Delightful have cross-posted immediately. On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, BETH SAURER wrote: > Hi friends! > > No new url to contribute here........but I noticed some "discussion" > occurring on our list.....so I thought I'd lighten-your-day a bit and > share this "Discussion Group" post for all to enjoy! > > Much love and many smiles, > > Beth* .....San Diego, California..... *;) > > > > The following is from the "Just 4 Laughs humor list": > > > Discussion group subscribers... > > Q: How many internet mail list discussion group subscribers does it take > to change a light bulb? > > A: 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 are 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. > > > ==== NEW-GEN-URL Mailing List ==== > List owner is Nadine and can be reached at > [email protected] > contact me if you have any probelms with the list. > > >