Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change alight bulb? A: 1,343 - 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" 6 more to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive 156 to write to the list administrator about the lightbulb 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 on litebulb-l 203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and illuminati-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 then 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?" 1 to add up the numbers and correct the addition. Sue McAlister http://homepages.about.com/tomssue/mcalisterpainterbickhartfamily/ PA-PITTSBURGH and PA-WESTMORELAND-HISTORIC list owner BALLES, ECKER, KELLAWAY, KELLOWAY, MCCALLISTER, MCALLISTER, SKELLY surname list owner. Adoption, Mystery, Horror, Stay-At-Home-Moms, Mother's Without Custody, Nost-TV, Palm-Gen and Westie community lists owner. --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.303 / Virus Database: 164 - Release Date: 11/24/2001