Q: How many internet mail list subscribers 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 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 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.physics.cold_fusion was meant for, leave it 
there. 
143 votes for alt.change.lite.bulb.