X-Message-Number: 11401 From: BruceWaugh <> Subject: Humor (Lightbulbs and Cryonet) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:50:55 -0500 ------ =_NextPart_000_01BE6B27.5726A6C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I don't know the author of this- but I'm reminded of it by the unsubscribing discussion: >Question: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to > change a light bulb? > >Answer: 1,343 > > 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that > the lightbulb has been changed; > > 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how > the lightbulb 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" and > 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-list; > >203 to demand that cross-posting to grammar-list, spelling-list > and illuminati-list 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 > lightbulbs; > > 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and to 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 a "FAQ"?; > > 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago > on Usenet?"; > >143 to ask "what's Usenet?"; > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------ =_NextPart_000_01BE6B27.5726A6C0 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING BASE64 ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=11401