It is often said that laughter is the best medicine. Snoggle, a volunteer in our Forums, recently posted an amusing blend of two classic jokes – the light bulb change and the typical bulletin board responses. Snoggle, thanks for making us laugh!
- 1 to change the light bulb then post about it
- 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could've been changed differently
- 1 to move it to the Lighting folder
- 2 to argue and then move it to the Electrical folder
- 7 to point out grammar/spelling errors in post about changing light bulbs
- 5 to flame the spell checkers
- 3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
- 6 to argue whether it's a light bulb or lightbulb
- 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper tern is Lamp
- 15 know it all who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb is perfectly correct
- 19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take the discussion to the 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
- 36 to discuss the dangers of changing light bulbs without a professional opinion
- 5 to post a disclaimer that they are not light bulb experts, nor do they play one on TV and that anyone planning on changing their own light bulb should consult a professional
- 7 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs
- 4 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then to post the correct URLs
- 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group
- 13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add, "Me too."
- 5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy
- 4 to say, "Didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
- 13 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
