How many does it take ...

To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
Subject: How many does it take ...
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 09:11:08 -0500
Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net
Subject: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change
light bulb?

Answer:       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/gramer 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
         using 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 un subscribing because they
         cannot handle the light bulb controversies.
 
      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.


        Date: Wed, 7 May 97 13:36:00 -0400
        From: "Brent A. Oja" <brento-at-usa.globelle-dot-com>
        Organization: Globelle