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One, to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.

Seven, to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

Fourteen, to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.

Six, to argue over whether it’s “lightbulb” or “light bulb”...another six to condemn those six as stupid.

Two, industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is “lamp.”

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

Thirty-six, to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulb works best for this technique and what brands are faulty.

Seven, to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.

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

Thirteen, to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add, “Me too.”

Nineteen, to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a light bulb forum.

Eleven, to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum.

Two, to argue then move it to the Electricals section.

Three, to correct spelling/grammar flames.

Five, to flame the spell checkers.

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 URLs.

One, to move it to the Lighting section.

Four, to say, “Didn’t we go through this already a short time ago?”

Thirteen, to say, “Do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs.”

One, forum lurker to respond to the original post six months from now and start it all over again.

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