1) This is a mailing list, not a mail list. :)
2) spelling/grammar is not a word. :) (Should be spelling AND
grammar) :)
Count me in the numbered. <grin>
Donald Koch
On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Amy Stinson wrote:
> This was sent to my list by a friendly person after a
> particularly heated discussion over the apparent value of various
> operating systems (on a machine-knitting list).
>
> >
> >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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Donald T. Koch
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http://www.angelfire.com/vt/kochd
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