A lesson to us all (NLZC)

["Williams, Chris (RSCH)" <Chris_Williams@xxxxxx>]

To all:

I swear to God that I never, ever send out stuff like the below. I
usually avoid it like the plague. However, my wife is a quilter, and as
is the norm nowadays, she is on a quilters mailing list. I've edited it
down just a bit. I thought that some of you might take some consolation
in the fact that our problems are not unique to lists or to Led Zeppelin
fans. 

	Question:  How many (quilting) mailing list members does it take
to change a light bulb? Answer:  422.  One to change the light bulb and
to post to the list that the light bulb has been changed;  14 to share
similar experiences; 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 spellcheckers; 156 to write to the list
administrator complaining about the light bulb discussion and its
inappropriateness to this mail list; 111 to defend the posting to this
list saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are
relevant to the mail list; 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 corrected URL's; 6 to post to the list that
they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle the light bulb
controversy. Oh yeah, and 6 to post to the list that the guy who sent
the light bulb joke has not got his arithmetic correct and that it only
takes 416 list members to change a light bulb.>

Feel better?

Chris Williams
chris_williams@xxxxxx