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- To: wake@wave.rio.com
- Subject: WAKE: If you can't handle the humor...just delete it
- From: Vorlauffer <Vorlauffer@AOL.Com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 21:21:44 EST
If you can take the humor...read on. If you might get pissed off - hit delete now. It tickled me, so I thought I'd share. Scott Tams > Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light > bulb? > A: 1,331: > > 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the 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. > > 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. > > 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 summarize 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 controversy. > > 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three." > > 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. > > 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb. >
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