[pct-l] alt.lite.bulb <joke>

[Birgitte Jensen <bjensen4@juno.com>]

Here's an amusing but exagerated description of e-mail lists - taken with
permission from an e-mail list <g>. I have the feeling it was written
originally with unsenet group in mind.
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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 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 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.
>
>        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.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.





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