Cause and effect ...

How many mingle members 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 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.

53 to flame the spell checkers.

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames.

6 to argue over whether it is a lightbulb or a light bulb ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as ****-retentive

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

15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that light bulb is perfectly correct.

156 to email the participant as ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their acceptable use policy

109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped.

111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group.

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.

27 to post URL where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

14 to post that the URL was posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL

3 to post about links they found from the URL that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.

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 group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.

19 to quote Me too

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.

44 to ask what is a FAQ

4 to say didnt we go through this already a short time ago?

143 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

Drank a glass of wine and 2 shots. Am now immobile.

Read this. Thought, perfect woman.

I just did something for a Klondike Bar. The guilt and shame is excrutiating.

This thing you did? Was your llama involved?.....

No but the pot pies were.

Sounds kinky...hehe