Yep that about Sums it up..... have a happy holidays.....Keith
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 5:58 PM
Subject: [911] A Little Mail List Humor - (No Porsche Content)
>To the list!!
> Hope everyone finds this as amusing as I did.....
> regards, and Happy Holidays..
> Eric Linden
> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
>light bulb (in a garage containing a Porsche or Healey)?
>
> 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.
>
>Bob LaRoche
>Lifetime Rennlist Member
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