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psflannery:

How many mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?



Answer: 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



41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames



156 to write to the list administrator complaining 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 another list



203 to demand that cross posting to other lists 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



3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this list which makes light bulbs 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



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 controversey



19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."



4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ



48 to propose new change.lite.bulb newsgroup



47 to say there is already an alt.light.bulb newsgroup



143 to ask if anyone ever did change the lightbulb 

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