>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