- How true is this?
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This does not reflect this list, but some others I have been on.
How true is this....
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磗 创sparkplug创 or 创spark plug创 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 flamelist-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 创Me too创;
--12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they
cannot handle the spark plug controversy;
--19 to quote the 创Me too磗创 to say 创Me three创;
--4 to suggest that posters request the spark plug FAQ;
--44 to ask what is 创FAQ创;
--4 to say创didn磘 we go through this already a short time ago dealing
with oil filters?创
--143 to ask 创what磗 an oil filter?创
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That is a riot!!:
95 M3 Cosmos-triflow
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