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> From: Russ & April 
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: How many subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
> Date: Thursday, August 20, 1998 11:29 PM
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> The following is from the "Just 4 Laughs humor list":
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> Discussion group subscribers...
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> Q: How many internet mail list discussion group subscribers does it take
> to change a light bulb?
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> A: 1,331:
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> 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light
> bulb has been changed
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> 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
> light bulb could have been changed differently.
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> 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
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> 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
> bulbs.
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> 53 to flame the spell checkers
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> 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
> discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.
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> 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
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> 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
> this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
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> 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
> alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs
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> 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
> URLs.
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> 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
> list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
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> 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all
> headers and footers, and then add "Me Too."
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> 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
> handle the light bulb controversey.
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> 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."
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> 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
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> 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
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> 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave
> it here.
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> 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
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