[Stealth]

1 to change the light bulb

1 to post that the light bulb has been changed

6 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently

3 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs

6 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs

6 to flame the spell checkers

8 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 8 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"

7 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct

3 to report the participants to the admins, complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy"

3 admins to come and threaten to ban anyone else flaming

6 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum

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

9 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum

12 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

9 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

5 to post pictures of lightbulbs and lightbulbs being changed

12 to point out that all they see is a "red x"

7 to flame the picture posters for not knowing how to post a picture correctly

3 admins to come in and threaten bannings a second time.

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"

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

5 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

6 to ask what is a "FAQ"

5 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

19 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"

1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again

[TheVirtu]

ROFLMAO  

[Turnsky]

Thanks stealth.. you made my day..

[TopAce]

you have missed some options:
1 to post the picture of the changed lightbulb into the post.
6 to warn the poster to 'Red X Alert'

[TopAce]

3 admins to come and threaten to ban anyone else flaming

This sentence might mean the end of this thread right at the beginning ...

[Stealth]

that's covered by the "broken URL" sentence

but i'll add it anyway

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Seen it before though, on PCG.

[Stealth]

yeah, i just edited it to make it more "HLP appropriate"

[Nuclear1]

ROFL You have waaaaay too much time on your hands there Stealth.

[Nico]

oooooooook

[kode]

Originally posted by Stealth
yeah, i just edited it to make it more "HLP appropriate"

cross-posting from other forums should be banned!

quite the funnay. but there should be some more, like:

1 admin to close the thread

4 other admins to reply to it even though it's closed.

3 members each starting a new thread on changing light bulbs.

[Grey Wolf]

A bit bored, eh, Stealth?

[diamondgeezer]

You forgot the serial double posters, Stealth. Those guys, and the people that quote huge posts or a dozen pictures with a single-line reply of their own which actually only refers to a tiny little bit of the quote or people that quote a post despite the fact that their own post is right underneath it... they get right up my nose.

Oh and while I'm on the subject, people who habitually use the following smilies: and need slapping with a stick of wet celery. Yes.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
You forgot the serial double posters, Stealth. Those guys, and the people that quote huge posts or a dozen pictures with a single-line reply of their own which actually only refers to a tiny little bit of the quote or people that quote a post despite the fact that their own post is right underneath it... they get right up my nose.

no i didn't... look:

33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"

and kode:  i didn't just copy it, i changed at least half of it, removing and adding where i saw fit

[kode]

Originally posted by Stealth


and kode:  i didn't just copy it, i changed at least half of it, removing and adding where i saw fit

it was a reference to your

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

.

[Knight Templar]

Lite-bulb.

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by Stealth
no i didn't... look:

Er... I said you forgot to mention the serial double posters. Which you did. The other offenders are pesonal pet hates, I didn't say that you forgot them...

[IceFire]

Pure classic HLP...well done!

[Stealth]

yeah, it is classic, isn't it LOL


DG:  i don't think that would fit in to the whole event pattern
if you give me what to write, i'll add it to the list

[diamondgeezer]

Probly best to forget it mate