----- Original Message ----- From: RiDem <RiDem_at_email.msn.com> To: <SKILLIANS_at_aol.com> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Fwd: Dijit's Top 10 Funny for Jan. 7, 2000 > 1) This is sort of a chain-letter and probably shouldn't be sent to a > list-serv. > > 2) I assume that this post was meant to be humorous (wouldn't know, I don't > have a sense of humor), or a "troll" about usenet postings. There are > appropriate forums for humor or 'netiquette discussions elsewhere. I have > retained your entire post (I am a rather 'retentive type') , in case you > have forgotten exactly what you said, or wish to retract something which I > perceive you may have said, but incorrectly understood. That is , something > I may have misunderstood, although it is entirely likely that you > misunderstood what you were trying to say. In fact, it is possible that you > may be completely wrong. > > 3) Lastly (which may be redundant or superfluous, I am quite sure some > pedant will correct me) I do not care if there are mispellings in this post. > I use only Microsoft products, and MS will soon be setting the industry > standard for spelling. > > :) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <SKILLIANS_at_aol.com> > To: <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 4:37 PM > Subject: [Paddlewise] Fwd: Dijit's Top 10 Funny for Jan. 7, 2000 > > > > In a message dated 01/07/2000 12:13:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, > > JulieViewz_at_AOL.COM writes: > > > > << > > Top 10 Answers to the question: > > How many mailing list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb? > > > > 1 to 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. > > > > 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light > bulbs. > > > > 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take > this > > email exchange to alt.lite.bulb. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 33 to quote all posts to date 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. > > > > 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup. > > >> > > > > > > Return-Path: <owner-dijittop10-l_at_LISTSERV.AOL.COM> > > Received: from lmailaol2.aol.com (lmailaol2.aol.com [152.163.225.39]) > > by air-ya02.mail.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Fri, 07 Jan 2000 15:13:04 > > 1900 > > Received: from LISTSERV.AOL.COM by lmailaol2.aol.com (LSMTP for Windows > > NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <2.000189DF_at_lmailaol2.aol.com>; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 > > 15:12:54 -0500 > > Received: from LISTSERV.AOL.COM by LISTSERV.AOL.COM (LISTSERV-TCP/IP > > release 1.8d) with spool id 6988286 for DIJITTOP10-L_at_LISTSERV.AOL.COM; > > Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:12:54 -0500 > > Approved-By: JulieViewz_at_AOL.COM > > Received: from imo-d08.mx.aol.com (imo-d08.mail.aol.com > > [172.18.150.232]) by listserv.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id > > PAA17488 for <DijitTop10-L_at_listserv.aol.com>; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:12:28 > > -0500 (EST) > > Received: from JulieViewz_at_aol.com by imo-d08.mx.aol.com > > (mail_out_v24.6.) id s.4c.4c634cc9 (6964) for > > <DijitTop10-L_at_listserv.aol.com>; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:12:24 -0500 (EST) > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > X-Mailer: AOL 4.0.i for Windows 95 sub 71 > > Message-ID: <4c.4c634cc9.25a7a2a8_at_aol.com> > > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:12:24 EST > > Reply-To: JulieViewz_at_AOL.COM > > Sender: DijitTop10-L <DijitTop10-L_at_listserv.aol.com> > > From: Julie Mah <JulieViewz_at_AOL.COM> > > Subject: Dijit's Top 10 Funny for Jan. 7, 2000 > > To: DIJITTOP10-L_at_LISTSERV.AOL.COM > > > > ************************************************* > > Dijit's Top 10 Funnies > > Brought to you by the new > > <A HREF="aol://4344:1913.comp99.16520069.603039720">Computing & Games > Channel< > > /A> and <A HREF="aol://4344:3237.vzmain1.21758404.589926359">Viewz</A> > > ************************************************* > > > > Dijit's Top 10 Funny > > For the Week of Jan. 7: > > > > Top 10 Answers to the question: > > How many mailing list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb? > > > > 1 to 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. > > > > 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light > bulbs. > > > > 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take > this > > email exchange to alt.lite.bulb. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 33 to quote all posts to date 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. > > > > 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup. > > > > Our Thanks to the Public Domain > > > > Any comments? 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