I thought this was pretty cute!
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From: CFSNEW@aol.COM
Reply-to: mftnet@db1.cc.rochester.edu
To: mftnet@db1.cc.rochester.edu
Date: 97-04-22 01:42:52 EDT
This was on another listserv I belong to and I thought some of you might
enjoy it.
> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take
>>> to change a light bulb?
> A: 793
>>> 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.
>>> 156 to write to the list administrator complaining
about the light bulb discussion and its
inappropriateness to this list.
>>> 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and
>>> to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
>>> 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we
>>> are all use light bulbs and therefore the posts
>>> **are** relevant to this 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 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.