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Subject: RE: [Leica] FW: How many internet mail list members does it take to change a light bulb?
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 14:36:17 -0400

No.3 is, of course, most important, because if it isn't a Leica light
bulb it doesn't matter if it produces more light than the sun, will do
so for eternity, and costs less than a penny - it's obviously a piece of
shit. ;-)

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of
grduprey@rockwellcollins.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:44 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] FW: How many internet mail list members does it
take to change a light bulb?



Tim

a couple of questions:

1.  What wattage of Light Bulb?
2.  What type of bulb?  Soft White or Standard?
and last but not least
3. What brand of bulb?

Gene  (sorry I could not resist)



 

                      Tim Atherton

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                      05/28/2003 11:48 AM

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Q:  How many internet mail list members 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 or 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 are all using
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.light.bulb

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Replies: Reply from Rolfe Tessem <rolfe@ldp.com> (Re: [Leica] FW: How many internet mail list members does it take to change a light bulb?)