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[at-l] Portrait of a mailing list :)

While it could be argued that this is not trail related, I will leave that up
to you :)  (WARNING: people with no sense of humor need not read)

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Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
A:  1,331

1 to change the lightbulb and to post to the list that the lightbulb 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 post 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.light.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 we all use light bulbs and
therefore the posts *are* relative 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 URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
14 to post that the URL's 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 relative to this list.
33 to consolidate 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's" to say "me three".
4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
1 to propose new alt.change.light.bulb newsgroup.
143 to erroneously identify the old newsgroup as alt.lite.bulb.
47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave it
here.


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