How many PPrune Forums members does it take to change a lightbulb?
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How many PPrune Forums members does it take to change a lightbulb?
How many PPrune Forums members does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: 422 . .. .1 to change the lightbulb and post it to the board that the bulb has been changed. . .. .14 to respond and share similar experiences. . .. .7 to caution about the dangers of changing lightbulbs. . .. .27 to point out spelling errors and grammatical errors in postings and changing lightbulbs. . .. .53 to flame the spell-checkers. . .. .156 to write to the administrator to complain about the lightbulb discussion and its inappropriateness to the board. . .. .111 to defend the relevance of the lightbulb discussion. . .. .27 to post website addresses where one can see different examples of lightbulbs. . .. .14 to complain that the website addresses are incorrect and post correct ones. . .. .12 to "leave the board forever" because they can't handle the lightbulb controversy.
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To put your theory to the test, I'd like to share a similar experience I had with lightbulbs, as line 2 of your theory suggests. We can then see how long it takes before other lines are satisfied before reaching line 6 (the appropriateness theory). Hopfullly suphicient speling misstakes are present to allow others to jump in.. .Why does it take 5 women with PMT to change a lightbulb?. .(shouted) IT JUST DOES OK !!!!!!
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