How many members does it take to change a light bulb?

[Andrew Fergus]

An oldie but a goodie (and I haven't seen it on MrExcel yet) :

How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?

1 to change the light bulb

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

23 to flame the spell checkers

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"

...another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

1 industry professional to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"

5 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb"
is perfectly correct

16 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation
of their "acceptable use policy"

19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this
discussion to a lightbulb forum

23 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and
lightbulb forum about changing light bulbs be stopped

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 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

13 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

9 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

...another 4 to ask what is a "FAQ"?

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"

and 1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again....

{Note : yes we have all seen this sort of thread before, but not here on MrExcel!}

 

[Felix Atagong]

Depends on how you declare the variable 'lightbulb' - is it a string or an integer? Watch out for those Boolean lightbulbs, they are dangerous.

 

[milesUK]

Brilliant. As an amateur theatre tech' I was going to be the token 'Industry pro'. But you beat me to it.

 

[Smitty]

And my wife used to work for a company that managed stage lighting and effects for the rock industry (Metallica, Van Hagar, etc.), so I've heard tons of light bulb stories!

Smitty

 

[Greg Truby]

Andrew, you didn't see it because you joined MrExcel in September of 2004 and the original post for this was done by Iridium back on 12 Aug 2003 in the old Max Cells Lounge (long ago shuttered by management - and, no, don't ask why). So, I suppose that puts you in the role of the last guy listed there... :wink:

And, Smitty, I'm surprised you didn't mention this, because you were a participant on that old thread.

 

[Smitty]

And, Smitty, I'm surprised you didn't mention this, because you were a participant on that old thread.

For some reason or another I think I forgot.

I guess it took this post for the bulb to go off (or on as it were)! (I know...audible GROAN from the gallery!)

Smitty

 

[Andrew Fergus]

Andrew, you didn't see it because you joined MrExcel in September of 2004 and the original post for this was done by Iridium back on 12 Aug 2003 in the old Max Cells Lounge (long ago shuttered by management - and, no, don't ask why). So, I suppose that puts you in the role of the last guy listed there... :wink:

D'Oh! I did a quick search for 'light bulb' before I posted this but nothing turned up.

I guess that makes the newbie!

 

[Norie]

Ah!!

But don't these posts add to the list?

Not sure which category though.

 

[whiteghost]

but from the psycholist's point of view... did the lightbulb/light bulb/ lamp want to change?

the poor bugger is not only burnt out , but now has schizophrenia

 

[Oorang]

I felt the need to be the new forum member that posts to the thread to brng it back up. AHHH HAHAHAHHA