Humor - How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?

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List Subscribers Joke

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Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take

to change a light bulb?

A: 1,331:

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.

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 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. "

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.