You know you have been here a long time when you remember the first timet
hat, or something similar to that was posted.
That shit cracks me up, is that the same as the first one?
mark
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"If all thats left is duty,
I'm falling on my sword."
-Pedro The Lion
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Midn John Carswell wrote:
> I don't care what anyone says, this is very relevant to the list:
>
> 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�� and
> 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 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 Usenet?��
> 143 to ask ��what�s Usenet?��
>
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