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dom
| | Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 12:25 am: | 
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Q: How many mailing list subscribers does it take to
change a light bulb?
A: 1,445
1 to change the light bulb and to post 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/grammar flames;
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light
bulb";
another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;
156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that
they are in violation
of their "acceptable use policy"
109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs
and to please take this
discussion to alt.litebulb;
203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar,
alt.spelling, and
alt.illuminati about changing light bulbs be stopped;
111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we
all use light bulbs
and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group;
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
then post the corrected URLs;
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that
are relevant to this
group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group;
33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their
entirety including all
headers and signatures, and add "Me too";
12 to post to the group that they will no longer post
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;
44 to ask what is a "FAQ";
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short
time ago?"
143 to say "do an archive search on light bulbs before
posting questions about light bulbs"
34 to say "FA: on eBay---vintage light bulbs---no
reserve"
66 to killfile anything with the words "light" or "
bulb" in it;
1 Autobot from the Yahoo Groups Self Awareness Project
to post that the lightbulb
controversy generated the most posts;
1 subscriber to respond to the original post 6
months from now and start it all over again.
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Kim S (Roverine)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 01:38 am: |
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Very good, "dom", LOL excellent use of bandwidth Now, go shop the dweb store, and support it (there sre good things there). |
Brian Friend (Brianfriend)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 10:49 pm: |
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That was very funny. now who is going to bring up the roof rack post? |
Ron
| | Posted on Sunday, February 09, 2003 - 12:31 am: |
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LOL dom,
bring the hobart with you when you swing by tomorrow. I want to get the tabs on my A-bar as I got the hella sorted this evening, even found some fog light wires.
Ron |
Milan (Milan)
Advanced member
Username: Milan
Post Number: 122
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 09, 2003 - 09:57 pm: |
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Very good, "dom", LOL excellent use of bandwidth Now, go shop the dweb store, and support it (there sre good things there).
Yeah. Like lightbulbs. Should I post a link for you? |
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