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 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

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