LOL! Pretty amusing:)

  Tara <tknapp@TUCKER-USA.COM> wrote:

With the "Grammar Police" discussion that seems to be taking off, it seemed
like an appropriate time to pull this one out of the archives...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tara"
To:
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: How many Creed listers...


> Q: How many Creed list subscribers does it take to change a light
> bulb?
>
> A: 556
>
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light
> bulb has been changed.
>
> 7 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
> light bulb could have been changed differently.
>
> 8 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
>
> 13 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
> bulbs.
>
> 26 to flame the spell checkers.
>
> 77 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
> discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.
>
> 21 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
>
> 53 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
> this email exchange to LiteBulb-Discuss@winduplist.com
>
> 86 to demand that cross posting to Grammar-Discuss@winduplist.com,
> Spelling-Discuss@winduplist.com and
> Punctuation-Discuss@winduplist.com about changing light bulbs be stopped.
>
> 51 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light
> bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this mail list.
>
> 83 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.
>
> 13 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs
>
> 7 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
> URLs.
>
> 2 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
> list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
>
> 16 to collect all posts to date, then quote them including all
> headers and footers, and then add "Me Too."
>
> 6 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
> handle the light bulb controversy.
>
> 8 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."
>
> 2 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
>
> 1 to propose new LiteBulbChange-Discuss@winduplist.com mailing list.
>
> 23 to say this is just what Creed-Discuss@winduplist.com was meant for,
> leave it
> here.
>
> 52 votes for LiteBulb-Discuss@winduplist.com.
>
> (Remember, it's a good thing to have a sense of humor! )
>
> Tara
>
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