Good morning! I hope you'll forgive this "forward" - its not a Surgener post - but is so "right on" I thought you might enjoy it as much as I did! Ruby _________________________ > >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. > > > >