Re: listserve comment

**Underwood Gardens i*@underwoodgardens.com**

Way to go, Saxon....we all need to lighten up.  Thanks!
Mayo Underwood

On Sep 28, 2005, at 11:54 AM, Saxon Holt wrote:

> Saw this on another listserv, and had a good laugh so I thought I'd
> pass it on - as we seem to need a bit of levity ourselves . . . .
>
> Saxon Holt
>
> Q: How many mailing list subscribers does it take to change a light
> bulb?
>
> A: 1332
>
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the 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
>
> 28 to point out spelling and/or grammar errors in posts about changing
> light bulbs
>
> 53 to flame the spell-checkers
>
> 156 to write to their ISPs complaining about the light bulb discussion
> and its inappropriateness to this mailing list
>
> 41 to correct spelling in the spelling and/or grammar flames
>
> 109 to post that this mailing list is not about light bulbs and to
> please take this e-mail exchange to some other more appropriate
> mailing
> list
>
> 203 to demand that cross-posting to other mailing lists about changing
> light bulbs be stopped
>
> 111 to defend the posting to this mailing list saying that we all use
> light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this mailing
> list
>
> 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where
> to buy the best light bulbs, what type of light bulbs work best for
> this technique, and what kinds 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 mailing list, which makes light bulbs relevant to this list
>
> 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them all, 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 controversey
>
> 19 to quote the "Me Too" posts to say "Me Three"
>
> 4 to suggest that posters request the FAQ for this mailing list
>
> 1 to propose forming a new mailing list about changing light bulbs
>
> 47 to say this is just what this mailing list was meant for, leave it
> here
>
> 143 votes for a new mailing list
>
> plus 2 to advise that the above breakdown does not equal the answer of
> 1332 quoted above -- and to add apologetically that they could not
> resist checking
>
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