Paal_101 Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Don't know if this is old news or not, but I just saw it the other day and got a big kick out of it Question: How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: 1,445 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"; 6 to condemn those 6 by telling them 'to get a life'; 156 to pm various forum staff complaining that members posting in this topic are violating the TOS; 109 to post that this topic about light bulbs is not in the correct forum and for mods to please move this topic; 203 to demand that this topic is completely irrelevant for these forums and for a mod to please close the topic; 111 to defend the posting of this topic by saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this forum; 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 forum which makes light bulbs relevant to this forum; 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"; 12 to post that they will no longer post in these forums because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy; 19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"; 4 to suggest that someone write up a FAQ tutorial about changing light bulbs; 44 to ask what a FAQ tutorial is; 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"; 34 to mention other search engines you could use; 66 to start contemplating where the words "light bulb" originated; 1 forum administrator to post that the lightbulb controversy generated the most posts; 1 'n00b' to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenratiophi Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Heh, I saw this on artofproblemsolving.com a few months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnas Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 lol.... some of the numbers seem a bit off though...Hmm... maybe we should try setting this up exactly in the Fun and Games forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Would_Say Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 HAHAThough I can tell the numbers are randomly typed..Change every number (except the 1's) to 2's and then it is right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 L0lZZ0rz to that Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenratiophi Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Hmmm... maybe I should do that.Should I do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnas Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Let's see if the admins will allow it. It will go under Fun and Games, but it's still quite a lot of spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted December 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Doesn't matter because Fun and Games posts don't count anyway Boy Nathan, you pay too much attention to numbers LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoggyFrog Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 We don't have enough forum members, because this is 1445 different members Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 That's interesting to read. Kinda funny, and true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argalius Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 that's funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorian Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I like that, very funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_08 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Lol!If you guys do get the ok to do that, just remember to say at the top of the thread that nothing personal said there was ment and is just a joke or we may have another Chad situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Doesn't matter because Fun and Games posts don't count anyway Boy Nathan, you pay too much attention to numbers LOL ←Me? How'd you know I'd post in this thread?! LOL, that is hilarious. Great find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnas Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Me? How'd you know I'd post in this thread?!I think he was talking about my brother, I_Would_Say. Paul knows his name because it was in his historian application.Hmm.... problem.... two Nathans.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I think he was talking about my brother, I_Would_Say. Paul knows his name because it was in his historian application.Hmm.... problem.... two Nathans....←Ah, I see. I thought Paul must've gotten confused or something - the joke's on me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Would_Say Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Doesn't matter because Fun and Games posts don't count anyway Boy Nathan, you pay too much attention to numbers LOL ←Well didn't you notice those numbers were crazy and random?IMO it would be funnier if they were all 1's and 2's, with maybe 1 or 2 3's. (HAHA! 1 or 2 3's 123 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorian Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 That is so tacky lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Go here if you want this to be proven or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Would_Say Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Wow! You must be bored! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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