And 1 to post a joke about the whole thing. ;)
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brachmann Shaun
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 10:08 AM
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Subject: mailing list woes
i don't remember where i clipped this from (maybe this list) but it
definitely applies.
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"Q:- How many mail list subscribers does it take to change a lightbulb?"
"A:- 1,331...
1 to change the lightbulb 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
lightbulb could have been changed differently...
7 to caution about the dangers of changing lightbulbs...
27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing
lightbulbs...
53 to flame the spell checkers...
156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the lightbulb
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 lightbulbs 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 lightbulbs to be stopped...
111 to defend the posting to this list, saying that we all use lightbulbs
and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this mail list...
306 to debate which method of changing lightbulbs is superior, where to buy
the best lightbulbs, what brand of lightbulb works best for this technique,
and what brands are faulty...
27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different lightbulbs...
14 to post that URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected URLs...
3 to post about links they fround from the URLs that are relevant to
thislist, which makes lightbulbs relevant to this list...
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 lightbulb controversy...
19 to quote the "Me too"'s , to say "Me three"...
4 to suggest that posters request the lightbulb FAQ...
1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup...
47 to say that this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave
it there...
143 votes for alt.lite.bulb
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