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>Subject: Mailing List Joke (http://users.iei.net/~liz/list.htm)
>Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 19:12:12 -0500
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>Mailing List Joke
>How many Internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a =
>flickering light bulb?=20
>
>Answer: 1331=20
>
> a.. 1 to change the flickering light bulb and to post to the mail =
>list that the light bulb has been changed.=20
> b.. 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how
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>the light bulb could have been changed differently.=20
> c.. 7 to caution about the danger of changing light bulbs=20
> d.. 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing
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>light bulbs.=20
> e.. 53 to flame the spell checkers=20
> f.. 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the =
>light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.=20
> g.. 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.=20
> h.. 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to =
>please take the email exchange to "alt.lite.bulb"=20
> i.. 203 to demand that crossposting to "alt.grammar",
"alt.spelling" =
>and "alt. punctuation" about changing light bulbs be stopped.=20
> j.. 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use =
>flickering lightbulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this
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>mail list.=20
> k.. 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior,
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>where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best
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>for this technique, and what brands are faulty.=20
> l.. 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light =
>bulbs=20
> m.. 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post =
>the correct URLs.=20
> n.. 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are
relevant =
>to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.=20
> o.. 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including
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>all headers and footers, and then add "Me Too."=20
> p.. 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they
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>cannot handle the light bulb controversy=20
> q.. 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."=20
> r.. 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.=20
> s.. 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.=20
> t.. 47 to say this is just what alt. physic.cold_fusion was meant =
>for, leave it here.=20
> u.. 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.=20
>Totally Toddian Internet Funnies=20
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