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From: "Balog, Michael G" <mbalog@montgomery.com>
Subject: FW: Light Bulb
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 06:37:10 -0800
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> 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
> 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.
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