmbryant
And 1 to say, 'This sounds like something recycled from an old Usenet newsgroup'.

;-)

Quite funny!

--Peter
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 08:23 PM
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10. None...we have to screw in PMs...
since Skinner made the "no sex threads" rule. ;-)
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 08:46 PM
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12. You forgot: "How many bulbs does it take to change a DU Lounger?"
And the inevitable offshoots of that!
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moof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 08:46 PM
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13. 900 posts & you seem to have learned so little.
first, leaving out the Yak is just wrong.

second, no mention of Oscar ?

third, did you even have a passing thought of adding a few custom
answers that apply to just the DU or leaving out the several that in no way reflect the overall elevated level of thinking that is the
common thread of the lounge holding this group together.

forth there are more than a few that would be happy to have the light burn out as feeling your way around in the dark had it's own advantages.

fifth. HELLO Earth to person that claims to post at the Lounge.
nothing about captioning or the evil dowers bfee.

6. One word " Oscar "

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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 08:48 PM
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14. Plus the three men of M.A.T.C.O.M.
I don't know what they'd do, but they'd sure as hell be there. Probably trying to hijack the thread!

Bake
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 11:57 PM
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16. You rang?
:D
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-04 09:29 PM
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15. And one to lock and/or archive the whole flaming mess!
Edited on Mon Jan-26-04 09:30 PM by MrsGrumpy
:hi:
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cosmicdot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 07:43 PM
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18. was there a "kick" for the Left Coasters?
:kick:
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