Hilarious... but you forgot about: 143 missing posts from the alleged 1331 posts in the running score of posts... I got 1188 from the list and here is this 1388 business!!! Sorry - just from reading the superb posting the numbers did not seem to add up so I nerdily checked them with my HP48G. heheh Kudos, Dan =) On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 19:43, Aaron Konstam wrote: > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > *Light Bulb List Members* > > THE QUESTION: > How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a > 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/grammar 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 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 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 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. > > 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. > > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > 715 Stadium Dr. > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > email:akonstam@trinity.edu -- Dan Clowater <clowater@cogeco.ca> -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
