Ropera Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 How many MSFN 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 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" 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Ha ha ha....A pretty old joke, but it still manages to bring out the laughs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 1 to say that there cannot be a light bulb forum under MSFN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazin Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 1 to say that there cannot be a light bulb forum under MSFN Ropera has just created it. Ropera, you must be a historian or statistician.Where did you get those numbers? Well!1 to say this is an IncredibleJoke. Oh! Incredible joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 ......and one to say that this one's a classic that's refused to die, ever since it was first posted on UseNet, years/decade ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazin Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 (edited) years/decade ago. I've been connected to the Internet since 1998 and haven't read it. Can you tell it, here? Edited August 12, 2004 by mazin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 You mean to ask "tell it in its original form" ?Or do you mean to say you want to see the source which proves what I said? Just look through the archives of UseNet discussions - this one keeps coming up rather frequently! And this funny has made its rounds on the "Humour" section of most forums on the Internet. Or just PM ropera to ask for the source of this joke.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Pretty ancient one, on UseNet.FYI, In those days of extremes of friendly and heated flaming and discussion, the joke above was quite a real depiction of the order of things. Just ask the old-timers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazin Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 the joke above was quite a real depiction of the order of things. Yeah...this is why I said it's incredible. It looks like Ropera sorted all situations.Look! This is prathapml. 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 I think this exact same thing was posted a year or two ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xper Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=13203&hl=bulbhttp://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=6890&hl=bulbNot only once, but still good joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 LOL, we are now at this stage from ropera's list above:4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"xper's pointers to how this had already been posted twice before - isn't it hilarious that each of these recyclings of this old joke happened 6 months after each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 ok so xper said that we went through this b4, twice. whose the other 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sven Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 (edited) 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over againbest 1, and then we have to add 13 telling him that the post was already discusedEDIT: hum... looks like i took to long to reply, point already posted, lol. my bad, always refresh the post when leaving your computer for 3 hours Edited August 12, 2004 by sven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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