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echo: funny
to: ALL
from: DARYL STOUT
date: 2021-04-22 00:09:00
subject: Changing A Light Bulb

A:  1,331:

 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
   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.
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