Date:  Wed, 16 Apr 1997 13:06:19 CST
From:  Ellen Johnson <Ellen.Johnson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WKU.EDU>
Subject: A little humor

   This is irrelevant here but, hey, go ahead and flame me!

   It was sent to me by someone at WKU, but I notice Duane's name at the
   bottom, coincidentally. Ellen


>>> 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
>>>      are 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.
>>>
>>
>
>
>Duane Campbell dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]epix.net
>http://www.epix.net/~dcamp/
>



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Subject: A little humor