How Many Forum Members Does it Take to...?

[JohnC]

Just pulled this off another board, that I think got it from yet another but it still seems fitting:How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb? 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 (removed)-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

[joatmon]

don't forget 1 to point out that the light bulb changing topic already exists2 to flame the repeat poster12 to post that the flamers should be banned8 to post the link to the posting rules2 to ask moderators to calm everybody down20 to comment on the moderators16 to complain about being off topic40 to complain about off topic complaints... http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=6219sorry

[Sputnik]

LOL Funny.

[AKLGT]

that's very funny.... and true! lol

[Vibe]

Reminds me of GenVibe.Com

[threekrows]

And one to throw something in about using the search feature

[joatmon]

and don't forget 1 to bump the thread years later just to see if anyone will notice the elapsed time

[BlueCrush]

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »and don't forget 1 to bump the thread years later just to see if anyone will notice the elapsed timeLOL!

[vibe Freak]

That's pretty clever and funny.

[Kari]

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »and don't forget 1 to bump the thread years later just to see if anyone will notice the elapsed timeIf not for the presence of two posters who haven't been here in forever, I might not have. LOL

[wyatt89]

That's my main reason for really liking genvibe, people are actually helpful.

[Nelson]

token comment to increase my number of posts!

[KNINE]

Don't forget about those who complain that there was not enough participation. It's good to laugh at ourselves.

[VforVIBE]

Quote, originally posted by K-NINE »Don't forget about those who complain that there was not enough participation. It's good to laugh at ourselves.+10000

[ToolGuy]

(removed) this is histerical how did I miss this the first time around! I used this on the pinball forum I go to since there are many whiners there. This is what I posted:How many forum members does it take to buy a NIB Stern Pinball? 1 to buy the Stern and 1 to post that the pinball has been bought 14 to share similar experiences of buying Sterns and how the pinballs code could have been done differently 7 to caution about the dangers of buying a NIB Stern and unfinished code27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about buying a NIB Stern 53 to flame the spell checkers 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames 6 to argue over whether it's "NIB" or "new in box" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as (removed)-retentive 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "HUO" (home use only) 15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "NIB" 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 acronyms and to please take this discussion to a acronym forum 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

[Kamikaze]

and....only one to lock the thread... when it gets out of hand...