Now, isn't THIS off topic/  And BTW, I DID take offense tp it >  I am perfectly
capable of changing a light buld, even when it inoloves a ladder.  So, there.

MaryB.

Justin Philips wrote:

> At 06:36 AM 2/10/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >I just love it!
> >I'm about three or four days behind with email lists and somebody posts an
> >obviously off-topic, and possibly spurious piece of urban-legend crap to
> >the list.  Then, so far as I read through the backlog two people now post
> >back to the list protesting its having been posted here and observing how
> >off-topic, repugnant, and offensive it is.  They then go on and urge the
> >person not to post such trash here any more and, lo, and behold!, what
> >appears at the bottom of both their posts in its full and complete glory?
>
> Reminds me of the lightbulb joke!
>
>   Question: How many E-Mail List Subscribers does it take to change a light
> bulb?
>   Answer: 1,001
>
>   1 to 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 spell checkers
>
>   106 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.
>
>   99 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take this
> email exchange to private email.
>
>   113 to demand that cross posting to other mail lists about changing light
> bulbs be stopped.
>
>   101 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light bulbs
> and therefore the posts "are" relevant to this mail list.
>
>   156 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 concatenate 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 a new "Lite Bulb Changing" Mail List.
>
>   47 to say this is just what the Mail List was meant for
>
>   123 votes for the new Mail List.
>
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