Light Bulb Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 1,331:
* 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail
bulb has been changed
* 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
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
* 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail
:-) For fear of becoming one of the 33 "concatenatenators" adding a "Me 1332nd", I declare I am not in the light bulb business. Have a bright, "consensus-ed" 4-day break. Regards, Alex ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 9:56 AM Subject: Hmmm, how relevant is this?! list that the light light list.
* 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar
flames.
* 109 to post that this list is not about light
this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
* 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.
* 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use light bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to
bulbs and to please take this mail list.
* 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs
buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty.
* 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs
* 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected URLs.
* 3 to post about links they found from the URLs
list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
* 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote
is superior, where to that are relevant to this them including all headers
and footers, and then add "Me Too."
* 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle the light bulb controversey.
* 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."
* 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
* 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
* 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave it here.
* 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb
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