Gday...

I saw this a while ago .... I thought it definitely captured a typical thread on a forum.....

Post: How do I change my light bulb?

The Replies:

1 who has changed the light bulb and posts how the light bulb was changed.

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

9 to warn of the dangers of changing light bulbs.

1 who wants it moved to the Lighting section.

3 who want it moved to the Electricals section

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

5 to flame the spell checker community.

3 to correct spelling/grammar flames.

6 to argue over whether its "lightbulb" or "light bulb"

6 to condemn the above 6 as being stupid

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

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

9 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to 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.

18 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior.

7 as to what are the best light bulbs to use for the purpose.

5 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs

3 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URLs

4 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this group

6 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures.

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

4 To say, didnt we go through this already sometime back?

7 to say Google is your friend, 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.

Cheers - John