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

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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

3 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs

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

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

another 6 to condemn those 4 as stupid

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"

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

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

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?"

6 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.

Ned to post saying "light bulbs! heavens! I change you now!" with a smiley :-)

Dan to make a joke about screwing light bulbs

and...

― C J (C J), Monday, 1 March 2004 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

WOT NO LIGHTBULBS BETWIXT TEH BUTTOCKS!?!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 1 March 2004 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Momus to start an argument about consumerism in today's society and whether light bulbs are really needed, and then to write a song about it.

― C J (C J), Monday, 1 March 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

One to point out that the fucking lightbulb never needed changing in the first place.

― billislord, Monday, 1 March 2004 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

5 to copy&paste it to the "light bulbs wot we changed EXCELSIOR!" thread

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 1 March 2004 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)

3 to super-impose lightbulbs betwixt the buttocks via Photoshop

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 1 March 2004 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

the light bulb was better for the two years it was burnt out anyway.

― jesszay, Monday, 1 March 2004 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Three to make completely irrelevant posts.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 1 March 2004 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

3 Canadians to chime in and tell how Neil Peart changes the lightbulbs a dozen times quicker and a hundred times more professionally than all ilX posters put together.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 1 March 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

HEY KAYNE U CHANGE LIGHTBULBS GOOD, YOU HEAR. AIGHT, HOLLA BACK AT ME BOY

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Begs2Differ to post an imaginative haiku incorporating the word 'filament'.

― C J (C J), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

937 pictures of light bulbs

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

1 Mariah Carey impersonator to tell - "I don't do lightbulbs!!"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

one to post something that someone has posted already

original one to point this out.

aja to go "what?"

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Massive thread deviation after 23rd post.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

my lightbulb is fancy.

― der Feiglingbär (llamasfur), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

3 to post an exact word/phrase already posted, only in scare quotes.

― Leee the Whiney (Leee), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:14 (twenty-one years ago)

"3 to post an exact word/phrase already posted, only in scare quotes."

yeah

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

ailsa to post 'bout lightbulbs and scottish foot(auch!AUCH!)...ball ;)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

2 to point out that a previous poster was OTM

― C J (C J), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Kanye West I wanna have your babies, holla back!

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

2 posters to derail the conversation into some rambling debate over politics + international trade that had something to do with candles about 257 posts earlier (all 257 posts by the same 2 people).

― dyson (dyson), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

one post to bring the thread back on top about 143 posts into the aforementioned derailment (and be totally ignored)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

One to ask for a definition of light bulb/lightbulb that we can all agree on.

― billislord, Monday, 1 March 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

3 bumps in 2 years

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

at least 3 random pictures posted by jon williams (and possibly some html mischief)

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't help but sing most of these posts like the 148 Days of ILX Christmas or something.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

937 pictures of light bulbs

followed by 739 pics of lightbulbs and kittens

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:35 (twenty-one years ago)

One to pull jel's last post out of context.

― bnw (bnw), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

like this?
http://vcl.ctrl-c.liu.se/vcl/ArtCompo/July/CS_CatBulb.jpg

― oops (Oops), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

1 ilXor to post Electric Light Orchestra's first album cover

1 ilXor to photoshop oops pictorial post into said ELO cover

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

it's lightbulbs like this that are the definition of everything I hate about ILX right now. i'm going to hurt myself in a bad way.

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)

The old lightbulb was so much brighter than this one...

― Prude (Prude), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JXR1.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

One poster (namely me) to relate a personal and ordinary story about changing lightbulbs that may or may not have relevance to the rest of the thread.

;)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 1 March 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.bulbs.com/multimedia/images/ANSI/134.jpg

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 1 March 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

One poster to comment that 'down on ILM' they are changing bulbs much more efficiently than users on ILE.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 1 March 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Momus to declare his alleigance to the polytheistic ways of candle burning, over the modern monotheism of electric light.

― pete s, Monday, 1 March 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

3 ilXors to say how Momus would approach light bulb changing.

― pete s, Monday, 1 March 2004 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

1 ilXor to point this out.

― pete s, Monday, 1 March 2004 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

5 to declare that the new GE 100W lightbulb is the WORST American lightbulb released in the last 10 years and they can't understand how anyone can even read by it.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 1 March 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

― Leee the Whiney (Leee), Monday, 1 March 2004 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Nice work fish bulb

― ModJ (ModJ), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:17 (twenty-one years ago)

one to get all defensive about flourescent lights, apropos of nothing

― Nate in ST.P (natedetritus), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:28 (twenty-one years ago)

One fine day, everybody on Earth will realise that melody and harmony is superior to rhythm, and there will be no such thing as "black" or "white" light anymore. Just lightbulbs with white light making complex classically influenced light with nice melodies and harmonies and lightbulbs with black light making complex classically influenced light with nice melodies and harmonies.

― geirbulb (llamasfur), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I resent this thread,
lightbulbs suck, so do you all,
kiss my filament

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 06:35 (twenty-one years ago)

LITEBULBS ROXoR U R ALL GAY

― Sym (shmuel), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 10:05 (twenty-one years ago)

1 to say that these lightbulb threads are a perfect example of how ILx has gone to the dogs.

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 10:41 (twenty-one years ago)

5 to point out that there is no lightbulb anywhere that you ever been that is quite as good as a New York City lightbulb.

― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 10:52 (twenty-one years ago)

ILXors can't change anything...

― Canada Briggs (Canada Briggs), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 10:55 (twenty-one years ago)

LIGHTBULBS SUxOR U ALL BLOW TORCH!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:39 (twenty-one years ago)

2 posters to say that there's too much sex on this thread, this isn't the board to discuss this sort of filth.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Chaki to set up the 'I Love Light & Bulbs' sub-board.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:04 (twenty-one years ago)

5 to say that the lightbulbs aren't as good as they were when lightbulbs first started.

3 of those to vow never to change lightbulbs again.

3 of those 3 to change a lightbulb the next day.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:27 (twenty-one years ago)

how many babies does it take to paint a house?!
it depends how hard you throw them!!

― gaol clichy (clichy), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)

2 random defensive Googlers to tell you that you should find something better to do with your time than attack light bulbs that probably have more talent in their left filament post than you have in your entire body.

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:36 (twenty-one years ago)

50 people with nothing better to do than post meta-comedy threads about lightbulbs and message boards

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I'M NOT THERE, OH YEAH!!!

going back to the thread seemingly an endless amount to make passive aggressive not very cryptic bitchy posts about ILX.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

1 poster (t''t) to needlessly point out the partial misleadingness of a link posted by another poster (strongo'ton) as not all of those '50 people' linked by the link have contributed to the bulgintonness of the bulb thread, bah!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

grrrrrrr!!!

― gaol clichy (clichy), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Stevem should be second, as he's in the top 52 under two names...

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm still not sure what that happened - why is the higher entry not linked?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I remember when changing lightbulbs was a new and exciting thing to do, not like today. Oh sure, you kids can kid yourselves that you're changing lightbulbs now, but you're not really "Changing Lightbulbs," like we did when it mattered. Sorry, you'll have to find some new domestic task, because the golden age of changing lightbulbs is over, and you missed it.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Didn't we already have this discussion, like last month?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

1 poster to post awhile after Alex in NYC, to mention Alex in NYC honouring the electric fire.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:10 (twenty-one years ago)

The Archives, they are your friend:

Lightbulbs, Classic or Dud
Taking Sides: Light bulbs Vs Reading, working, generally living in the dark
My bulb is glowing: am i unwell?
I love smearing lemon curd over my bulbs
Light: Overrated?
If you were in Woolworths and you spotted Emma Bunton buying a pack of economy lightbulbs would you come then and there?

― omg, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

3 to post links to older, funnier lightbulb threads.

(haha, x-post!)

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

1 poster to say they heart CJ :)

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

1 poster to dare Sick Nouthall to spell 'lightbulbs' backwards.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

2 posters to link pictures of lightbulbs.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

grow up

― RTG (RTG), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

http://nest.csusb.edu/PC_lighbulb.jpg

Now that's magic

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

http://hem.passagen.se/stuven/rhcp/photos/woodst.gif

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

It's a phenomenon!

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

ILM in unoriginal rehash of something that was stupid to begin with SHOCKAH!

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

lightbulbs? unoriginal? hey, no need to get all so 25th century there!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

and of course, there'll have to be a pitchfork review of lightbulbs 3 to 4 weeks following the thread's inception, after which a new thread will be started to bitch about how Pforkers don't know shit about lightbulbs and should do their fucking research next time.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

1 poster to make a vague and unwarranted attack on Ethan.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

the twat

― winterland, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)

3 to lament about how they were left off the "ILx's Best Lightbulb-Changers" thread

― Nate in ST.P (natedetritus), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Nate OTM

― Lamenting (daveb), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Answer: None, because ILXors will never change a damn thing.

― Spinktor au de toilette (El Spinktor), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 19:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I remember when changing lightbulbs was a new and exciting thing to do, not like today. Oh sure, you kids can kid yourselves that you're changing lightbulbs now, but you're not really "Changing Lightbulbs," like we did when it mattered. Sorry, you'll have to find some new domestic task, because the golden age of changing lightbulbs is over, and you missed it.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! Perfect.
Or how about a side thread to say that all of ILE is unsafe due to the fact that you've never changed a lightbulb and you are now taking lessons! ;)

― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

omg's post summed it all up for me and there can be nothing funnier.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 01:03 (twenty-one years ago)

― dack, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)

15 to say that GE and Sylvania suck without really offering a real solid explanation

― Nate in ST.P (natedetritus), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

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