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#99390 - 08/09/03 01:41 AM how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Pele'sWhippingBoy member Registered: 19/06/01 Loc: Rochester, NY, USA	1 to change the light bulb and 1 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 forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb forum about changing light bulbs be stopped 7 people to post. can this be made a sticky? 1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again _________________________ FYI: I am not Pele. If you wish to reply to me and use a short version of my name, use: PWB. English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England. - Homer Jay Simpson
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#99391 - 08/09/03 01:49 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Anonymous Unregistered	Funny thing is you posted it three times!
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#99392 - 08/09/03 03:21 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Cantus Tantamount to fatuity Registered: 30/07/01 Loc: Down the road	You shouldn't change lightbulbs. They only just go getting broken when you're spinning inside. It's also advisable to find some soot coloured paint for the ceiling.... _________________________ "I'll carry this....It's harder to spill a hat" - Chellybean "...like a rabbit caught in a lighthouse?" - Chellybean
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#99393 - 08/09/03 06:17 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
ViciousVixen member Registered: 25/08/02 Loc: Oklahoma City, OK, USA	That was great! So very true.
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#99394 - 08/09/03 07:55 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
JinX mushroom collector Registered: 24/02/03 Loc: JHB, South Africa	the question is: is it light bulb or lightbulb? _________________________ JinX : If it doesnt kill you it makes you stronger The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy. It will however make cats dizzy and cats throw up twice their bodyweight when dizzy.
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#99395 - 08/09/03 07:57 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Bird now available in "advanced" Registered: 25/08/03 Loc: Cornwall	shouldn't that be "lamp"!!?? sorry - couldn't resist! _________________________ My state of mind is not yours to define! There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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#99396 - 08/09/03 08:09 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
oli not with cactus Registered: 24/07/03 Loc: bristol/ southern eastern devo...	_________________________ Me train running low on soul coal They push+pull tactics are driving me loco They shouldn't do that no no no
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#99397 - 08/09/03 01:15 PM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
[Nx?] Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: 05/11/01 Loc: Europe,Scotland,Both	HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 7 to make obscure comments about something copleatly diffrent T _________________________ This is a post by tom, all spelling is deleberate -><- Kallisti
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#99398 - 08/09/03 01:18 PM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
sunbeam old hand Registered: 20/11/01 Loc: Madrid	chuckle chuckle - nice one PWB and Cantus thanks for the advice, maybe some new people will read it and can avoid learning those valuable lessons the hard way _________________________ "I don't take drugs. I am drugs" - Salvador Dali
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#99399 - 08/09/03 02:56 PM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Bendy member Registered: 29/08/01 Loc: Adelaide, SA, Australia	1 to ask about coloured flames and sparkly poi. _________________________ Courage is the man who can stop after only one peanut
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#99400 - 08/09/03 03:11 PM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Oaken member Registered: 28/07/03 Loc: Canada	HOW MANY FORUM MEMBERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB??? who cares, we can twirl in the dark... hehe... _________________________ One Love, Dont forget.
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#99401 - 08/09/03 03:11 PM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
JinX mushroom collector Registered: 24/02/03 Loc: JHB, South Africa	What is a fountain? _________________________ JinX : If it doesnt kill you it makes you stronger The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy. It will however make cats dizzy and cats throw up twice their bodyweight when dizzy.
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#99402 - 08/09/03 03:30 PM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Charles Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer Registered: 27/06/01 Loc: Auckland	Priceless! Absolutely priceless! One question though...what is this "sticky" that is referred to towards the end... _________________________ HoP Posting Guidelines * Is it the Truth? * Is it Fair to all concerned? * Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships? * Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
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#99403 - 08/09/03 03:38 PM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
JinX mushroom collector Registered: 24/02/03 Loc: JHB, South Africa	so it takes 649 forum members to change a lightbulb/light bulb/lamp _________________________ JinX : If it doesnt kill you it makes you stronger The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy. It will however make cats dizzy and cats throw up twice their bodyweight when dizzy.
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#99404 - 08/09/03 03:56 PM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Flynt Intrepid Penguin Registered: 12/05/02	add 3 more to argue the math and convert it into miles/kilometres/litres/gallons and argue about bulb burn time... _________________________ Currently on the right side up of the world.
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#99405 - 08/09/03 08:14 PM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Narr () () .. for the gnor ;) Registered: 15/04/03 Loc: sitting on the step	too true! _________________________ she who sees from up high smiles Patrick badger king: they better hope there's never a jihad on stupidity
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#99406 - 08/09/03 09:37 PM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
BamBam Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/12/01 Loc: London	Lets not forget the random person coming in and saying..... PING Bammy Hels is home _________________________ A kiss blown is a kiss wasted, the only kind of kiss is a kiss tasted. I'm a woman. We don't say what we want, but we reserve the right to be pissed off if we don't get it. That's what makes us so fascinating and not just a LITTLE bit scary.
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#99407 - 09/09/03 01:03 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
DJ Dantana veteran Registered: 15/08/01 Loc: Stillwater, Ok. USA	and it takes two people to eat icecream while the lightbuld is being changed..... _________________________ we eat and we drink and we smoke and we try!
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#99408 - 09/09/03 01:25 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Pele'sWhippingBoy member Registered: 19/06/01 Loc: Rochester, NY, USA	I have no idea how 3 threads got in there. That really bugged me, but Pele took care of it. A sticky is something other forums have. It's a way to keep a thead at the top of the list. Usually it is used to inform members of something important. Like the rules for a section or other similar announcements. _________________________ FYI: I am not Pele. If you wish to reply to me and use a short version of my name, use: PWB. English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England. - Homer Jay Simpson
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#99409 - 09/09/03 01:58 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
soldari busy-tofu! Registered: 16/07/03 Loc: montreal: bagel capital	How do you get coloured ligth bulbs? Does it require more HoPers to change it? But more importantly, how much fuel would it take? _________________________ there is no better way to say I love you than with the gift of a spatula!
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#99410 - 09/09/03 03:16 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Pele the henna lady Registered: 15/12/00 Loc: WNY, USA	He read this to me and I nearly fell off the chair laughing! Then just thinking about the fact that our fearless leader Malcolm is an electrician made me laugh harder! lol Oh have I a story about changing a lightbulb...this one time at band camp... _________________________ Pele Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir "Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall "And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
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#99411 - 09/09/03 04:55 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
NYC NYC Registered: 26/08/01 Loc: NYC, NY, USA	What about the one guy who doesn't even change lightbulbs starting a sarcastic thread on a lightbulb changing website. _________________________ Well, shall we go? Yes, let's go. [They do not move.]
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#99412 - 09/09/03 06:13 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Bird now available in "advanced" Registered: 25/08/03 Loc: Cornwall	Don't you then need someone else to take it back to the shop when you've bought the wrong type of bulb!! or is it just me who does that? _________________________ My state of mind is not yours to define! There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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#99413 - 09/09/03 06:59 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Gidg Super Gidg!!!! Registered: 11/04/03 Loc: Portland Oregon USA	And the other random person coming in and answering with... PONG _________________________ Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT. Proud member of the HoP DPS. Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind. I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy. Gidg
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#99414 - 09/09/03 07:52 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Cantus Tantamount to fatuity Registered: 30/07/01 Loc: Down the road	quote: Originally posted by NYC: What about the one guy who doesn't even change lightbulbs starting a sarcastic thread on a lightbulb changing website. i was wanting to say something similar but couldn't think how to phrase it..... _________________________ "I'll carry this....It's harder to spill a hat" - Chellybean "...like a rabbit caught in a lighthouse?" - Chellybean
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#99415 - 09/09/03 09:02 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
NYC NYC Registered: 26/08/01 Loc: NYC, NY, USA	I'm starting to think like C@ntus... uh oh... time to change my medication levels again. _________________________ Well, shall we go? Yes, let's go. [They do not move.]
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#99416 - 09/09/03 04:02 PM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Malcolm HOP admin Registered: 18/11/03 Loc: HOP	Yes, I used to be an electrician. One day I had to change a light bulb (I like bulbs cause they grow in the ground) The bulb was for a car park light and it was very expensive at about US$80. I purchased the bulb from the wholesaler and got my cherry picker to drive/lift up to the bulb holder and then as I was licking my ice-cream and waving at some friends, I dropped the bulb all the way to the ground and it smashed into hundreds of pieces. I then finished my ice-cream and put all the glass pieces in a bag and took it back to the wholesalers and said it was faulty, they said it looked faulty too but still gave me a new replacement one free of charge _________________________ "May your balls always beam"
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#99417 - 10/09/03 11:31 AM Re: how many forum members does it take to change a light bulb??
Charles Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer Registered: 27/06/01 Loc: Auckland	that's a cool story. I know it is made up coz I've met your cherry picker, and while she is very cute, she certainly isn't all that tall... _________________________ HoP Posting Guidelines * Is it the Truth? * Is it Fair to all concerned? * Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships? * Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
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