A million apologies (not really) for the cross posting.
I received the following a couple of days ago and it reminded
that life isn't worth wasting time concentrating on what really
isn't all that important:
> Q: How many Internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
> A: 1,343
> *1 to actually change the light bulb and to post to the mail 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 spelling/grammar critics
> *1 to correct the spelling and grammar in the spelling/grammar flames
> *6 to argue whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"
> *156 to write to the list administrator about the light bulb
> discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list
> *109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please
> take this email exchange to lightbulb-list 203 to demand that cross
> posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and illuminati-l 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 URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
> *14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and to post the
> corrected URL's
> *3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to
> this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list
> *33 to link all posts to date, then quote them (including all headers
> and footers) and then add "Me too"
> *12 to advise the list that they are unsubscribing because they are
> upset with 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
> *44 to ask what is "FAQ"
> *4 to ask "Didn't we go through this a short time ago on Usenet?"
> *143 to ask "what's Usenet?"