From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Mar 28 4:27:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-12.mail.demon.net (finch-post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0493156ED for ; Sun, 28 Mar 1999 04:26:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by finch-post-12.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10REeD-000MJy-0C; Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:26:38 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id NAA01079; Sun, 28 Mar 1999 13:26:31 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id MAA05117; Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:36:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:36:37 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: paul@originative.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: We're not that different Message-ID: <19990328123636.H264@marder-1.localhost> References: <19990327192324.C53452@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <19990327192324.C53452@lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 07:23:24PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > [moved to -chat] > > On Thursday, 25 March 1999 at 17:24:15 -0000, paul@originative.co.uk wrote: > > This is probably asking for trouble since it's not even remotely FreeBSD > > related (then again it sort of is, see points below). Some of you may have > > seen it but a little light relief is a good thing at times :-) > > >>> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a > >>> light bulb? > >>> > >>> A: 1,343 > >>> > >>> 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail 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; > >>> [..... rest of answer snipped] ROFL :-) I love it. This has just displaced the Pentium designers as one of my all time favourite top three Light bulb changers (it's going to take me a while to memorize it though ;-) ). FWIW, the other 2 are: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to turn the kangaroo and the other to fill the bath-tub with brightly coloured machine tools How many Social Workers does it take to change a light bulb? None, but it takes 15 to write a paper entitled "Coping with darkness". -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message