LPM: FW: Humor

[Lang Loren]

Shamelessly poached from another list:

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> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does 
>        it take to change a light bulb?  
> 
> A: 1,343 
> 
>      - 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/grammar flames
>      - 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"
>      - another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
>      - 156 to write to the list administrator 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 litebulb-l
>      - 203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and 
>           illuminati-l 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 URL's where one can see examples of different light
> bulbs
>      - 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and the post the 
>           corrected URL's
>      - 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant
> to 
>           this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list
>      - 33 to link 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
>      - 44 to ask what is "FAQ"
>      - 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago on
> Usenet?"
>      - 143 to ask "what's Usenet?"