>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