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

Posted on 10/23/2003 10:26:08 AM PDT by Sir Gawain

How many freepers 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's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...

another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

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

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

156 to email the moderators complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy"

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

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

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's where one can see examples of different light bulbs

14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's

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

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

44 to ask what is a "FAQ"

4 to say "didn't 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


TOPICS: Free Republic; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: bulb; lamp; light; lightbulb
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To: Fiddlstix

Q: How many liberals does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Burning out is part of that lightbulb's culture. Who are you to ask for change?








Q: How many liberals does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Depends on whether it's a Federal job-creation program.








Q: How many liberals does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: That's just another hand-out to the lightbulb industry.



461 posted on 12/04/2004 1:53:18 PM PST by airborne (God bless and keep our fallen heroes.)
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To: Darksheare

Q: How many U. N. weapons inspectors does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: What lightbulb?


462 posted on 12/04/2004 1:54:12 PM PST by airborne (God bless and keep our fallen heroes.)
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To: airborne

LOL


463 posted on 12/04/2004 1:55:11 PM PST by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Darksheare

Q: How many Bill Clintons does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

A: That depends on your definition of the word 'screw'.



464 posted on 12/04/2004 1:56:31 PM PST by airborne (God bless and keep our fallen heroes.)
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To: airborne

LOL!!
I can see Blix saying that too.


465 posted on 12/04/2004 1:58:26 PM PST by Darksheare (You must be this tall to read this tagline.)
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To: Fiddlstix

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38e913210e1f.htm


466 posted on 12/04/2004 2:01:09 PM PST by Howlin (W, Still the President)
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To: Sir Gawain
I wish I was around back then. I bet those threads were fun.

It was. Jim Robinson was the only one with banning powers and it became well known that he slept in late on Saturday and Sunday mornings. You can imagine what went on...:)

467 posted on 12/04/2004 2:08:46 PM PST by xJones
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To: Sir Gawain

Then there's about 30 to say that if everyone had home-schooled their kids, a better lightbulb would have been invented by now.


468 posted on 12/04/2004 2:14:12 PM PST by JudyinCanada (Five-fingered Canadian)
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To: Sir Gawain
at least one veteran to post "is this breaking news!?"
469 posted on 12/04/2004 2:17:32 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (if a man lives long enough, he gets to see the same thing over and over.)
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To: Sir Gawain

Where are the møøses and stuned beebers?


470 posted on 12/04/2004 2:19:06 PM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: Darksheare
You know, I was just outside looking at the sun and I saw the oddest thing...
471 posted on 12/04/2004 2:22:57 PM PST by humblegunner (And who knows what else?)
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To: Sir Gawain

Hilarious. Thanks!


472 posted on 12/04/2004 2:23:59 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Pajama Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: SandyInSeattle

This is my first visit to a thread of this nature. I LOVE IT. Your guys (and gals) are great.


473 posted on 12/04/2004 2:28:20 PM PST by phil1750 (Love like you've never been hurt;Dance like nobody's watching;PRAY like it's your last prayer)
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To: MeekOneGOP

luv it!!!!!!!!!!!


474 posted on 12/04/2004 2:29:13 PM PST by lonestar (Me, too!--Weinie)
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To: humblegunner

Strangely, I recall a thread about that..


475 posted on 12/04/2004 2:36:49 PM PST by Darksheare (You must be this tall to read this tagline.)
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To: Sir Gawain; msdrby
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"

Awww, you remembered!

476 posted on 12/04/2004 2:40:20 PM PST by Professional Engineer (My clutch foot is tired of Paradigm Shifts. Don't we have automatics yet?)
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To: AppyPappy; Sir Gawain; bad company
Dude, what've I been sayin' for the past six years?(!)

(Retrieves millennium bug supplies, including gas masks, year's supply of fresh water and old, weatherbeaten copies of "Gent" magazine.)

477 posted on 12/04/2004 2:40:49 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham
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To: Sir Gawain

And one to write an opus...

About Free Republic and lightbulbs...

How the lighbulbs have changed...

And so had Free Republic...

And it wasn't the same anymore...

And how the opus writer is going to go elsewhere...

Where lightbulbs don't change...


478 posted on 12/04/2004 2:42:01 PM PST by mlmr (Rubbing it in Leftist faces since 1994)
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To: Sir Gawain; WestCoastGal

LOL Again

This is the one I was telling You about the other day.(or a take off of it)

Here is another good one:

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3aaf24856532.htm


479 posted on 12/04/2004 2:51:32 PM PST by ChefKeith (Life is GREAT with CoCo..........NASCAR...everything else is just a game!(Except War & Love))
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To: TrappedInLiberalHell

Light Bulb ping.

If you would like to be on the Light Bulb Ping list please email me. Warning: THis is a high-volume ping list!

480 posted on 12/04/2004 2:55:12 PM PST by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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