[Fwd: [gematria] How Many List Subscribers Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?]

[Mark A. Douglas]

How many Internet mail list subscribers does it take
to change a light bulb?

A: 1,331:

   1 to successfully 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

 156 to write to the list administrator complaining
     about the light bulb discussion and its
     inappropriateness to this mail list.

  41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar
     flames.

 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs
     and to please take this e-mail 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 list saying that we
     are 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 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 list which makes light bulbs
     relevant to this list.

  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 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.

   1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.

  47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion
     was meant for, leave it here.

 143 votes for a new list alt.lite.bulb.



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