[pct-l] And now a lightbulb joke...

[pmags at yahoo.com (Paul Magnanti)]

Speaking of on-line behavior, here is an old nugget.


Enjoy!

How many newsgroup 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 URL's where one can see examples of
different light bulbs; * 14 to post that the URL's
were posted incorrectly and the post the corrected
URL's;
* 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 "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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