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How many members of the Bush Administration are needed
to replace a lightbulb?

The Answer is SEVEN:

one to deny that a lightbulb needs to be replaced

one to attack and question the patriotism of anyone
who has questions about the lightbulb

one to blame the previous administration for the need
of a new lightbulb,

one to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have
a secret stockpile of lightbulbs

one to get together with Vice President Cheney and figure out how to pay
Halliburton Industries one million dollars for a lightbulb

one to arrange a photo-op session showing Bush changing the lightbulb
while dressed in a flight suit and wrapped in an American flag,

and finally one to explain to Bush the difference between
screwing a lightbulb and screwing the country.
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On 2004-07-13, Margolis <someone@somewhere.org> schrieb:

<snip joke>

> roflmao ;o)

I read a long time ago that some news servers have for want of a better phrase, a
'me too' filter. This would drop all posts that were just about 98% quoted
text, with a one-line reply tacked onto the bottom. Obviously SuperNews
don't.

Anybody know if this 'feature' exists at all ? And if you do, what servers
use it ? I'm sure it's not called a 'me too' filter, but hopefully you
understand what I mean.

Cordially,

Kleeb.

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On 2004-07-13, Andrew <spamtrap@localhost> schrieb:

> I have never heard of one of those, but it is a damn good idea!


That's what I thought. My (current) news provider doesn't seem to operate
one either, if indeed they really exist at all. Maybe it's more of a
client-side filtering option, I don't know.

Cordially,

Kleeb.

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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 07:08:55 -0500, "Margolis" <someone@somewhere.org>
wrote:

<load of inexplicably blank lines snipped>
>sometimes a reply can be summed up in just one line, so does that mean I
>can't reply unless I can come up with a verbose answer?

But with a 98% rule, a one line reply would only be killed if you
quote a stupidly large amount of text. A percentage of around 80%
would be more appropriate IMO.
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