Q:  How many internet mail list members does it take to change 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
     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 concentrate 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 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.light.bulb.