i_humor Changing A Light Bulb


Question: How many newsgroup subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?

Answer: 1,001:

     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
   106 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.
    99 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and
       to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
   113 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar,
       alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing
       light bulbs be stopped.
   101 to defend the posting to this list saying that we
       all use light bulbs and therefore the posts
       **are** relevant to this mail list.
   156 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.
   123 votes for alt.lite.bulb.


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