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This was posted to H-Costume. I LAUGHED!

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

           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.


Sorry.:-) Back to seriousness.

Lord Ras