How many Clay board members does it take to change a light bulb?
(Credit to Maxelli from the TTC
board for writing this.)
Answer:
1001.
1 to change the light bulb and post it to the group that the bulb has been
changed.
14 to respond and share similar experiences.
7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
12 who claim that they wanted to change the light bulb, but couldn't get
backroom passes.
24 to acclaim that this is the best performing light bulb, ever, in the history
of light bulbs.
2 'fans' who claim that they really, really love the light bulb, but question
the 'kind of light' that it puts out.
2 trolls who claim that they know the light bulb personally, and that the light
bulb would be shocked if it saw what we were saying about it.
51 people to tell the trolls that if they don't like the light bulb, why on
earth do they post on the light bulb thread?
2 to point out spelling errors and grammatical errors in postings
about changing light bulbs.
3 to flame the spell-checkers.
11 to write reviews of how effective and efficient the light bulb changer was.
1 to inform the others about how if you hold the light bulb up to the light just
right, you can see the filament.
29 people to offer advice on how to best photograph the light bulb and demanding
to see a little more filament.
2 people who share that they go to sleep at night staring into the bulb's light.
4 creative people to create cute emoticons of the light bulb dancing, singing
and 'stripping', etc.
6 people who fill up their post with 50 light bulb emoticons thudding to the
floor.
26 who beg for the link to the video of the light bulb being changed.
87 people who want to see the light bulb put on the short, tight green
tee-shirt.
93 people who want to see the light bulb rip the short, tight green tee-shirt
off.
11 people counting the number of tugs, yanks and deep knee bends it took to
change the light bulb.
15 to argue whether the light bulb should be 'soft white', a 'black lite', or
the new GE 'Reveal' bulb.
10 people who want to see the light bulb run its fingers through its threads.
4 people to explain the best way to examine the shadow cast by the light bulb.
1 who screams,"OMG OMG OMG! What is that move??" everytime the light
bulb flickers.
3 who swear that the light bulb winked at them! (and only them!)
11 who want to know what's going on between the light bulb and that socket.
9 who wonder what the light bulb meant when it said, "Ahm'd screwed!"
7 to ask moderators to lock the thread because of the 'Ahm'd screwed
controversy.
56 who want to know when the light bulb will be allowed to dump the lampshade
and shine on its own.
21 who speculate on how long the light bulb will last.
36 who speculate on how long the light bulb's filament will 'l a s t '.
43 who wonder if the light bulb hangs to the left or to the right.
1 to start a campaign to write RCA to let them know how to best handle our light
bulb's (OLB) career.
2 people to keep us updated on the light bulb sales ranking on Amazon.com.
27 to post website addresses where one can read articles or see photos about the
light bulb.
14 to complain that the website addresses are incorrect and post
correct ones.
3 to post progress reports on the campaign to write RCA to let them know how to
best handle our light bulb's career.
17 to hit the panic button when our light bulb (OLB) starts to drop in the
"which do you prefer, incandescent, hallogen, flourescent, or candlelight,
poll!
20 who post that they can't help cryng every time they even see the lightbulb.
37 who say they liked the light bulb before it was changed.
37 who say the light bulb definitely 'glows' brighter after it was changed.
42 who tell everyone to stop being so hard on OLB, because it has had a very
grueling few months and has given us its all.
12 "bumpers" bumping because the light bulb topic needs to stay on
page 1.
1 who complains that there are too many threads on the subject of changing light
bulbs.
44 to write to the administrator to complain about the light bulb discussion and
its inappropriateness to the group.
118 to defend the relevance of the light bulb discussion.
11 to "leave the group forever" because they can't handle the
light bulb controversy .
1 to ask "What is the light bulb discussion
all about-- did I miss something?" -(This is me!!!!!!)