Great idea about us changing light bulbs but,who brought the light bulb ???
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About typo's ..... I know how to type ... My fingers never learnrd

Terry






At 10:24 AM 8/12/98 -0500, Hawkins, Darwin wrote:
> Q:  How many Parkinson's Information Exchange members does it take to
>change
>    a light bulb?
>
> A:  1,354:
>
>        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 are all use
>          light bulbs and these posts **are** relevant to this 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 bulbs
>
>       14 to post URLs that were posted incorrectly and 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.physics.cold_fusion was meant
>for,
>          leave it here
>
>       23 to try any put the whole procedure into print using
>combinations of ((()))- - - >>>><<<<
>^^^^^^||||\\\\////.......####===~~~~~~~ and any other unique available
>symbols.
>
>      143 votes for alt.lite.bulb
>
>  Darwin H.
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