QUESTION: How many internet newsgroup subscribers does it take to change a
light bulb?

ANSWER: 1,331

1 to change the light bulb and to post on the newsgroup 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 newsgroup administrator complaining about the light bulb
discussion and its inappropriateness to this group.

41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.

109 to post that this newsgroup is not about light bulbs and to please take
this discussion 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 newsgroup saying that we all use light
bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this newsgroup.

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
newsgroup which makes light bulbs relevant to this newsgroup.

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 group 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.