CobraBoy wrote: > > How many Internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb? > > 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 > 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 controversy. > > 19 to quote the "Me Too=92s' 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. > > -- > > "The public wants what the public gets, > but I don't want what society's > got" - Paul Weller > > <> tbyars@earthlink.net <>