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["Nathan A." <nj13@navix.net>]

Here's something I found that I think sums up what happens on mail lists:
(Not that Celtic fans would stoop to such levels!)

 Q:  How many internet news group subscribers does it take
       to change a light bulb?

 A:  1,332:
      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.
     7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
    27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
         changing light bulbs.
     1 to post a monster jpeg file of a light bulb filament
    53 to flame the spell checkers and jpeg filament poster
   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 email 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
        controversey.
    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 alt.lite.bulb.


Though some of you would get a kick out of this.

Nathan

"You mean now I gotta start thinking about the Celtics
   again?" -- Charles Barkley reacting to the arrival of Rick Pitino.

"Yeah, baby, yeah!" - Austin Powers

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