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In a message dated 3/21/99 4:53:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << >Hi everybody got this from another list. I thought I would pass it on to you. >This is cute > > >Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb? >A: 1,331: > >1 to change the light bulb and to post to the 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 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 URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs > >14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and to 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 summarize 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.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave it >here. > >143 votes for alt.lite.bulb. > >>