ME TOO
phil smith---Original Message-----
From: Stinocher, Bryan D. <bdstinocher@sewsus.com>
To: 'TRIUMPH MAIL' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 10:37 AM
Subject: FW:How many does it take? non-LBC
>
>I picked this up floating around the net and thought it was funny:
>
>Internet Light Bulb
>
>Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
>light bulb? (more appropriately for our list: to determine the original BRG
>color code?)
>A: 1,343
>
>1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light
>bulb has been changed;
>
>14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
>light 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;
>
>41 to correct spelling/grammar flames;
>
>6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb";
>
>another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;
>
>156 to write to the list administrator about the light bulb discussion
>and its inappropriateness to this mail list;
>
>109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
>this email exchange to litebulb-l;
>
>203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and
>illuminati-l about changing light bulbs be stopped;
>
>111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light
>bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this mail list;
>
>306 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;
>
>27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs;
>
>14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and post the corrected
>URL's;
>
>3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to
>this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list;
>
>33 to link all posts to date, then quote 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 controversy;
>
>19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three";
>
>4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ;
>
>44 to ask what is "FAQ";
>
>4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago on Usenet?"
>
>143 to ask "what's Usenet?"
>
>
>Bryan Stinocher
>bdstinocher@sewsus.com
>502-782-7397 xt 2284
>1968 TR250 CD 5853 L
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