[PyrNet-L] Re: list humor

["Carrie Coffman" <carriecoffman@erols.com>]

Received this from another list, thought it was cute : ~)

Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light 
bulb? 
Answer:  1,372 
- 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/grammar flames; 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light
bulb"; another 6 to condemn 
those 6 as anal-retentive; 156 to write to the list administrator 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 litebulb-l; 203 to demand that cross posting to
grammar-l, spelling-l and 
illuminate-l 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
URL's where one can see 
examples of different light bulbs; 14 to post that the URL's were posted
incorrectly and the post the 
corrected URL's; 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are
relevant to this list which 
makes light bulbs relevant to this list; 33 to link 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; 44 to ask what is "FAQ"; 4
to say "didn't we go 
through this already a short time ago on Usenet?" 143 to ask "what's
Usenet?"