Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
light bulb?
A: Exactly Five Hundred:
1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light
bulb has been changed
7 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light
bulb could have been changed differently.
4 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
17 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
bulbs.
21 to flame the spell checkers.
49 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.
20 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
32 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
69 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.
41 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light bulbs
and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list.
106 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.
12 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs
8 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
URLs.
2 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
15 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all
headers and footers, and then add pointedly, "Me Too."
6 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
handle the light bulb controversy.
9 to quote the "Me Too's" and happily add, "Me Three!"
3 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
24 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave
it here.
53 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
light bulb?
A: Exactly Five Hundred:
1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light
bulb has been changed
7 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light
bulb could have been changed differently.
4 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
17 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
bulbs.
21 to flame the spell checkers.
49 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.
20 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
32 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
69 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.
41 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light bulbs
and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list.
106 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.
12 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs
8 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
URLs.
2 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
15 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all
headers and footers, and then add pointedly, "Me Too."
6 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
handle the light bulb controversy.
9 to quote the "Me Too's" and happily add, "Me Three!"
3 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
24 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave
it here.
53 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
