How many NG subscribers does it take ... From: MindShift Design <mindshift@usa.net> Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000 Found this on one of the other newsgroups - though y'all might want to see it <g>. Enjoy : Q: How many newsgroup subscribers does it take to change a light bulb? : A: 1,331: : 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. : 156 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. : 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take : this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb : 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and : alt.punctuation 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 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 new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup. : 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave : it here. : 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb HE HE HE -- Jason Paul McCartan MindShift Design Game Developers ��� "Altering Perceptions, Creating Worlds" Home to the PBM/PBeM Developers Webring email: mindshift@usa.net website: http://www.tightbeam.com/mindshift ICQ #: 16802661 Referenced By Up