================================================ Subject: Fw: How many Creed listers... From: "Tara" To: Date: Tue 12 Mar 2002 22:51:14 -0500 ================================================ 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 > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp