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And HEY.... is this a name brand or a generic lite bulb we're talking about? <wee smirk> Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Terry Hopping Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 8:54 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: You just gotta laugh! Great idea about us changing light bulbs but,who brought the light bulb ??? Ooops ! 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. >J. Darwin Hawkins, Test Engineering >Phone: (316) 523-2804 (W), (316) 788-2322 (H) >Fax: (316) 523-3130 (W) >Work E-Mail: [log in to unmask] >Home E-Mail: [log in to unmask] >