tlug: mailing list humor

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

Thought you'd like this.  Anyone who's ever run or subscribed to a mailing
list should find it funny.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:43:27 -0800
From: Rainer Mueller <msd1@example.com>
To: autox@example.com
Subject: DO NOT READ THIS!!!

Okay......

But you might recognize yourself here.....

Freely stolen from another list.

Rainer Mueller

P.S. Required Autocross Content - Hey, I placed third yesterday in my
class!  Just don't ask how many cars were in my class......

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

A: 1,331.

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.

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 which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.

33 to summarize 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 this list was meant for, leave it here.

143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.

-- Ken A. Smith
   Associate Professor
   School of Management
   Syracuse University

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