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Ken Follet <[log in to unmask]>
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BULLAMANKA-PINHEADS The historic preservation free range.
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Sun, 23 Nov 1997 10:37:56 -0500
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I stole this.
GO


Q: How many Internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a toilet
paper roll?

A: 1,331

1 to change the toilet paper roll and to post to the mail list that the
toilet paper roll has been changed.

14 to share similar experiences of changing toilet paper rolls and how the
toilet paper roll could have been changed differently.

1 to complain about wet fingerprints and people who do not put the lid down.

7 to caution about the dangers of changing toilet paper rolls (3 of which
post an MSDS).

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing toilet paper
rolls.

53 to flame the spell checkers.

156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the toilet paper
roll discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.

1 to post an extensive and well researched history of TP.

27 to correct the history of TP.

41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.

109 to post that this list is not about toilet paper rolls and to please take
this email exchange to alt.wipe.number_2.

1 to remind us all that this was discussed already in 1534 and we should get
on to something new and modern.

203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling,
alt.punctuation, alt.engineering, and alt.philosophy about changing toilet
paper rolls be stopped.

111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use toilet paper
rolls and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list.

1 to suggest the thread be re-routed to the US Treasury.

306 to debate which method of changing toilet paper rolls is superior, where
to buy the best toilet paper rolls, favorite mail-order houses, what brand of
toilet paper rolls work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty.

1 to explain how changing their TP caused a fire and burnt down their biffie.

27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different toilet paper rolls,
some of them with multi-media LIVE ACTION video.

1 passionate environmentalist to suggest recycling.

37 to complain that TP is no longer built like it was in the good-old-days.

3 to complain about the quality of the LIVE ACTION video and requesting a
source of VCR tapes.

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 toilet paper rolls relevant to this list.

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

1 sick bastard to suggest the use of high-volume propane torches.

12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle
the toilet paper roll controversy.

48 to discuss the merits of using various types of deciduous tree leaves and
plastic bags.

19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."

4 to suggest that posters request the toilet paper roll FAQ.

1 philanthropist that begins mailing out cases of their favorite TP to all
subscribers to the list.

1 to propose new alt.change.wipe.shit newsgroup.

47 to say this is just what alt.psychotic.infantile was meant for, leave it
there.

143 votes for alt.wipe.number_2.

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