A friend sent me this and I thought I’d share . I’m not familiar with internet mail list but this seems slightly familiar .
How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to
change a light bulb?
A: 1,331:
1 to successfully 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 controversey.
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.
143 votes for a new list alt.lite.bulb.
Add 4-5 Thread Hijackers on the list to post items like their favorite chili recipe, The Crocodile Hunter vs. the Taco Bell Chihuahua, and the current sorry state of the Chicago Cubs.
Don’t forget the 4 posters giving links to alt.sex.felching.lightbulbs and alt.sex.squick.lighting.bulbs.