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- 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?
-
- Q: How many Mutants does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
- A: Two Thirds.
-
- Q: How many executives does it take to change a lightbulb?
- A: None--they call the maintenance dept.
-
- Q: How do you know when a martian has been in your house?
- A: All the light bulbs are gone and there are little lumps of quartz
- all over the carpet!
-
-
- Q. How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?
-
- A. WHEREAS the Party of the First Part, also known as "Lawyer" and the Party
- of the Second Part, also known as "Light Bulb," do hereby and forthwith agree
- to a transaction wherein the Party of the Second Part (Light Bulb) shall be
- removed from the current position as a result of failure to perform
- previously agreed upon duties, i.e. the lighting, elucidation, and otherwise
- illumination of the area ranging from the front (north) door, through the
- entryway, terminating at an area just inside the primary living area,
- demarcated by the beginning of the carpet, any spillover illumination being
- at the option of the Party of the Second Part (Light Bulb) and not required
- by the aforementioned Agreement between the Parties.
- The aforementioned removal transaction shall include, but shall not be
- limited to, the following:
- 1. The Party of the First Part (Lawyer) shall, with or without elevation
- at his option, by means of a chair, stepstool, ladder, or any other means of
- elevation, grasp the Party of the Second Part (Light Bulb) and rotate the
- Party of the Second Part (Light Bulb) in a counter-clockwise direction, this
- point being non-negotiable.
- 2. Upon reaching a point where the Party of the Second Part (Light Bulb)
- becomes separated from the Party of the Third Part ("Receptacle"), the Party
- of the First Part (Lawyer) shall have the option of disposing of the Party of
- the Second Part (Light Bulb) in a manner consistent with all applicable
- state, local, and Federal statutes.
- 3. Once separation and disposal shall have been achieved, the Party of
- the First Part (Lawyer) shall have the option of beginning installation of
- the Party of the Fourth Part ("New Light Bulb"). This installation shall
- occur in a manner consistent with the reverse of the procedures described in
- paragraph 1 hereof, except that the rotation shall occur in a clockwise
- direction, this point also being non-negotiable.
- NOTE: The above-described steps may be performed, at the option of the
- Party of the First Part (Lawyer), by any or all persons authorized by him, the
- object being to produce the most possible revenue for the Party of the Fifth
- Part ("Law Firm").
-
-
- Q: How many Right-to-Lifers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: Two. One to screw it in and one to say "the light started when the
- screwing began."
-
- Q: How many people from New Jersey does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: Three. One to screw in the bulb, one to be a witness, and one to shoot the
- witness.
-
- Q: How many college football players does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: One -- but he gets 6 college credits.
-
- Q: How many Soviets does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: Nobody knows -- it's a military secret.
-
-
- Q: How many surgeons does it take to change a lightbulb?
- A: "Why don't you just let us remove the socket instead -
- you don't need it, and it'll just give you trouble later."
-
- Q: How many software programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
- A: None. It's a hardware problem
-
-
- Q: How many flies does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
- A: Two. But the question is, how did they get in there!?!
-
- Q: How many Harvard students does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: One... he holds it up and the world revolves around him!
-
- Q: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
- A: Fish!
-
- Q: How many bureaucrats does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: 100. 15 to study the old bulb, 15 to discuss it in commitee, 10 to vote,
- 20 to get the bulb, 20 to inform the other 70, 5 to get the ladder, 2 to
- unscrew it, 1 to hold the ladder, 1 to hold the bulb, and 1 to screw it in.
-
- Q: How many drunks does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
- A: 10. 1 to hold the bulb, and 9 to drink so much that the walls spin.
-
- Q: How many Iranians does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: 200,001. One to change the bulb and 200,000 to yell, "Death to the
- Electricity"
-
- Q: How many Winkies does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: 3, 1 to change it, 1 to hold the ladder, and 1 to supervise.
-
- Q: How many Billy Bulger office employees does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: 30, in the hopes that just one might show to change it.
-
- Q: How many ultra liberal Democrats does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: None....Its REAGAN'S darn responsibility!
-
- Q: How many RUSSIANS does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: 1001, 1 to change it and 1000 to spread propaganda claiming it never
- burnt out.
- A: 2, one to change it and 1 to shoot him after to protect state secrets.
-
- Q: How did Ed King used to change a light bulb?
- A: He appointed a campaign worker to the $50,000 a year post of light bulb
- changer.
-
- Q. How many landlords does it take to change a lightbulb?
- A. One, but only when the Housing Court orders him to do it.
-
- Q: How many Marxists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
- A: None. Every Marxist knows that within every light bulb is concealed the
- seeds of its own revolution.
-
- Q. How many Mac programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
- A. None. You need a mouse to pull it down.
-
- Q. How many musicians does it take to change a lightbulb?
- A. One to change the bulb, one to sign the AFM contract, and one to carry the
- ladder from gig to gig.
-
- Q. How many account executives does it take to change a lightbulb?
- A. How many would you like it to take?
-
- Q: How many people from Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) does it take to screw in a
- lightbulb?
- A: None. The lightbulb glows by itself!!
-
- Q: How many Americans does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Five. One to change the bulb, one to blunder into the ladder and knock
- him off, and three workmen's compensation lawyers.
-
- Q: How many Martians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: One and a half.
-
-
- Q: How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?
- A: Five -- one to change the lightbulb, one to write a book about it, one to
- form a support group, one to provide day care, and the last to appear on
- Phil Donohue to discuss the abuse that the socket is taking.
-
- [From the 1985 Boston Ad Club Calendar]
- Q: How many Copywriters does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Copywriters don't make changes.
- Q: How many Art Directors does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Does it have to be a light bulb?
- Q: How many PR people does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Two and a photographer
- Q: How many media buyers does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Are there tickets involved?
- Q: How many production managers does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Two, but you'd better say three just to be safe.
-
- Q: How many yuppies does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: They don't. First, it's not a light bulb, it's a Bill Blass'
- Mediteranian Autumnal Hue (Reg. Trdmrk.), and it's still under warranty.
-
- Q: How long does it take a yuppie to change a light bulb?
- A: Few minutes to do it, but then it'll take him/her an hour to figure
- out how to get a tax deduction out of it.
- A: Few minutes to do it, but he(she) will spend hours figuring how
- to express this unique, whole new trend-setting experience at the
- next cocktail gala.
-
-
-
- [From The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 15, 1985]
- Q: How many Louisianians does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Three. One to screw in the bulb, one to hold the ladder, and one to
- bribe officials for the permit.
-
- Q: How many Oregonians?
- A: Forty two. One to screw in the bulb, one to hold the ladder, and forty
- to draft the environmental impact statement.
-
- Q: How may Virginians?
- A: Three. One to screw in the bulb, one to hold the ladder and a highly refined
- lady to remark how much lovelier the old bulb was.
-
-
- 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 the
- experience.
-
- 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 WASPs does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Two. One to call the electrician and one to mix the martini.
-
- Q: How many Psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Only one, but the bulb has got to really WANT to change.
-
-
- 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 Western Electric
- Corp. on payment of license fee (binary only).
-
- Q: How many graduate students does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: Only one, but it may take upwards of five years to complete it.
-
- Q: How many `Real Men' does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: None: `Real Men' aren't afraid of the dark.
- A: None of your damn business!
-
- Q: How many `Real Women' does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: None. A `Real Woman' would have plenty of real men around to do it.
-
-
- Q: How many Jewish Mothers does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: None. ("That's all right... I'll just sit here in the dark...")
-
- Q: How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: Two. (Any more than two, and it would be an orgy.)
-
- Q: How many Poles does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Just one, but you need 6000 Russian troops in case he goes
- on strike!
-
- Q: How many WASP's does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: Silly, WASP's don't screw in a light bulb, they screw in a hot tub.
-
- Q: How many Jewish American Princesses does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Two. One to pour the Tab, and one to phone Daddy.
-
-
- Q: How many (Generals/Politicians) does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: 1,000,001. One to change the bulb and 1,000,000 to rebuild civilization
- to the point where they need light bulbs again.
-
- Q: How many New Yorkers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A1: None of your damn business!
- A2: 50, 50? Yeah 50, it's in the contract.
-
- Q: How many med students does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Five: One to change the bulb and four to pull the ladder out from
- under him.
-
- Q: How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Three, but they're really only one.
-
- Q: How many jugglers does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: One, but it takes at least three light bulbs.
-
- Q: How many Feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: That's not funny!!!
-
- Q: How many supply-siders does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: None. The darkness will cause the light bulb to change by itself.
-
- Q: How many valley girls does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Manual labor? Gag me with a spoon!
-
- Q: How many database people does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Three:
- One to write the light bulb removal program,
- One to write the light bulb insertion program, and
- One to act as a light bulb administrator to make sure
- nobody else tries to change the light bulb at the same time.
-
- Q: How many straight San Franciscans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: Both of them.
-
- Q: How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: Two. One to change the bulb and one not to change it.
- A: Four. One to change the bulb.
-
- Q: How many Carl Sagans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: Billions and billions.
-
- Q: How many folk singers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: Two. One to change it and one to write a song about how good the
- old light bulb was.
-
- Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Two. One to hold the giraffe, and the other to fill the bathtub
- with brightly colored machine tools.
-
- Q: How many doctors does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- A: Three. One to find a bulb specialist, one to find a bulb installation
- specialist, and one to charge the bill.
-
- Q: How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: None, the bulb will change itself when its ready.
-
- Q: What is the difference between a pregnant woman and a light bulb?
- A: You can unscrew a lightbulb.
-
- Q: How many managers does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Three. One to get the bulb and two to get the phone number to dial
- one of their subordinates to actually change it.
-
- Q: How many IBM types does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: l00. Ten to do it, and 90 to write document number GC7500439-0001,
- Multitasking Incandescent Source System Facility, of which l0% of
- the pages state only "This page intentionally left blank", and
- 20% of the definitions are of the form "A........consists of sequences
- of non-blank characters separated by blanks".
-
- Q: How many Bratzlaver Chassidim does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: None. They will never find one that burned as brightly as the first one.
-
- Q: How many professors does it take to change a light bulb?
- A: Only one, but they get three tech reports out of it.
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