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From: "Gwyneth Pearson" <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: North East Wales Institute
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 14:54:39 GMT
Subject: For your amusement....
Priority: normal
I forward this with the memory of recent exchanges in mind!
>Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take
> to change a light bulb?
>
>A: 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. [etc etc etc]
>
>But you foget the other 283:
>
>6 to say that the light bulb did not need replacing in the first place.
>4 to complain that the wrong light bulb was replaced.
>17 to tell the 4 to shut up cos its obvious the bulb needed replacing.
>1 bad joke about heavy bulbs not needing replacement.
>24 to point out the joke is bad.
>17 replies to "lighten up, get a life, its only a joke".
>9 to ask for more info on heavy bulbs.
>38 to point out that the heavy bulb is a joke not a serious concept.
>11 to complain that they were added to the list by mistake thinking it
>was about garden bulbs.
>4 further postings demanding to be removed from the list immediately.
>18 responses telling the gardeners to read the FAQ on how to unsubscribe.
>1 (late) posting from the system administrator apologising for the list
>server crashing under the weight of light bulb postings.
>36 to blame SysAd for failing to anticipate the problem.
>54 to defend SysAd
>1 to send a jpg of a changed light bulb.
>28 to complain that images affect download time and cost money.
>14 to point out that, by this time, the light bulb has blown again.
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