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"Thomas E. Eichhorst" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 22 Jul 1999 18:35:26 -0600
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Not much going on, so here is a bit of humor about list subscribers that
I pulled from another list I am on (water issues -- big stuff in New
Mexico but no shells ever mentioned).

Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA

HOW MANY CONCH-L LIST SUBSCRIBERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?

Answer: 67

1 to change the light bulb and to post to the list that the light bulb
has been changed.

4 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
light bulb could have been changed differently.

3 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

2 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
bulbs.

3 to flame the spell checkers.

15 to post to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.

1 to correct spelling in the the spelling/grammar flames.

9 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb.

2 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.

11 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light
bulbs to view seashells and therefore the posts "are" relevant to this
mail list.

3 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.

2 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

1 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.

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

3 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
handle the light bulb controversy.

1 from the list admin notifying that the list is looking for a bigger
server to handle the load.

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