Q: How many Internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
light bulb?
A: 1,343
*1 to actually change the light bulb 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
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 spelling/grammar critics
*1 to correct the spelling and grammar in the spelling/grammar flames
*6 to argue whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"
*156 to write to the list administrator about the light bulb
discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list
*109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please
take this email exchange to lightbulb-list 203 to demand that cross
posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and illuminati-l 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 URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
*14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and to post the
corrected URL's
*3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to
this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list
*33 to link all posts to date, then quote them (including all headers
and footers) and then add "Me too"
*12 to advise the list that they are unsubscribing because they are
upset with 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
*44 to ask what is "FAQ"
*4 to ask "Didn't we go through this a short time ago on Usenet?"
*143 to ask "what's Usenet?"