I demand a recount! ;-)
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From: "Steve Bostedor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 08:56
Subject: RE: mailing list woes
> And 1 to post a joke about the whole thing. ;)
>
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brachmann Shaun
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 10:08 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: mailing list woes
>
>
> i don't remember where i clipped this from (maybe this list) but it
> definitely applies.
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> "Q:- How many mail list subscribers does it take to change a lightbulb?"
>
> "A:- 1,331...
>
> 1 to change the lightbulb 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
> lightbulb could have been changed differently...
> 7 to caution about the dangers of changing lightbulbs...
> 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing
> lightbulbs...
> 53 to flame the spell checkers...
> 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the lightbulb
> 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 lightbulbs 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 lightbulbs to be stopped...
> 111 to defend the posting to this list, saying that we all use lightbulbs
> and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this mail list...
> 306 to debate which method of changing lightbulbs is superior, where to
buy
> the best lightbulbs, what brand of lightbulb works best for this
technique,
> and what brands are faulty...
> 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different lightbulbs...
> 14 to post that URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
URLs...
> 3 to post about links they fround from the URLs that are relevant to
> thislist, which makes lightbulbs 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 lightbulb controversy...
> 19 to quote the "Me too"'s , to say "Me three"...
> 4 to suggest that posters request the lightbulb FAQ...
> 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup...
> 47 to say that this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for,
leave
> it there...
> 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb
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