h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It takes 1,343 regular Internet newsgroup users or email subscribers to change a lightbulb.

1 to change the bulb and post that the bulb has ben changed.
14 to share similar experiences of changing lightbulbs and discuss other methods of changing them.
7 to caution about the dangers of changing lightbulbs.
27 to point out spelling and grammar errors in the preceding postings.
53 to flame the spell checkers.
41 to correct the spelling and grammar errors in the postings of the flamers.
6 to ask if it's lighbulb or light bulb.
6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
156 to write to the administration that the lightbulb discussion is innapropriae to this message board.
109 to post that this is not about lightbulbs and please take it to litebulb-l.
203 to crosspost that the discussion on spelling-l, grammar-l, and illumination-l is innapropriate and the change must stop.
111 to defend the posting as everyone uses lightbulbs and therefore they *are* relevamt to this discussion.
306 to debate which method to use when changing a lightbulb, where to get the best lightbulbs, the proper safety technique, and which brands are faulty.
27 to post URLs where they found examples of changing lightbulbs relebant to this discussion.
14 to point out that the URLs were spelt wrongly and to post the correct URLs.
3 to post links about lightbulbs they found on the URLs that are relating to this list.
33 to link all postings to date then quote them all including all headers and footers, then add "Me too".
12 to say they are unsubscribing because they can't handle the lightbulb controversy.
19 to quote the mee tooers and add "Me three".
4 to suggest registering with the lightbulb FAQ.
44 to aks "What's FAQ?"
4 to say "Didn't we go through this a short time ago on Usenet?"
143 to ask "What's Usenet?"

and everyone else who visits the page to add up all those numbers

Toooooo complicated....
How many men does it take to change a toilet roll?
...Unknown quantity,...its never happened.....
ps,why the fury?????...chill,dude!
Amigo

Of course it hasn't happened... why do you think we men get married? - Apart from to get the washing and ironing done... and the cooking... and the cleaning... and tidying... and shopping... yes, changing toilet rolls is only of the many advantages of having a wife. However, I do change lightbulbs if necessary...