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How many list members does it take to change a spark plug?

To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: How many list members does it take to change a spark plug?
From: Joseph Roach <jroach@qualcomm.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:49:45 -0700
Hey, here's some mail list humor some of you might get a kick reading.

  > >From the Nova List but funny as hell.

 > Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a spark plug?
 > A: 1,445:
 > --1 to change the spark plug and to post to the mail list that the
 > spark plug has been changed;
 > --14 to share similar experiences of changing spark plugs and how the
 > spark plug could have been changed differently;
 > --7 to caution about the dangers of changing spark plugs;
 > --27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing spark
 > plugs;
 > --53 to flame the spell checkers;
 > --41 to correct spelling/grammar flames;
 > --6 to argue over whether it磗 创sparkplug创 or 创spark plug创 and
 > another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;
 > --156 to write to the list administrator about the spark plug
 > discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list;
 > --109 to post that this list is not about spark plugs and to please
 > take this email exchange to sparkplug-l;
 > --203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and
 > sparkplug-l about changing spark plugs be stopped;
 > --111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use spark
 > plugs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this mail list;
 > --306 to debate which method of changing spark plugs is superior, where
 > to buy the best spark plugs, what brand of spark plugs work best for
 > this technique and what brands are faulty;
 > --41 to point out that not all of us use spark plugs, representing all
 > diesel owners;
 > --58 to question why diesel owners are on a non-diesel mailing list;
 > --3 to comment about conversions to electric;
 > --27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different spark plugs;
 > --14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and to post the
 > corrected URLs;
 > --3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to
 > this list which makes spark plugs relevant to this list;
 > --33 to link all posts to date, then quote them including all headers
 > and footers and then add 创Me too创;
 > --12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they
 > cannot handle the spark plug controversy;
 > --19 to quote the 创Me too磗创 to say 创Me three创;
 > --4 to suggest that posters request the spark plug FAQ;
 > --44 to ask what is 创FAQ创;
 > --4 to say创didn磘 we go through this already a short time ago dealing
 > with oil filters?创
 > --143 to ask 创what磗 an oil filter?创

HaHa!!
I think they forgot the 17 that would counter those stating that a message
is not relevant with the quip "if you don't think so ... then just hit the
DELETE key!   ;^)

Joseph Roach
65 1500
San Diego, CA

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