Lightbulbs: non-piano-related, but pertinent to list

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Fri, 18 Apr 1997 20:17:59 +0000
> From:          atonal@planet.eon.net
> Subject:       Lightbulbs: non-piano-related, but pertinent to list
> To:            pianotech@byu.edu
> Reply-to:      pianotech@byu.edu

Me too!  I mean I love it!!!!!!!

ilvey, RPT
Pacifica, CA

> Q:  How many internet mail list subscribers does it take
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>     to change a light bulb?
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> A:  1,331:
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>         1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail
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>           list that the light bulb has been changed
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>        14 to share similar experiences of changing light
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>           bulbs and how the light bulb could have been
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>           changed differently.
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>         7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
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>        27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
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>           changing light bulbs.
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>        53 to flame the spell checkers
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>       156 to write to the list administrator complaining about
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>           the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness
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>           to this mail list.
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>        41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
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>       109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and
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>           to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
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>       203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar,
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>           alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing
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>           light bulbs be stopped.
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>       111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we
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>            all use light bulbs and therefore the posts
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>           **are** relevant to this mail list.
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>       306 to debate which method of changing light
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>           bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs,
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>           what brand of light bulbs work best for this
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>           technique, and what brands are faulty.
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>        27 to post URLs where one can see examples of
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>           different light bulbs
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>        14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and
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>           to post corrected URLs.
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>         3 to post about links they found from the URLs that
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>           are relevant to this list which makes light bulbs
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>           relevant to this list.
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>        33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote
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>           them including all headers and footers, and then
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>           add "Me Too."
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>        12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing
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>           because they cannot handle the light bulb
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>           controversey.
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>        19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."
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>         4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
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>         1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
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>        47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion
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>           was meant for, leave it here.
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>     Enjoy,
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> feeling perverse,
> Rob Kiddell, RPT,  Edmonton
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>