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A certain perverse relevance.....

>  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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