Date:         Fri, 22 Aug 1997 12:13:42 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mancuso <Mancuso@ETOWN.K12.PA.US>
Subject:      List humor--no VW content /f

Of course, this is about other lists, not ours!  ;-)
--Dave

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Q:  How many Internet mailing list subscribers does it take to
change a light bulb?

A: 1,331

--1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mailing list
that it has been changed.

--14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and
how it could have been changed differently.

--7 to caution about  the dangers of changing light bulbs.

--27 to point out spelling or grammatical errors in posts about
changing light bulbs.

--53 to flame the spell checkers.

--156 to write to the list administrator compalining about the
light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mailing
list.

--41 to correct spelling in the spelling and grammar flames.

--109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to
please take this mail exchange to alt.lit.bulb

--203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar,
alt.spelling, and alt.punctuation 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
mailing 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 URLs where one can see examples of different light
bulbs.

--14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post
corrected URLs.

--3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are
relevant to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this
list.

--33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them
including all the headers and footers, and then add, "Me too."

--12 to post that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
handle the light bulb controversy or the number of light bulb
posts.

--19 to quote the 'Me toods' to say, "Me Three."

--4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.

--1 to propose a new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.

--47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant
for, leave it there.

--143 votes for alt.lite bulb.

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Dave Mancuso
Mancuso@etown.k12.pa.us

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