How many
internet mail list subscribers does it take...
If you haven't come across this
"gem", then you must have had your had stuck up your
arse (or, more worryingly for your parents, up someone else's
arse) for the last few weeks. Enjoy...
"Q:- How many internet mail list
subscribers does it take to change a lightbulb?"
"A:- 1,331...
- 1 to change the lightbulb 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 lightbulb could have
been changed differently...
- 7 to caution about the dangers of
changing lightbulbs...
- 27 to point out spelling/grammar
errors in posts about changing lightbulbs...
- 53 to flame the spell checkers...
- 156 to write to the list
administrator complaining about the lightbulb 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 lightbulbs 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 lightbulbs to be stopped...
- 111 to defend the posting to this
list, saying that we all use lightbulbs and therefore the
posts *are* relevant to this mail list...
- 306 to debate which method of
changing lightbulbs is superior, where to buy the best
lightbulbs, what brand of lightbulb works best for this
technique, and what brands are faulty...
- 27 to post URLs where one can see
examples of different lightbulbs...
- 14 to post that URLs were posted
incorrectly, and to post corrected URLs...
- 3 to post about links they fround
from the URLs that are relevant to thislist, which makes
lightbulbs 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 lightbulb
controversy...
- 19 to quote the "Me too"'s
, to say "Me three"...
- 4 to suggest that posters request
the lightbulb FAQ...
- 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb
newsgroup...
- 47 to say that this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion
was meant for, leave it there...
- 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb
Chalkhills, anyone?
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