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Joyce Jones <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 6 Mar 1998 13:39:36 -0500
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I got this this morning and had to share it with all my lists.  It just sounds too familiar.  Joyce Jones
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a lightbulb?
> A: 1,1331
>
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post  to the 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 comlaining about the light bulb
> discussion and its inapporpriatness 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 but 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 defferent light bulbs
>
> 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly, and to post 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 summarize all posts to datr, 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 lt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave it here
>
> 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb
>
> Kathie Nettleton
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