[MacDV] Re: List Follies

[Jerry Axley]

are you sure your arithmetic is right here??? I don't have my calculator
handy ...
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> From: Illovox Media <illovox at oz.net>
> Reply-To: "Macintosh Digital Video List"<MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 03:55:59 -0800
> To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: List Follies
> 
> Q: How many mailing list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
> 
> A: 1,445
> 
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post 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 email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation
> of their "acceptable use policy"
> 
> 109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this
> discussion to alt.litebulb;
> 
> 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling, and
> alt.illuminati about changing light bulbs be stopped;
> 
> 111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs
> and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group;
> 
> 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 then post the corrected
> URLs;
> 
> 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this
> group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group;
> 
> 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all
> headers and signatures, and add "Me too";
> 
> 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post 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 "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
> 
> 143 to say "do a DejaNews search on light bulbs before posting questions
> about light bulbs"
> 
> 34 to say "FA: on eBay---vintage light bulbs---no reserve"
> 
> 66 to killfile anything with the words "light" or " bulb" in it;
> 
> 1 Autobot from the Usenet Self Awareness Project to post that the lightbulb
> controversy generated the most posts;
> 
> 1 DejaNews subscriber to respond to the original post 6 months from now and
> start it all over again.
> 
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