RE: filmscanners: film scanner software

["Laurie Solomon" <laurie@advancenet.net>]

And, of course, this comedic story is an old one that has been circulating
the internet for years.  It seems to capture the character of all public
internet interactions with good natured satire; but does little to prevent
the problem. :-)  But thanks for sharing old jokes.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Mystic
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 3:21 AM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: Re: filmscanners: film scanner software


Re:  Flame War

How many list members does it take to change a light bulb???

Answer: 578.

1 to change the light bulb and post to the 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.

53 to flame the spell checkers.

41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.

156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
discussion and its
inappropriateness to this list.

111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light bulbs
and therefore
the posts ARE relevant to this list.

27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

44 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
URLs.

33 to summarize ALL posts to date, then quote them (including all the
headers and footers
of course) and then add "Me too."

19 to quote the "Me toos" to say, "Me three."

52 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
handle the light
bulb controversy.

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Mike