this is good

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Arnold [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 12:35 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: A Brief Spot of Listserv Humor


Q: How many listserv members does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: 1,343

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;

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames;

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"; another 6 to
condemn those 6 as anal-retentive;

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 litebulb-l;

203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and
illuminate-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 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;

44 to ask what is "FAQ";

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago on that
other list"

143 to ask "what's 'the other list'?"

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