OT: Q: How many CPAP users does it take to change a light...

[justbreathe]

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.physic.cold_fusion
was meant for, leave it here.

143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.

[redjoe]

[Alshain]

Me Too

[jabman]

Me Too

Me three

[ThirdOutOfFive]

Me Four!

[miketech]

If you would register and list what equipment you have, we could help you better.

[snuginarug]

Me Too

Me three

Me Four!

Me five!

I was going to quote the entire first post, but then was afraid someone might figure out how to commit murder over the inetrnet.

[BlackSpinner]

Did you try the light switch before you decided it needed changing?
Are you sure it is legal to do it yourself?

[Mike6977]

As any psychiatrist will tell you, the light bulb has to want to change.

[Vader]

it's clear to me that this light bulb suffers from Oedipus complex!

[BlackSpinner]

it's clear to me that this light bulb suffers from Oedipus complex!

No No it is narcissistic
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles ... narcissist

[justbreathe]

Just because it is not as bright as it used to be everyone wants to replace it with a new and brighter one.

[GumbyCT]

Did you try the light switch before you decided it needed changing?
Are you sure it is legal to do it yourself?

Are you sure you can do this w/o a prescription?

OR at least a co-pay!

It just seems like someone else needs to do this for me?