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Posted by Stormin Mormon on January 21, 2008, 7:33 pm
How many newsgroup subscribers does it take
to change a lightbulb?
How many internet newsgroup subscribers does it take to change a light
bulb?
1,331 !!
a.. 1 to successfully change the light bulb and to post to the newsgroup
that the light bulb has been changed.
b.. 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
light bulb could have been changed differently.
c.. 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
d.. 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
bulbs.
e.. 53 to flame the spell checkers.
f.. 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb".
g.. 6 to condemn those 6 as puerile.
h.. 156 to write to the newsgroup moderator complaining about the light
bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this newsgroup.
i.. 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
j.. 109 to post that this newsgroup is not about light bulbs and to please
take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb.
k.. 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.
l.. 111 to defend the posting to this newsgroup saying that we are all use
lightbulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this newsgroup.
m.. 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.
n.. 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
o.. 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post
corrected URLs.
p.. 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to
this newsgroup which makes light bulbs relevant to this newsgroup.
q.. 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all
headers and footers, and then add "Me Too."
r.. 12 to post to the newsgroup that they are unsubscribing because they
cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
s.. 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."
t.. 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
u.. 44 to ask "What is a FAQ?"
v.. 4 to say "Isn't there always a FAQ on Usenet?"
w.. 43 to ask "What's a Usenet?"
x.. 41 to propose a new newsgroup alt.change.lite.bulb.
y.. 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, send
it there.
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Posted by Sam E on January 21, 2008, 10:09 pm
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:05:56 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
>How many Usenet posters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
None. They don't know the socket's URL.
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