I send this to the list only because of its relevence to our
present spellers/non-spellers , technology-only/humanity-too
threads. Laugh out loud, or grumble and delete immediately. Lisa
Question How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to
change a light bulb?
Answer 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.light.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 controversey. 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.light.bulb newsgroup.
47 - to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant
for, leave its here. 143 - votes for alt.light.bulb.