Q: How many Internet newsgroup subscribers does it take to change a
light bulb?
A: 1,189
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 is "lightbulb" or "light bulb"; another 6 to
condemn these 6 as anal-retentive.
156 to write to the group administrator about the light bulb discussion and
its inappropriateness to this newsgroup.
109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take this
exchange to alt.lightbulb
203 to demand that the cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
alt.illuminati about changing light bulbs be stopped.
111 to defend the posting to this ng saying that we all use light bulbs and
therefore the posts *are* relevant to this newsgroup.
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 the corrected
URLs.
3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this ng
which makes light bulbs relevant to this ng.
12 to post to the ng that they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle
the light bulb controversy.
4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
44 to ask what is a FAQ.
4 to say "Didn't we go through this already a short time ago on Usenet?"
43 to ask "What's Usenet?"
And that will bring us back to "doe ... a deer a female deer ..."
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