How many Huddlers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

[DemonKnight]

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....

[whoopazz]

One more to say thank you nancy pelose

[Skippy]

That's 1355 huddlers.

[The Misfit]

Hmm ...

 

My count goes like this:

 

1 to change the bulb

1 to claim its the wrong kind of bulb

1 to claim global warming is a liberal myth

1 to ask why Christians always get picked on

1 to say something condescending (Az)

1 to blame Clinton

1 to delete the thread

 

So, I count 7.

[Bier Meister]

 

 

 

don't forget the 1000+ post padders to add absolutely nothing to the thread

[Yukon Cornelius]

17

[The Holy Roller]

don't forget the 1000+ post padders to add absolutely nothing to the thread

 

I, the Holy Roller, agree with the above post. I am not saying it to pad anything.