CHANGING THREAD(SUBJECT) ON A TALK-LIST

Q: How many internet mailing list subscribers does it take
to change a thread(subject)?

A: 1,333: As follows

14 to share similar experiences of changing threads and
how the thread could have been changed differently.

7 to caution about the dangers of changing threads.

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
changing threads.

53 to flame the spell checkers

156 to write to the list administrator complaining about
the changing threads 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 changing threads and to
please take this email exchange to alt.change.thread

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

111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are
all change threads and therefore the posts **are**
relevant to this mail list.

306 to debate which method of changing threads is
superior, where to buy the best threads, what brand of
threads work best for this technique, and what brands
are faulty.

27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different
threads

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 changing threads relevant to
this list.

33 to quote all posts to date, 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 changing threads controversey.

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

4 to suggest that posters request the changing threads FAQ.

1 to propose new alt.change.threads.newsgroup.

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

143 votes for alt.change.threads

1 newbie who posts he doesn't understand what these post are about
and could someone explain......

1 veteran poster who flames the newbie without changing threads
and starts the whole thing over again.      

1 to actually change the thread and to post to the mailing list
that the thread has been changed(was)