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What kind of doctor fixes broken
websites?
A URLologist.Q: How many internet mail list subscribers
does it take
to change a light bulb?
A: Exactly five
hundred.
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 or to caution about the
dangers of changing light
bulbs.
17 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
changing light
bulbs.
21 to flame the spell checkers.
49 to
write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.
20 to
correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
32 to post that
this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
this email
exchange to alt.lite.bulb.
69 to demand that cross posting to
alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
alt.punctuation about changing light bul
bs be stopped.
41 to defend the posting to this list saying
that we all use light
bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to
this mail list.
106 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.
12 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light
bulbs.
8 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.
15 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote
them including all
headers and footers, and then add pointedly, "Me
Too."
6 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because
they cannot
handle the light bulb controversy.
9 to quote the
"Me Too's" and happily add, "Me Three!"
3 to suggest that
posters request the light bulb FAQ.
1 to propose new
alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
24 to say this is just what
alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave
it here.
53 votes for
alt.lite.bulb.What's O. J. Simpson's Internet
address?
Slash, slash, backslash, slash, slash, escape.Can you show me how to
use the
Internet?
I'd better - otherwise you'll just go round and round in
circles.Do you want some help using the Internet,
son?
No thanks, Dad, I can muck it up all by myself.Does your mum like shopping on the
Internet?
No, the trolley keeps rolling off the top of the computer.How do you
find white shirts on the
Internet?
Use a starch engine.How does the vicar explore the
Internet?
With the church mouse.I hear you've been tracing your ancestors on
the internet...
Yes - and it's a mammoth task!I hope you're not one of those
pupils
who spends all day on the Net and doesn't get any exercise.
Oh, no,
miss, I often sit around watching TV and not getting exercise
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