How many mailing list (or USENET!) subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
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 e-mail 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 sup
