Some may think this is funny, others will bitch about it wasting bandwidth...

[VeeWdriver@aol.com]

 Q: How many internet e-mail list subscribers does it take to change a
 light bulb?

 A: 1,343

 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;

 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames;

 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"; another 6
 to
 condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;

 156 to write to the list administrator about the light bulb discussion
 and its inappropriateness to this mail list;

 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
 this email exchange to litebulb-l;

 203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and
 illuminati-l 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 URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs;

 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and the post the
 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 link 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;

 44 to ask what is "FAQ";

 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago on
 Usenet?"

 43 to ask "what's Usenet?"


Tom

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