Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it
take to change a light bulb?
A: Exactly Five Hundred:
1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list
that the light bulb has been changed
7 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and
how the light bulb could have been changed differently.
to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
17 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
changing light bulbs.
21 to flame the spell checkers
49 to write to the list administrator complaining about the
light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail
list.
20 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
32 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to
please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
69 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar,
alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be
stopped.
41 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all
use light bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this
mail list.
106 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.
12 to post URLs where one can see examples of different
light bulbs
8 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to
post corrected URLs.
2 to post about links they found from the URLs that are
relevant to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this
list.
15 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them
including all headers and footers, and then add pointedly, "Me
Too."
6 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because
they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
9 to quote the "Me Too's" and happily add, "Me Three!"
3 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
24 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was
meant for, leave it here.
53 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
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