Don’t want to irritate Patsy (or anyone else) by forwarding OT stuff, but
I’m sure this must happen on other lists…
All the best,
John
'88 3.6 Sov. 245k miles> How many list members does it take to change a light bulb?
1 to change the light bulb and post to the 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.
27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
bulbs.
53 to flame the spell checkers.
41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
discussion and its
inappropriateness to this list.
111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light bulbs
and therefore the posts
ARE relevant to this list.
27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
44 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
URLs.
33 to summarize ALL posts to date, then quote them (including all the
headers and footers of
course) and then add “Me too.”
19 to quote the “Me toos” to say, “Me three.”
52 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
handle the light bulb
controversy.
Answer: 578.
If you sit by the river long enough, the body
of your enemy will eventually float by.
Don’t want to irritate Patsy (or anyone else) by forwarding OT stuff, but
I’m sure this must happen on other lists…
Patsy replies:
It’s easy to make just about anything fall within the guidelines of a
model-specific list! It just takes a little editing:
…
How many list members does it take to repair a bulb fail module?
1 to resolder the bulb fail module and post to the list that the bulb fail
module has
been repaired.
14 to share similar experiences of repairing bulb fail modules and how the
bulb fail module could have been repaired differently.
27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about repairing bulb fail
modules.
53 to flame the spell checkers.
41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the bulb fail
module thread and its
inappropriateness to this list.
111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use bulb fail
modules
and therefore the posts ARE relevant to this list.
27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different strategies for
repairing bulb fail modules.
44 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
URLs.
33 to summarize ALL posts to date, then quote them (including all the
headers and footers of
course) and then add “Me too.”
19 to quote the “Me toos” to say, “Me three.”
52 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
handle the bulb fail module controversy.
Don’t want to irritate Patsy (or anyone else) by forwarding OT stuff, but
I’m sure this must happen on other lists…
Patsy replies:
It’s easy to make just about anything fall within the guidelines of a
model-specific list! It just takes a little editing:
…
How many list members does it take to repair a bulb fail module?
Yo…does this mean if you never hear mention of bulb failure modules
again you’ll dance in the streets?