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Good Joke (RE: Alt-photo Reminder & Joke)



I like this one!   :-)


Dave


> And now for the weekly joke ...
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> 
> Mailing list users changing light bulbs
> 
> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to 
> change a light bulb?
> A: Exactly five hundred.
> 
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that 
> the light bulb has been changed.
> 
> 7 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and 
> how the light bulb could have been changed differently or to 
> caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
> 
> 17 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about 
> changing light bulbs.
> 
> 21 to flame the spell checkers.
> 
> 49 to write to the list administrator complaining about the 
> light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.
> 
> 20 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
> 
> 32 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to 
> please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb.
> 
> 69 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling 
> and alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.
> 
> 41 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use 
> light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this mail list.
> 
> 106 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.
> 
> 12 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
> 
> 8 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post 
> corrected URLs.
> 
> 2 to post about links they found from the URLs that are 
> relevant to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
> 
> 15 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them 
> including all headers and footers, and then add pointedly, "Me Too."
> 
> 6 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because 
> they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
> 
> 9 to quote the "Me Too's" and happily add, "Me Three!"
> 
> 3 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
> 
> 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
> 
> 24 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant 
> for, leave it here.
> 
> 53 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
> 
> 
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> 
> If you have a joke you would like to be used in this 
> situation - please email it to me privately please.
> 
> Gord Holtslander
> Alt-Photo-Process-L list manager
> gordon.holtslander@usask.ca
> 
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