Me Too! 8^)
Joe
"Stinocher, Bryan D." wrote:
>
> I picked this up floating around the net and thought it was funny:
>
> Internet Light Bulb
>
> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
> light bulb? (more appropriately for our list: to determine the original BRG
> color code?)
> 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";
>
> another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;
>
> 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-l;
>
> 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 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?"
>
> Bryan Stinocher
> bdstinocher@sewsus.com
> 502-782-7397 xt 2284
> 1968 TR250 CD 5853 L
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