Hello Click4HP list members

The following fairly long posting was sent to me by one of click4hp
subscribers, who also contributes to other health promotion e-lists
around the world.  Please consider the posting to be a little fun - and
know that it does NOT reflect Click4HP in any way!  For starters, we are
a 'small community' of about 500 subscribers, no issue has ever
generated more than 20 messages; and in the past 22 months of our
existence we haven't had anyone referring a discussion to a newsgroup
'alt.whatever', nor any "Me Threes"  :-))

For those "Light-bulb change" joke collectors - this may be a new one!

Alison
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Alison Stirling, co-facilitator, CLICK4HP
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
Internet: http://www.web.net/~stirling/
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Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 1,331:

        1 to change the light bulb and to 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.

        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 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 summarize 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.

        <end>

        I, who should have know better, posted a followup of a few bits
I thought were missing from the list


        You forgot a few:

        27 to post in HTML because they are using the IE or Netscape
that had it turned on by default and are too clueless to look

        48 to complain about the HTML posts

        27 to post 'sorry I didn't realize it was on' -- in HTML

        96 to complain about more HTML and post detailed instructions on
how to change the setting

        58 to mumble something about using a web browser to read mail

        12 MIME posts with useless colors and bolds saying thanks for
the help with the HTML mail

        1 to post a GIF/JPG of the lightbulb hanging too close to their
digital camera.

        1 complaint from the guy using /usr/ucb/Mail who wants to know
what the *@&(%$!@ has been going on

        58 to complain about the binary post

        74 to say they liked the binary and didn't mind it

        1 post about how you can MAKE MONEY FAST!!!!! by selling
lightbulbs and this report available for only $5.

        1328 to reply to the list with the full spam attached and then
put 'remove' at the end

        3 to flame the other morons for replying to the spammer and
CCing the list

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

        There have now been several followups:

        "How did I get on this list?"

        "How do I get off this list?"

        "REMOVE"

        "REMOVE
        UNSUB
        SIGNOFF
        REMOVE
        TAKE ME OFF THIS LIST"

        "unsubribe" [sic]

        "Morons, you have to send it to the majordomo address"

        "How am I supposed to know that?"

        If it wasn't so pitiful, it would be funny.


        Submitted by: Timothy J. Luoma @ peak.org