BS: Forum members changing a light bulb

Subject: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Folkiedave
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 02:32 PM

How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?
Ironic if this is not the first time of posting!!

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
1 to move it to the Lighting section
2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section
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 stupid
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 search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
1 to hijack the thread and ask how to change the horn
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: gnu
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 02:39 PM

Thanks for shedding light on the subject.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: MMario
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 02:45 PM

only five times since the first posting in Dec of 98 - most recently in march of ought-five

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Emma B
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 02:48 PM

Shouldn't there be at least one to blame the previous lightbulb's failure on GWB?

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: wysiwyg
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 02:48 PM

Like most posters, I didn't bother to read all of the first post (and certainly NOT the old thread), especially due to the lack of paragraph breaks.

Anyway,in case it doesn't mention, add a few Catters to pray about it and then a few more to pray for the rest of it. :~)

And a few more to protest prayer as a plot.

Etceterally yours,

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 02:51 PM

"ought-five" - now that's an interesting variant.

As in:

In the year of Our Lord
Eighteen hundred ought five...

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: gnu
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 02:53 PM

What service provider were you connecting to the Café with in 1805?

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: gnu
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 02:55 PM

Hmmm... wait a minute... sounds familiar...

"We set sail from the cold Quay of Cork."

????

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Jeri
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 02:57 PM

1999

2000
Now you only need 3 more!

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Jeri
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 02:59 PM

Oops, MMario posted while I was looking for links. 2 more, now.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: gnu
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:07 PM

McGrath... is that the one?

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:11 PM

Does Cork keep Ireland afloat?
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: jimmyt
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:11 PM

Well, it is the first time I have read it and I thought it was quite funny. Now to just integrate thongs with lightbulbs on them or a special thong expressly for wearing for the bulb changing experience......

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Old Guy
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:15 PM

25 forum members to blame George W. Bush for letting it burn out.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Folkiedave
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:22 PM

Bugger - and sorry. Blame it on a flaky Mudcat whereby I couldn't wait for the search which I made to download.

1 to blame flaky mudcat for something or other.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Rapparee
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:23 PM

And someone like me to ask if it had to be changed because it wasn't planted deeply enough.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:24 PM

Well Old Guy you know the controversy over the fact that the Light Bulb manufacturing Company just started building a factory in Texas; and that GWB and family own the najority of shares in it. Right now Ted Kennedy is telling the media that they make sub standard light bulbs and make a huge profit on replacements. They also use more power than regular bilbs, and thats to support the oil companies. All we need now is to dig up the dirt on the predominantly Mormon/Evangelical Christian managment hiring practises and we should get a good thread going here...

Yours, Aye. Dave

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: MMario
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:26 PM

five time in seven years isn't bad - it's when they get posted within DAYS of each other that is horrendous.

another list I'm on the same item has now been posted three times in the space of three hours.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: artbrooks
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:34 PM

One Forum member who is otherwise totally ignorant of light bulbs to count up to 100.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Scotus
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:49 PM

One forum member to change the bulb - another twenty to say "that should be ME up there".

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: open mike
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:53 PM

and another member to point out that
we all should be using energy efficiant
Fourescent light bulbs and not contributing
to the requirement to have more coal miners
dig more coal to generate electricity for lights.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: CarolC
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 03:54 PM

I don't believe in light bulbs. What a bunch of superstitious twits.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: open mike
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 04:01 PM

www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls
and one to post a link to energy star
compact flourescent lites
and another to make a
blickie out of that link?

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: jimmyt
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 04:02 PM

another to spell fluorescent

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: MMario
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 04:02 PM

Dear CarolC aka Mrs. JacktheSailor:

ahem.

WARN a guy, okay? I can't keep replacing keyboards.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Joybell
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 04:05 PM

"Put a Light in Every Country Window la la la la la la la la la"
Someone to turn it into a music thread.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 04:29 PM

One without a sense of humus, and one to say "Hiya Cynth" in a suggestive manner.
G.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Micca
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 04:41 PM

and how about 6 to complain because its Electric????

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: autolycus
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 04:43 PM

And one to ask.

One to say stop blaming Blair for the light bulb situation.
One to say the answer is 42.
"    "   " stop blaming Bush for the light bulb    "
"   " "   "    "    Al-Qaida " "   "    "       "
"    "   " it's all toooooooooo addictive.
"    "   "   "Get a life !!"
"    "   "   "Your missing the point."




AND surely one to say," I'm sure someone wrote a song about light-bulb changing - it's just that I can't remember the words
or the tune
or if I just dreamt it."

and maybe someone to say,"That's lovely. I've been inspired to write that song."   

Perhaps ther real question is, how many Mudcatters has it taken to change a light-bulb

ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL
I'm sorry for the outburst.

Auto.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: artbrooks
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 04:56 PM

Change the light bulb? Don't bother...I'll just sit in the dark and suffer.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 05:04 PM

"Keep a good head and carry a light bulb." - Bob Dylan

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Janie
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 05:28 PM

A bunch of Mudcatters worked at the same factory. One of them, Giok, was a little soft in the head. One afternoon the foreman walked through, looked up at the rafters and noticed Giok was up there with his knees hooked over a beam, hanging upside-down.

"What in tarnation do you think you're doing up there?" exclaimed the foreman. "Get down from there right now or you're fired!"

"I'm a lightbulb," asserted Giok.

"Lightbulb my *ss," shouted the foreman, "You've got 1 minute to get back down here and get to work."

Giok just kept hanging there, looking down at the man.

The foreman looked at his watch and counted down the seconds to one minute. "That's it." He said. "Get down from there, get your things and get out. You are out of a job as of now."

Giok climbed down from the rafters and headed for his locker. Much to the forman's surprise, all the other Mudcatters stopped what they were doing, and followed Giok out.

"Wait! Stop! Where do the rest of you think you're going. Get back to machines and quit wasting production time."

The 'Catters just kept walking as the foreman fumed and fussed. "I don't understand why the rest of you are walking out. You can see he wasn't doing his job!"

As the Mudcat crew walked out the door, one of them turned to the foreman and said "What did you think would happen? Surely you didn't expect us all to keep working in the dark!"

(ok, ok...I'll leave.....Janie)

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 05:34 PM

... and 50 posts abusing the local foul mouthed troll for joining in...

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: frogprince
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 05:38 PM

This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine...

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 05:43 PM

How about the post recommending a brand of organic, herbal light bulb produced without chemicals? There's got to be at least one of those.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: GUEST,Zoroaster
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 05:50 PM

I don't need no stinkin' light bulb, I cast my own illuminating glow. That Johnny-come-lately, Jesus, wants me for a sunbeam.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 06:40 PM

Did anybody tell the lightbulb to f#ck off?

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: artbrooks
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 07:10 PM

Does # mean "li"?

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 07:20 PM

Yep!

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: bobad
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 07:26 PM

Now now peace, we've all got to get together and give it a group {{{{{{{{{{{hug}}}}}}}}}}}} the poor little light bulb's burnt out.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 07:27 PM

LOL

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Dead Horse
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 07:30 PM

How much candle power does my candle emit if it is one of those big ones that weighs approximately 10 times the weight of one of those ordinary ones you get in the hardware shop?
Or should I use one of those special ones that kill mosquitos?
Or not?
Eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 07:32 PM

Absolutely!

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: frogprince
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 07:34 PM

Any candle will kill a mosquito, if you watch for the mosquito to land and you can swing the candle fast enough.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 07:40 PM

Light a candle. When the mosquito comes near, take a can of Raid and spray the little b###ard. When it falls to the floor, squish it with your foot. Then, using the ball end of a metalwork hammer, swat it a few more times until it blends into the carpet. Then blow the candle out.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Don Firth
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 07:56 PM

And then the mosquito regains consciousness a few hours later while you are asleep, limps over to your bed, crawls up onto it, then onto you. Since it can't fly anymore, there is no warning high-pitched whine to alert you of its presence. It inserts its siphon into your jugular vein, drains you until you lay there dried out and wrinkled like a raisin as it limps off, sloshing and gurgle (and snickering) over the horizon.

Damned things are hard to kill!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Leadfingers
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 07:58 PM

Surely there would have to be a post referring to the Light Bulbs in The Windward Club in St Albans ?

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 08:00 PM

I ain't gonna sleep well tonight, Don.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Azizi
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 08:41 PM

at least 3 'Catters to opine about the esotric meaning of light & darkness and the symbolism of the light bulb, and the connotations worldwide of colors of lights and the myths about the creation of light {Are there virgin lights?}.

Subject: RE: BS: Forum members changing a light bulb
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jan 06 - 09:05 PM

One cannot change the lightbulb unless it WANTS to change.