| From: | Negative Pulse <negativepulse@********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | FWD>> Listserv Humor |
| Date: | Fri, 18 Apr 1997 14:37:26 -0400 |
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>From: Erik_Jameson@*****.COM
>Subject: FWD>> Listserv Humor
>To: NERPS@********.ITRIBE.NET
>
>FWD>> Listserv Humor
>To nerps@********.itribe.net
>
>
>A fellow co-worker at the office found this on one of his
>mailing lists. I thought it might be very amusing for
>everyone. Also, if someone wants to forward it to RN, where
>I'm sure they could use it, please go ahead. It also
>explains why I left RN a while back...;-)
>
>Erik
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>Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light
>bulb?
>
>A: 1,331
>
>
>1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that
>they did it.
>
>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
>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."
>
>5 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 alt.lite.bulb.
>
>1 to point out that the correct number should be 1,332.
>
>1 to wonder if the person asking that makes it 1,333.
>
>6 to say the inability to deal with numbers shows the sorry
>state of
>education under the Republican/Democratic regimes.
>
>7 to argue on the educational budgets under
>Democrats/Republicans
>
>3 to blame Hillary Clinton.
>
>18 to flame the others.
>
>1 new subscriber to ask what the original question was and
>could someone
>bring him/her up to date?
>
>1 list owner to intervene.
>
>
