Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 1,392: 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; 4 to complain that they
were happy with the old one; 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; 12 to
flame the AOL users for violating netiqutte and blame them for
starting this whole thing; 3 to post about links they found from
the URLs that "are relevant to this list, which makes light bulbs
relevant to this list;" 45 posts about weather or not AOL should
even be allowed to exist; 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'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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