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Pennyaline[_4_] · **Joke Du Jour, 03-04-06**

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sat 04 Mar 2006 11:25:41a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
> OmManiPadmeOmelet?
>
>> QUESTION: How many people posting on a message board does it take to
>> change a light bulb?
>>
>> ANSWER:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
>> bulbs
>>
>> 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"
>>
>> 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is
>> "lamp"
>>
>> 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs
>>
>> 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they
>> cannot handle the light bulb controversy
>>
>> 4 to post privately to other members of the group to ask if this makes
>> sense
>>
>> 44 to send the URL to www.snopes.com and ask that the original poster
>> check out their resources first
>>
>> 2 to post reasons why the light bulb burning out is the result of a
>> government conspiracy
>>
>> 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
>>
>> 43 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs"
>>
>> 1 lurker to respond to the original post 6 months later and start the
>> whole thing all over again
>
> What if they had to change the wick in a kerosene lamp?

The wick, or the mantle?