Q: How many Internet mailing 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 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.
(sorry about the size of this but I thought it would be aprapos, and it's
SOOOO true) <LOL>
David P. Greenberg
Bitco Electronics
"In Service to the Recording Industry"
**Rock on with glowing glass**
-----Original Message-----
From: PadLocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, November 19, 1999 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
>yes it is, BUT 2 is an even digit and I think the point was that 11-19-1999
>will be the last calander date with all odd digits.
>
>This person probably also realizes that today is the first day of the rest
of
>the week :) *chuckle* jk
>
>
>On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, you wrote:
>> From: Ronald A. Yacketta
>>
>> what about 1/9/2001?
>> is that not odd a nod number? 1 is odd, 9 is nod and oh yeah 2001 is a
odd
>> number ;-P
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> bluebottle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/19/99 11:55:40 AM
>>
>> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> cc: (bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC)
>> Subject: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Today - Friday, 19/11/1999 - will be the last day that has all odd
digits
>> in it's date until 1/1/3111. That's right, you will have seen the last
"odd
>> digit day" in your lifetime, and for approximately 37 generations to
come!
>--
>PadLocke the Ogre
>There are three types of people in this world...
>those who can count, and those who can't!
>
