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To: Peter S. Maroulis who wrote (13498)2/20/2000 2:20:00 PM
From: Karen Lawrence   of 62549
 
Q: How many internet users does it take to change a light bulb?

A: 1,343 - 1 to change the light bulb and to post 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;

1 to correct spelling/grammar flames;

6 to argue whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb";
Another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;

156 to write to the site 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 lightbulb-list

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;

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 the 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 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 ask "Didn't we go through this a short time ago on Usenet?"

143 to ask "what's Usenet?"
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