Here we go again.
 
I know we had something much like this once before, but thought many would
enjoy itand since the logs are full of binaries, huge signatures, mee
toos, long quotes, and a few flames, what the hay!
 
Here's another comment on mailing lists:
http://www.catalog.com/vivian/life-cycle.html
 
(I gotta say at this point that BEE-L is a great list and, although it has
gone through all the inevitable phases, civility rules).
 
Allen
 
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Forwarded From:         Bruce Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>
 
I was going to post this to bee line, but thought that it would not make it
through the moderator.  Hope you enjoy it.
 
Sound like any lists anyone here knows????
 
     Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
     light bulb?
 
     A: 1,392:
 
     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,
 
     4 to complain that they were happy with the old one,
 
     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,
 
     12 to flame the AOL users for violating netiqutte and blame them
     for starting this whole thing,
 
     3 to post about links they found from the URLs that "are relevant to
     this list, which makes light bulbs relevant to this list,"
 
     45 posts about weather or not AOL should even be allowed to exist,
 
     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.lite.bulb newsgroup,
 
     47 to say this is just what (BEE-L) was meant for,
     leave it here, and
 
     143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.