Q: How many WP members in the "Politics, Philosophy, and Religion" forum does it take to change a light bulb?
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 should 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.
53 to flame the spell checkers.
41 to correct spelling/grammar flames.
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb", "light-bulb" or "light bulb".
6 more condemn the previous 6 as anal-retentive.
1 industry professional to inform the group that the proper term is "Incandescent Lamp".
15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct.
17 members to take personal offense at the industry professional's post and declare that they will call a light bulb whatever they *&^%$#@ well please.
156 to email the WP Moderators with complaints that the thread is somehow offensive.
109 to post that the PP&R forum is not appropriate for light bulb threads and to please take this discussion to the "Computers, Math, Science, and Technology" forum.
203 to demand that duplicate threads in other forums be merged with this one.
111 to defend the posting to PP&R saying that because we all use light bulbs for different reasons the posts *are* relevant to PP&R.
306 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, and to post images of their favorite light bulbs.
51 to post various "Facepalm" images.
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 the post the corrected URL's.
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to PP&R, which makes light bulbs relevant to PP&R.
33 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 general membership that they will no longer post on WP because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three".
44 to ask how to post links and images.
4 to say "Isn't there already a thread on this?".
143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".
3 members to hijack the thread.
2 members to get banned for trolling, and 1 to be warned for offensive language.
1 Moderator to lock the thread for having become both irrelevant and contentious.
< TWO YEARS PASS >
1 member to start a new "Light Bulb" thread.