

| Subject: | Re: <F> How to change a light-bulb, Usenet style |
| From: | Todd D. Gadberry |
| Date: | Sun, 14 May 2000 01:57:03 -0700 |
Me, too. news:alt.fan.lightbulbs http://www.ebulbs.com/ Todd '84 Westy "Titania" (waiting for the flamers)--> ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Adams" <keith_adams@TRANSCANADA.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 1:07 PM Subject: <F> How to change a light-bulb, Usenet style > Have a good weekend! > <toungue firmly planted in cheek> > > 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?" > > Keith Adams > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > 1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia
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