This is published as a joke, but like many jokes the humor lies in how closely the joke reflects reality!
Q: How many email list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
Answer: 1,331
1 to change the light bulb and to post to the email 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.
41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.
109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take this
email exchange to another list.
203 to demand that cross posting to other lists about changing light bulbs be
stopped.
111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light bulbs and
therefore the posts *are* relevant to this mail list.
3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this list
which makes light bulbs relevant to this 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.
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.
48 to propose new change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
47 to say there is already an alt.light.bulb newsgroup.
