ELL: Endangered languages and light bulbs

[Indigenous Peoples' Biodiversity Network]

  *** EOOH ***
  Return-Path: <owner-endangered-languages-l at carmen.murdoch.edu.au>
  X-Authentication-Warning: carmen.murdoch.edu.au: majodomo set sender to
  owner-endangered-languages-l at carmen.murdoch.edu.au using -f
  X-Sender: ipbn at pop.web.net
  Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 20:56:55 -0500
  To: endangered-languages-l at carmen.murdoch.edu.au
  From: "Indigenous Peoples' Biodiversity Network" <ipbn at web.net>
  Subject: ELL: Endangered languages and light bulbs
  In-Reply-To: <l03130302b4176f9637a6@[129.242.176.187]>
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
  Sender: owner-endangered-languages-l at carmen.murdoch.edu.au
  Precedence: bulk
  Reply-To: endangered-languages-l at carmen.murdoch.edu.au

  Just to lighten things up a little ! ! ! !

  Q:. How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
  light bulb?

  A:. 1,331

  1 to change the light bulb and to post to the list that the light bulb
  has been changed

  14 to share similar experiences of changing lightbulbs and how the light
  bulb
  could have been changed differently.

  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 spell checkers

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

  41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.

  109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
  this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb

  203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
  alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.

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

  306 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.

  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.

  3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
  list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.

  33 to concatenate 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 light bulb controversy.

  19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."

  4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.

  1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.

  47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave
  it here.

  143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.



  Indigenous Knowledge? Check us out at: http://www.web.net/~ikp/
  ______________________________________________________
  The Indigenous Peoples' Biodiversity Network (IPBN) is an association
  of indigenous peoples and indigenous peoples'organizations working
  towards the common goal of nurturing biological diversity for the benefit
  of indigenous communities and humankind as a whole. The IPBN is
  active in issues of indigenous knowledge, intellectual property and benefit
  sharing and works closely with indigenous communities around the world
  to strengthen their capacity to maintain and benefit from their own
  knowledge,
  innovations and practices, which includes having a voice in
  national,regional
  and international policy development.

  Indigenous Peoples' Biodiversity Network (IPBN)

  P.O. Box 567
  Cusco, Peru
  Tel: 51 84 246020
  Fax: 51 84 232 603
  e-mail:ipbn at web.net
  _____________________________________________________

  Indigenous Knowledge? Check us out at: http://www.web.net/~ikp/
  ----
  Endangered-Languages-L Forum: endangered-languages-l at carmen.murdoch.edu.au
  Web pages http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/lists/endangered-languages-l/
  Subscribe/unsubscribe and other commands: majordomo at carmen.murdoch.edu.au
  ----