Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/19

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Subject: [Leica] FW: On/Off-topic humour
From: jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 14:51:00 +0000

I couldn't resist cross-posting this in view of our sometimes over-serious
view of ourselves - counting myself amongst the worst offenders - but I 
thought you'd enjoy it anyway...

> Question: How many mailing  list members does it take to change a light
bulb??
>
> Answer:  442.
>
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the list that the light bulb has
> been changed:
>
> 14 to share similar experiences;
>
> 27 to point out the dangers of changing light bulbs;
>
> 18 to spell check the posting
>
> 35 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;
>
> 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light bulbs;
>
> 27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs;
>
> 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
URL's
>
> 6 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot 
handle
> the light bulb controversy.
>
> Oh yeah, and 6 to post to the list that the guy who sent the light bulb 
joke
> has not got his arithmetic correct and that it only takes 416 list members
> to change a light bulb.

Not that I would suggest for a moment that we have sunk to the depths
defined here ;-)

Cheers,
Jem