[Kictanet] Fw: Hmmm, how relevant is this?!
Alex Gakuru
way_forward_tech at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 18 10:31:21 EAT 2005
:-)
For fear of becoming one of the 33 "concatenatenators"
adding a "Me 1332nd",
I declare I am not in the light bulb business.
Have a bright, "consensus-ed" 4-day break.
Regards,
Alex
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 9:56 AM
Subject: Hmmm, how relevant is this?!
> Light Bulb
> Q: How many internet mail list 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
>
> Beth
> this eMail has been scanned for viruses
>
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