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> 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
>
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>
> Subject: the N.A.S.A.L.
> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 13:57:38 -0700
> From: "Rahne Kirkham" <rahne at mindspring.com>
> To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>
> I've hidden this from my fellow tweeters as long as I can but no more! I,
> Rahne, am really a starling and, as a card-carrying member of the N.A.S.A.L.
> (Non-indigeneous Avian Species Anti-defamation League), I must protest all
> the calumny, insults and threats heaped upon my species and my friends the
> Brown-headed Cowbirds, English Sparrows, Rock Doves etc. We have feelings,
> just like any indigenous birds. If you pluck us, do we not bleed?
>
> Rahne Kirkham
> rahne at mindspring.com
> Federal Way, Washington
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