

| Subject: | Re: Friday Listserve Humor |
| From: | Bill Davidson |
| Date: | Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:08:16 -0800 |
Indeed! You have capture the character of the list..... (except me of course :) Bill > Question: How many Vanagon.com listserve readers > does it take to change a light bulb? > > > Answer: 826 > > > >1 to change the light bulb and to post 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 in the proximity of water. > > > >27 to point out typing errors in posts about > >changing light bulbs. > > > >53 to flame the typing checkers. > > > >41 to point out typing errors in the flames. > > > >6 to argue over whether it is "lightbulb" or > >"light bulb"; another 6 to condemn these 6 as > >anal-retentive. > > > >109 to post that this list is not about light > >bulbs and to please take this exchange elsewhere. > > > > > >111 to defend the posting to this list saying > >that we all use light bulbs and therefore the > >posts *are* relevant. > > > >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 the corrected URLs. > > > >44 to ask what is an URL. > > > >12 to post to the list that they are > >unsubscribing because they cannot handle the > >light bulb controversy. > > > >4 to say "We went through this already a short > >time ago and to check the archives" > > > >20 to ask what is the archives? > > > >23 to ask where are the archives? >
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