Fw: List Humor

[Mike Bucher <mbucher@domain.elided>]

Got this on my other list:


>> Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
>> A: 1,331: 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the 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 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 summarize 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.
>>
>>


>Not that anything like that ever goes on here:)
>

Mike - this never happens on the IHC list <bg>