SC - Fwd: JOKE ALERT!! *smile*

[Kay Loidolt]

Marcus Loidolt wrote:

> Kinda funny for those of us who've spent any time on the net reading
> e-mail lists!! Luckily there are not many of 'my' lists that seem to  
>suffer a great deal from these problems!!!
> 
> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
> light bulb?
> 
> A: 1,343
> 
> 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;
> 
> 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames;
> 
> 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"; another 6
> to
> condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;
> 
> 156 to write to the list administrator about the light bulb discussion
> and its inappropriateness to this mail list;
> 
> 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
> this email exchange to litebulb-l;
> 
> 203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and
> illuminati-l 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 URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs;
> 
> 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and the post the
> corrected URL's;
> 
> 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to
> this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list;
> 
> 33 to link 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's" to say "Me three";
> 
> 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ;
> 
> 44 to ask what is "FAQ";
> 
> 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago on
> Usenet?"
> 
> 43 to ask "what's Usenet?"