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Light Bulb Jokes
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Lightbulb jokes:

How many executives does it take to change a lightbulb?
2 : one to call the electrician, the other to mix the martinis.

Taxidermists?
It doesn't matter, they'd all stuff it up anyway.

Policemen?
9 : 8 to surround the lightbulb, 1 to hold the megaphone.

Irishmen?
100 : 1 to hold the lightbulb, 99 to turn the house.

Secret Agents?
100 : 99 to hold the ladder, Maxwell Smart to change the lightbulb.

Optimists?
0 : it'll probably work in a minute.

Pessamists?
It doesn't matter, the new one won't work anyway.

Gorillas?
I don't know - there was an awful lot of mist.

Egyptian Pharos?
1 : But it takes 1000 slaves to move the ladder.

Playwrites?
400 : 1 to change the lightbulb, 399 to make a song and dance about it.

Comedians?
At least 4 : 1 to change it, the rest to say they thought of it first.

Midgits?
It doesn't matter, they'd never reach it anyway.

Documentary makers?
1 : But they need 6 months and a camera crew.

Male Chauvenists?
0 : It's a woman's job.

Gardeners?
16000 : Don't ask.

Therapists/Social Workers?
1 : But the lightbulb has to _want_ to change.

Reactionaries?
0 : They're opposed to all change.

Politicians?
2 : 1 to change the lightbulb, the other to leak it to the media.

Blind men?
Never mind.

Babysitters?
1 : As long as they can find a nappy small enough.

Clones?
20 : 1 to change the lightbulb, 19 to point to each other and say
"he did it".

Arnold Chwartzeneggers?
348 : Trust me.

Builders?
50 : And 24 months work.

Council Road Workers?
12 : 1 to change the lightbulb, 11 to lean on their spades.

Doug Anthony All Stars?
4

Exagerators?
1 : Well how many did you expect?

Euthenasia Advocates?
1 : But they change it before it's broken so it can "go with dignity".

It is possible to make infinite variations by substituting particular ethnic groups into these jokes, or by expanding certain jokes into seventy line monsters. I have resisted this impulse.

The WASPs in the following jokes are "White Anglo-Saxon Protestants" and are assumed to represent any upper-middle class, loose-lifestyle people. In California, they are "Marin County" jokes and so on.

WARNING! This collection contains material of a satirical nature. It may be offensive to members of the following groups:

CaliforniansWASPsNew YorkersNew Jersey-ians
GeneralsPoliticiansMarxistssupply-side economists
AthletesStudentsartistsProfessors
RussiansFrat boysDoctorsSoftware People
ChristiansJewsZen BuddhistsIBM employees
LesbiansManagersBell-Labs Employees
FeministsmiceHomosexualsVice Presidents
LawyersgodsOregoniansPsychiatrists

and by now many others who are offended to have been left off this list. The last time I looked there were about 185 jokes in this compendium.

Q: How many poets does it take to change a light bulb?
A:Three - One to curse the darkness, one to light a candle... ... and one to change the bulb.

Q: How many tenors does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Three - One to do it and two to stand there and tell each other how they could have done it better.

Q: How many (computer) programmers (or software engineers) does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None, it's a hardware problem.
A: None, they just have marketing portray the dead bulb as a feature.
A: Three - actually, it only takes one, but two can be relied upon to leave the project in the middle of the job.

Q: How many Californians does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Six - One to turn the bulb, one for support, and four to relate to (share) the experience.
A: Three - one to change the light bulb and two to say "oh Wow!"

Q: How many Marinites does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Five - one to screw it in and four to sit in the hot tub and discuss the environmental impact.

Q: How many Oregonians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Five - One to change the bulb and four more to chase off the Californians who have come up to relate to the experience.

Q: How many union shop stewards does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Fifty - 50? Yeah 50; its in the contract.

Q: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None, the bulb will change itself when it is ready.

Q: How long does it take?
A: For a 100 watter, about 750 hours (check package for details).
Moral: Don't hire a psychiatrist to change your light bulbs.

Q: How many hardware folks/FSE's does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None, that's a software problem.
A: None, they always work in the dark!!!!
A: None, real computerists only use LEDs.

Note: the term `computerist' comes from Dickson's book.

Q: How many Unix hacks does it take to change a light bulb?
A: As many as you want; they're all virtual, anyway.

Q: How many Bell Labs Vice Presidents does it take to change a light bulb?
A: That's Proprietary information. Answer available from AT&T on payment of license fee (binary only).

Q: How many grocery store cashiers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Are you kidding? They won't even change a five dollar bill.

Q: How many graduate students does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: One - but it may take upwards of five years for him to get it done.
A: It all depends on the size of the grant.
A: Two and a professor to take credit.

Q: How many "Real Men" does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None, "Real Men" aren't afraid of the dark.

Q: How many "Real Women" does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None, "Real Woman" would have plenty of real men around to do it.


The ULTIMATE Question:
How many lightbulbs does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Q: How many Philosophy Majors does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: What do you mean by change?

Q: How many University of Chicago economists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None, they let market forces take care of it.

Q: How many men named Hans does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Many Hans make lights work!

Q: How many people does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: It depends which light bulb joke you're reading.


Q: How many teamsters does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Fourteen. You got a problem with that?



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