Black Ace
Trooper
Some might consider this to be madness-forum material, but I consider it dead serious. I translated it from romanian.
How many forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?
1 to change the lightbulb.
1 to post and announce the rest of the forum that the lightbulb is changed.
14 to share the experience and talk about new and diverse ways of changing lightbulbs.
7 to warn on the dangers that might occur during a lightbulb change.
27 to correct grammatical mistakes that were made in the posts about lightbulb changing. ( you know who you are...)[!--emo&
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53 to mock the ones that corrected the mistakes.
2 pros in the field that warn that the correct term is "lamp", and not "lightbulb".
12 to claim that they've worked in the field and "lightbubl" is just as correct as "lamp".
109 to say that the forum is not about lightbulbs and the topic should be moved on a forum about lightbulbs.
111 to claim that, as long as we all use lightbulbs, the discussion is usefull on the forum.
306 to discuss what are the best ways of changing a lightbulb, what are the best lightbulbs, and where can you find the cheapest ones.
27 to post links to sites where you can view different lightbulb models.
14 to warn that the links don't work and to post the correct links.
33 to quote what others have said in the past and reply with "me to."
6 to advise to use the "search" function.
12 to announce they are giving up the forum due to the division caused by the subject.
143 to say "do a google search first, and then, if you don't find anything about lightbulbs, THEN post on the forum".
16 posts in which 2 users have a discussion without any connection to lightbulbs.
24 posts in which they're warned to use e-mail or PM.
1 mod to warn that if all this doesen't stop, he'll close the topic.
1 newbie to post 6 months after the topic died and start it all over again.
There you have it... [!--emo&
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
How many forum users does it take to change a lightbulb?
1 to change the lightbulb.
1 to post and announce the rest of the forum that the lightbulb is changed.
14 to share the experience and talk about new and diverse ways of changing lightbulbs.
7 to warn on the dangers that might occur during a lightbulb change.
27 to correct grammatical mistakes that were made in the posts about lightbulb changing. ( you know who you are...)[!--emo&
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]53 to mock the ones that corrected the mistakes.
2 pros in the field that warn that the correct term is "lamp", and not "lightbulb".
12 to claim that they've worked in the field and "lightbubl" is just as correct as "lamp".
109 to say that the forum is not about lightbulbs and the topic should be moved on a forum about lightbulbs.
111 to claim that, as long as we all use lightbulbs, the discussion is usefull on the forum.
306 to discuss what are the best ways of changing a lightbulb, what are the best lightbulbs, and where can you find the cheapest ones.
27 to post links to sites where you can view different lightbulb models.
14 to warn that the links don't work and to post the correct links.
33 to quote what others have said in the past and reply with "me to."
6 to advise to use the "search" function.
12 to announce they are giving up the forum due to the division caused by the subject.
143 to say "do a google search first, and then, if you don't find anything about lightbulbs, THEN post on the forum".
16 posts in which 2 users have a discussion without any connection to lightbulbs.
24 posts in which they're warned to use e-mail or PM.
1 mod to warn that if all this doesen't stop, he'll close the topic.
1 newbie to post 6 months after the topic died and start it all over again.
There you have it... [!--emo&
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/lol[1].gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'lol[1].gif\' /][!--endemo--] 
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/sleep.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'sleep.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/wink.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'wink.gif\' /][!--endemo--]