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Said like a true engineer!! I don't usually read such long posts but I
loved every word of this.  We really do need to laugh, especially at
ourselves, every once in awhile.  If you haven't read the following post
yet, here it is again.  Read and laugh!!

Bev c/g; Murph PWP 56/7

On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:24:20 -0500 "Hawkins, Darwin"
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
> 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.
>J. Darwin Hawkins, Test Engineering
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