

| Subject: | I know it's not Friday, but.......... |
| From: | Eckie Prater |
| Date: | Wed, 21 Jul 1999 19:12:07 -0500 |
>From the Nova List but funny as hell. > Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a spark plug? > A: 1,445: > --1 to change the spark plug and to post to the mail list that the > spark plug has been changed; > --14 to share similar experiences of changing spark plugs and how the > spark plug could have been changed differently; > --7 to caution about the dangers of changing spark plugs; > --27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing spark > plugs; > --53 to flame the spell checkers; > --41 to correct spelling/grammar flames; > --6 to argue over whether it�s ��sparkplug�� or ��spark plug�� and > another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive; > --156 to write to the list administrator about the spark plug > discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list; > --109 to post that this list is not about spark plugs and to please > take this email exchange to sparkplug-l; > --203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and > sparkplug-l about changing spark plugs be stopped; > --111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use spark > plugs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this mail list; > --306 to debate which method of changing spark plugs is superior, where > to buy the best spark plugs, what brand of spark plugs work best for > this technique and what brands are faulty; > --41 to point out that not all of us use spark plugs, representing all > diesel owners; > --58 to question why diesel owners are on a non-diesel mailing list; > --3 to comment about conversions to electric; > --27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different spark plugs; > --14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and to post the > corrected URLs; > --3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to > this list which makes spark plugs 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 post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they > cannot handle the spark plug controversy; > --19 to quote the ��Me too�s�� to say ��Me three��; > --4 to suggest that posters request the spark plug FAQ; > --44 to ask what is ��FAQ��; > --4 to say��didn�t we go through this already a short time ago dealing > with oil filters?�� > --143 to ask ��what�s an oil filter?��
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