change this lightbulb for me

[Lightning Rod]

 How many forum posters 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

       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" ...

       another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

       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

       156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are
       in violation of their "acceptable use policy"

       109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to
       please take this discussion to a lightbulb group

       203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic
       forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be
       stopped

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

       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 group which makes light bulbs relevant to
       this group

       33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety
       including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"

       12 to post to the group that they will no longer post 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 a "FAQ"

       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"

       1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from
       now and start it all over again....

[stilltrucking]

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[Lightning Rod]

sorry, truck

I can't take credit for this one

it was a joke a friend sent me

it took me ten minutes just to paste it in

if there had been a by-line I would have included it

but so many things circulate on the net with no credit given to the original author.