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From: "Frank Murray" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Off Topic (sort of) humour!
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:25:13 +1000
References: <BAA89987.878F%jools@maxnet.co.nz>

Yes. Yes. Yes! But what ship did the light bulb come out on?
Frank M.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Skellern" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:05 AM
Subject: [AUS-Tas] Off Topic (sort of) humour!


> Sent with Meryl's permission, taken from another List, where the problems
> are more often encountered than our friendly, wonderful, TasList!
> Jools
>
>
>
> "How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light
> bulb?"
> "1,331:
> 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 controversey.
> 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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