Re: Who are you?
David Crook (dcrook@commwerks.com)
Wed, 25 Feb 1998 00:02:13 -0800
CobraBoy wrote:
>
> How many Internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
>
> 1 to 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
> 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 controversy.
>
> 19 to quote the "Me Too=92s' 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 alt.lite.bulb.
>
> --
>
> "The public wants what the public gets,
> but I don't want what society's
> got" - Paul Weller
>
> <> tbyars@earthlink.net <>
Me Too!
Dave