This is just a little humor about how it sometime feels to subscribe to a "mailing list"
> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change > a light bulb? > > A: 1,392: > > 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, > 4 to complain that they were happy with the old one, > 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 list, > 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames, > 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please > take 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 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 URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs, > 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post > corrected URLs, > 12 to flame the AOL users for violating netiqutte and blame them for > starting this whole thing, > 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that "are relevant > to this list, which makes light bulbs relevant to this list," > 45 posts about weather or not AOL should even be allowed to exist, > 33 to concatenate 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 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, and > 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb. > >
