Dearest Malo P,
I'da missed your lovely litebulb List (assuming your "knight" litebulb joke
was end of your message & not scrolling further)---if not for SB's reference
to it just now. It's wonderful, P!
Con Catenation
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick McManus"
> Malodorous P
> Another if this works
>
> How many internet newsgroup subscribers does it take to change a light
> bulb?
>
> 1,331 !!
> 1 to successfully change the light bulb and to post to the newsgroup 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.
> 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb".
> 6 to condemn those 6 as puerile.
> 156 to write to the newsgroup moderator complaining about the light bulb
> discussion and its inappropriateness to this newsgroup.
> 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
> 109 to post that this newsgroup 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 newsgroup saying that we are all use
> lightbulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this newsgroup.
> 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
> newsgroup which makes light bulbs relevant to this newsgroup.
> 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 newsgroup 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 a FAQ?"
> 4 to say "Isn't there always a FAQ on Usenet?"
> 43 to ask "What's a Usenet?"
> 41 to propose a new newsgroup alt.change.lite.bulb.
> 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, send it
> there.
>
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