How many NamePros forum members does it take to change a light bulb? 1 to change the light bulb and create a thread letting us know that he has just changed his light bulb. 14 to share their light-bulb-changing experiences and to offer different ways to change the light bulb. 7 to warn us of the dangers of changing light bulbs. 1 moderator to move the entire topic to the "lighting" forum. 2 to more moderators to argue, then move it to the "electrical" forum. 7 members to point our grammar mistakes in the posts about changing the light bulb. 5 flamers who give the grammar police a tongue lashing. 3 members to correct the grammar in the flamer's posts. 6 to argue over whether it's lightbulb or light bulb ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid. 2 industry professionals who inform the group that the proper term is lamp. 15 know-it-alls who claim they are in the industry, and that light bulb is perfectly correct. 19 members who point out that this forum has nothing to do with light bulbs. 11 members who defend the posting of the thread with the criteria that the forum name is "General Chat" and they are therefore entitled to discuss whatever they want whenever they want. 36 members 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. 7 to post URLs that supposedly link to different websites with the topic of light bulbs. 4 who claim that the URLs were not posted correctly. 3 to post about how the links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this forum, and how therefore light bulbs are relevant to this forum. 13 members who go so far as to quote every post that has been made prior to theirs in this thread, then add a "Me too." 5 who say that they will stop posting in this thread because they cannot stand the light bulb controversy. 4 who point out the fact that these five members just posted and therefore are not living up to their word. 13 who state that in the future everyone must do a google search on light bulbs before they post about replacing one. 1 level headed moderator who says, "stop." 1 forum lurker who responds to the topic six months later and starts the whole thing over again.
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