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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Q: How many Internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Exactly Five Hundred:

1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light bulb has been changed

7 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.

4 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

17 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
changing light bulbs.

21 to flame the spell checkers

49 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this maillist.

20 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.

32 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb

69 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.

41 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list.

106 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 arefaulty.

12 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs

8 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected URLs.

2 to post about links they found from the URLs that are
relevant to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.

15 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and footers, and then add pointedly, "Me Too."

6 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.

9 to quote the "Me Too's" and happily add, "Me Three!"

3 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.

1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.

24 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave it here.

53 votes for alt.lite.bulb.

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~C. Mongomery Burns

Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

This is why I don't use Star Trek newsgroups. . .

Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

The person who wrote that has no idea how alt groups work.... *LOL* No voting... Anyone can just newgroup it...

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Avon: "You really do believe in taking risks, don't you?"
Tarrant: "Calculated risks."
Avon: "Calculated on what? Your fingers?"
-- Blake's Seven, Ultraworld

Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Well, you can informally vote on alt.control, IIRC, although most people hate that.

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

Yeah, and Hawk'll kick your ass...

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Avon: "You really do believe in taking risks, don't you?"
Tarrant: "Calculated risks."
Avon: "Calculated on what? Your fingers?"
-- Blake's Seven, Ultraworld

Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Hawk?

Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

Yup.

(I hang around alt.config WAY more than I should...)

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Avon: "You really do believe in taking risks, don't you?"
Tarrant: "Calculated risks."
Avon: "Calculated on what? Your fingers?"
-- Blake's Seven, Ultraworld