I thought this was especially good in light of the list's recent discussion of prepositions etc. Happy Friday!! Chris. > 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.physics.cold_fusion > was meant for, leave it here. >