From: Stephen_Reilly at domain dell.com
Date: Mon 10 Jul 2000 - 14:14:53 IST
replace 'light bulb' with 'fire wall'
couldn't resist . . .
-- steve
Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change
a
light bulb?
A: 1,343 -
- - - - -
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;
41 to correct spelling/grammar flames;
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"
156 to write to the list administrator about the light bulb
discussion
and its inappropriateness to this mail list;
109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please
take
this email exchange to litebulb-list;
203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and
illuminati-l 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 URL's where one can see examples of different light
bulbs;
14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the
corrected URL's;
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant
to
this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list;
33 to link 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;
44 to ask what is "FAQ";
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago on
Usenet?"
143 to ask "what's Usenet?"
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