This does seem familiar somehow.
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From: "ben williams"
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel
Subject: ng humor
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 05:38:35 -0500
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A bit of humor found in another NG
ben
Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light
bulb?
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 alt.litebulb.
203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
alt.illuminati 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 the 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 Usenet?"
143 to ask "what's Usenet?"
... and one to bitch about the math.... you only have 1228 people
here... what are the other 115 doing?
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Subject: ng humor
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A bit of humor found in another NG
ben
Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light
bulb?
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 alt.litebulb.
203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
alt.illuminati 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 the 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 Usenet?"
143 to ask "what's Usenet?"
... and one to bitch about the math.... you only have 1228 people
here... what are the other 115 doing?
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