How Many Halloween Forum Members Does it take. . .

HallowSusieBoo · #1 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 12:52 PM

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Light Bulb (aka - "PROP")
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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". ( I think I am guilty of this one ..

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

KEY: Light Bulb = Prop! BOO!

The Reapers WS6 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 02:32 PM

You forgot to list the 4 folks that will re-post the original topic

DeadTed · #3 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 04:52 PM

Fantastic!

HallowSusieBoo · #4 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Reapers WS6

You forgot to list the 4 folks that will re-post the original topic

LOL

- And one of them will probably be me come this march when I realize I need to start building Light Bul---ooops -- I mean props for 10/31/2010

halloween_sucks_in_the_uk · #5 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 01:00 AM

lol great post Susie

Terra · #6 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 05:50 AM

That was funny

The last line was my favorite.....

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

The Pod · #7 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 05:56 AM

Very cute HallowSusieBoo!

Junit · #8 (**permalink**) 11-14-2009, 07:20 PM

LOL, did you write this up? It's hilarious!! My favorite is the anal retentive lamp bulb or lampbulb -ers

HallowSusieBoo · #9 (**permalink**) 11-17-2009, 12:10 PM

How many storage bins does it take to put away all your Halloween Light Bulbs....ooops I mean PROPS!!

Junit - can't take credit for this listing - but it really works when you insert "props" in the place of light bulbs, doesn't it?! LOL Right now- all my bulbs are pretty dim.