How many...?

Stolen from Miata.net.

How many discussion group posters does it take to change a lightbulb?

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

7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs

5 to flame the spell checkers

3 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

19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a 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 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 URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs

4 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"

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.

You know it's dangerous to change lightbulbs if you don't know what you're doing? You really shouldn't have brought it up on this discussion board.

You forgot one person to post:

Originally Posted by hockeynut

You forgot one person to post:

Ooh, and one person to say, "Check your PM."

Originally Posted by hockeynut

You forgot one person to post:

we really need this smilie, it can be :ttiwwp:

Originally Posted by tgravo2

we really need this smilie, it can be :ttiwwp:

Agreed.

Originally Posted by The Roadstergal

Agreed.

who can we get to do it, Jon isn't around anymore

... so i've found it difficult sometimes to change a lightbulb that's just blown and is still very warm. I sometimes don't screw lighbulbs (is it LIGHTbulb or lightBULB?) all the way tight so that if this situation occurs, i'll be able to remove the lighbulb much more quickly with less risk of toasty fingers.
Can anyone suggest a better way?

Originally Posted by tommyd

... so i've found it difficult sometimes to change a lightbulb that's just blown and is still very warm. I sometimes don't screw lighbulbs (is it LIGHTbulb or lightBULB?) all the way tight so that if this situation occurs, i'll be able to remove the lighbulb much more quickly with less risk of toasty fingers.
Can anyone suggest a better way?

You should just use a Porter-Cable to grind away the old bulb. That way you don't have to touch it with your bare hands.