That's good, but you forgot 27 to post how 43 replies did not start with
"OT:"  :-)

Ray Shahan

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans", John Lennon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Burnett [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:57 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      OT:  List subscribers and the light bulb
>
> Sorry, I couldn't resist.  Just demonstrates the humanness of us all.
>
> Q:  How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light
> bulb?
> A:  1,331:
> * 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 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 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 controversey.
> * 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.
>
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