Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to
change a light bulb?
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 "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 the
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 this list?";
143 to ask "which list is this?".
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