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Bajagypsy
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Funny and True
I just received this and thought it was soooo funny! Enjoy! 
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How many messageboard list members does it take to change a lightbulb?
One to change the light bulb and a second to post that the light bulb has been changed (the first does not have regular email access).
Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.
Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
Seven more to point out spelling or grammar errors in the posts about changing light bulbs.
Five to flame the spell checkers.
Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.
Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"
... another six to condemn those six as stupid.
Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give correct spelling.
One to post the old joke about "Hams don't change light bulbs, they redesign the ciruit to use LED's".
Two to post that "LED's" is incorrect grammar, and that the plural form of LED is LEDs.
Three to post that the "LED's" / LEDs postings are Off Topic as the current discussion is about light bulbs.
Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs or LEDs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb or LED) forum /
mailing list / chatroom / whatever.
Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this group.
Two to say "I'm having to change lightbulbs tomorrow at work therefore it is relevant to ME".
Thirty-six 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.
Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL (bracketed inside < and > characters so that word wrap does
not break the URLs).
Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.
Thirteen to link all postings to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers, trailers and signatures, and add "Me too".
Another four that again quote the above "all postings" and add "Me three".
Five to post to the group that they are quiting the list because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
Four to ask "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
Thirteen to say "Google is your friend", or "Do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
Three to tell a funny story about their spouse/cat/dog/ parrot/whatever and a light bulb.
AND
One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.
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Don Alley
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The lightbulb has been changed.
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elizabeth
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Could you please explain the manner in which it was changed so we can decide if it was done correctly?
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SDRonni
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I changed a lightbulb using a ladder, but I suppose one could use a chair..............
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CaboRon
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To Baja Gypsy
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fishbuck
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So how many Nomads does it take to change that light bulb? Or is it lightbulb?
[Edited on 9-22-2008 by fishbuck]
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Barry A.
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Gypsy-------you are right----it IS funny, and very clever, and oh so true!!!
You gotta love it!!!! 
Barry
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jodiego
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Which lightbulb are we talking about???
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jodiego
Which lightbulb are we talking about??? |
How could we possibly know if the light bulb is working since we have our heads buried in the sand???
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Cypress
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What's a light bulb?
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bajabound2005
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what (or is that "watt") about energy-efficient lightbulbs?
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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Bob and Susan
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i think it's "lightbulb"
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Cypress
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Bob and Susan.
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vandenberg
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I like candles myself.
And wouldn't the modern day spelling be "litebulb" 
[Edited on 9-22-2008 by vandenberg]
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Wingnut
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Way to go, BajaGypsy. You have nailed this board so perfectly. And by the way did we go "green" in light bulb use? The Nomads get off on so many
tangents sometimes that this is not only very funny but true.
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bajalera
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Indeed that IS funny--and sounds a bit like us. Thanks, Gypsy.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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Paulina
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Thank you Gypsy, I feel enlightened, watt would we do without you? I might suggest a LB-BBB (Lightbulb Baja Buddy Bash) so we can all get together and
discuss this topic in person.
P<*)))>{
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Bajagypsy
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Paulina that would be fun!
Jut thought I'd break up the tension abit
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jeans
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Before a light bulb can be changed, it has to really WANT to change.
[Edited on 9-22-2008 by jeans]
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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Bajagypsy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jeans
Before a light bulb can be changed, it has to really WANT to change.
[Edited on 9-22-2008 by jeans] |
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