Re: [UUPoly-L] test

["Dorothy Krause" <dorothyk@charter.net>]

<sigh> there are times you just need to bring this out... 

 How Many Mail List Subscribers Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?

                This humorous piece pokes fun at many of the
interpersonal and group dynamics typical of a mailing list. The author
of this piece is unknown.


    How many mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?

    Answer: 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

    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 mail list

    109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please
take this email exchange to another list

    203 to demand that cross posting to other lists 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 mail list

    3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to
this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this 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

    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

    48 to propose new change.lite.bulb newsgroup

    47 to say there is already an alt.light.bulb newsgroup

    143 to ask if anyone ever did change the light bulb 


Hugs to Ken, et al.

Dorothy
> 
> 
> In a message dated 4/17/2007 11:18:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> haslamk@gmail.com writes:
> 
> Oh for  Goddesses sake.  I put the word "test" on UU Poly to see if  
> my subscription to UU poly was still workiing and i get a bunch of  
> wise ass comments from a bunch of UU Polys who are too smart and have

> too much time on their hands who can't resist the bait of "What  
> exactly does "test"
> mean anyway when posted to the UU Poly list.   Nice to know that you
> are all paying attention.
> 
> I absolutely love  this community.  :-)     Ken  Haslam
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi, Ken!
> I guess they couldn't
> resist the "bait".  *ggl