that was a good one!!At 12:45 PM 2/12/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>In light of some of the good natured (& sometimes not so good natured(
>sparring that has occured on the list of late, I offer the following bit
>of humor... :-)
>
>Q:  How many Internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
>light bulb?
>
>A:  1,331:
>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.
>
>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 are 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.
>
>3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
>list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
>
>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 controversy.
>
>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.
>
>143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
>