This was posted on the DiRT list by David Goodin... epic, man...
" How many mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?"
Answer: 1,378
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
41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames
156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light
bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list
109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
this email exchange to another list
203 to demand that cross posting to other lists 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
3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to
this list which makes light bulbs relevant 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 URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs
14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post
corrected URLs
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 un-subscribing 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
48 to propose new change.lite.bulb newsgroup
47 to say there is already an alt.light.bulb newsgroup
143 to ask if anyone ever did change the light bulb
And of course a group to say the light bulb has to really want to
change,
and the HMO to say the light bulb had a pre-existing condition."
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