Date:         Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:08:16 -0800
Reply-To:     Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: Friday Listserve Humor
Comments: To: Holm <vholm@CHARTER.NET>
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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?
>