humor about the group

Found this on the alt.cnc group, thought it may be more correct then we all
care to admit.

LIGHT BULB - Mail List Style

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

A: 1,309:

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.
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 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 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.
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 a new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
47 to say this is just what lis-elib was meant for, leave it here.
143 votes for alt.lite.bulb