HOW MANY E-MAIL LIST SUBSCRIBERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?

Answer: 1,118

1 to change the light bulb and to post to the 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 post 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 if 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 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 summarize 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.

1 from the list admin notifying that the list is looking for a bigger
server to handle the load.

Humorist Unknown

Roger Craik
Maple Ridge BC
rcraik at home.com