-----Original Message----- From: Barbara Gingerich Rivas <sayona@telepath.com> To: HARDIN-L@rootsweb.com <HARDIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, August 29, 1998 1:21 PM Subject: [HARDIN-L] re: changing light bulbs >>From the Roots list: > >X-Message: #18 >Date: Fri, 28 Aug 98 21:22:10 -0600 >From: Carma Brown <carma@uni-sol.com> >posted on another list by Chris Stewart, chriss@gorge.net > > >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 controversy. > >| >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. > >Barbara Rivas >sayona@telepath.com > >