Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 12:50:41 -0800
Reply-To: Dane Tessler <dane714@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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From: Dane Tessler <dane714@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject: How many does it take to.....
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>Q: How many vanagon internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb in a Westfalia?>
>A: 1,393:
>
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list 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,
> 4 to complain that they were happy with the old one,
> 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,
> 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light
> bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list,
> 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames,
> 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please
> take this email exchange to alt.lite.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 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 URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs,
> 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post
> corrected URLs,
> 12 to flame the AOL users for violating netiqutte and blame them for
> starting this whole thing,
> 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that "are relevant
> to this list, which makes light bulbs relevant to this list,"
> 45 posts about weather or not AOL should even be allowed to exist,
> 33 to concatenate 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 controversey,
> 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three,"
> 1 to share his experiences when he was a "lite Bulb Changing
> Consultant"
> 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ,
> 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup,
> 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for,
> leave it here, and
> 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
>
Dane Tessler
87 Westfalia
http://members.aol.com/Dane714/westfalia.html
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