How many posters does it take to change a lightbulb?

[Brandon Martus]

thought this was pretty funny... its a joke

How many message board posters does it take to change a lightbulb?

Answer: 1,343



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 of the flames;

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb";

another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;

156 to write to the site administrator about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this board;

109 to post that this board is not about light bulbs and to please take this thread to the litebulb board;

203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and illuminati-l about changing light bulbs be stopped;

111 to defend the posting to this board saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this board;

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 the post the corrected URL's;

3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this board which makes light bulbs relevant to this board;

33 to link all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and footers and then add "Me too";

12 to post to the board that they are logging off 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 "FAQ";

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago in chat?"

143 to ask "what's chat?"

[Katie Reynolds]

Good call, good call!

- Katie

[Jan Olligs]

I know that this will sound really stupid, but is there a chat on ChiefDelphi or was it just an example of people not knowing general web terminology?

[Brandon Martus]

its a joke i found on another forum

just thought it was funny

[Jan Olligs]

The joke IS funny (it reminds me somehow on the Microsoft-lightbulb joke), I was just in fear that I missed something important...
I read it completely and laughed a lot...

[Ken Leung]

I think you will need 1,344 person instead of 1,343 person... Just one more...

It will take that another person to read all those threads, stay up 6 nights in a row, E-mail everyone about a "lightbulb (light bulb) Edition" of a forum newsletter, and post a thread that will take 20 replies to finish...

Now tell me where are those light bulb threads... I got to start reading...

[Stephanie]

hahahah, very funny, and also true. people are...wierd...

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally posted by Jan Olligs
I know that this will sound really stupid, but is there a chat on ChiefDelphi or was it just an example of people not knowing general web terminology?

... yea actually, there is a chat on ChiefDelphi click the blue guy in the upper right corner!!

- Katie