How many newsgroup people does it take to change a light bulb?

T

Tim Zych

A: 1187

1 to change the light bulb and to post 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 moderators complaining about the light bulb discussion
and its inappropriateness to this newsgroup.

41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.

109 to post that this newsgroup is not about light bulbs and to please take
this discussion to the alt.bulbs.general newsgroup.

203 to demand that cross posting to the Grammar newsgroup, Spelling
newsgroup, and Punctuation newsgroup 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 newsgroup.

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
newsgroup which makes light bulbs relevant to this newsgroup.

33 to summarize all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and
footers, and then add "Me Too."

12 to post to the newsgroup that they are leaving 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.

47 to say this is just what the alt.physics.general was designed for, and to
take the discussion there.

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S

Steve H.

Actually it is 1188 becuause there is usually one person correcting or
adding too their own previous post.

Steve
 

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