

------The Canonical Collection of Light Bulb Jokes------


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FIRST THE ORIGINAL LIGHT BULB JOKES:


Q: How many <ethnic group> does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: 10: One to hold the bulb and nine to rotate the ladder.


Q: How many strong <ethnic group> does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: 115: One to hold the bulb and 114 to rotate the house.


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NOW THE UPDATED VERSIONS -- WARNING - NO GROUP IS SPARED


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 New Yorkers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: 50. 50? Yeah, 50! It's in the contract.



Q: How many WASPs does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Two. One to call the electrician and one to mix the martinis.



Q: How many data base 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 insertaion program, and
        One to act as a light bulb administrator to make sure that
                nobody else tries to change the bulb at the same time.



Q: How many straight San Franciscans does it take to change 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.
        Note: 1 to change and 1 not to change is fake Zen. The
              true Zen answer is 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 the bulb, 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 gorrilas does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Only one, but it sure takes a truckload of light bulbs!



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 bill it all to Medicare.



Q: How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?

A: None, the bulb will change itself when it is ready.



Q: What is the difference between a pregnant woman and a light bulb?

A: You can unscrew a light bulb.



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: 100. Ten to do it, and 90 to write document number GC7500439-001,
        Multitasking Incadescent Source System Facility, of which
        10% 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 seperated 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.



Q: How many people from New Jersey does it take to change a light
        bulb?

A: Three: One to change the bulb, one to witness, and the third to
        shoot the witness.



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 programmers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: None. That's a hardware problem.



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.



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 for him to get
        it done.



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. 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 Polacks does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Just one, but you need 6000 Soviet troops in case he goes
        on strike!



Q: How many Marxists does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: None: The light bulb contains the seeds of its own revolution.



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 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 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 change 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 supply-side economists does it take to screw in
        a light bulb?

A: None. If the government would just leave it alone, it would
        screw itself in.





Q: How many <ethnic> gods does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Two: One to hold the bulb and the other to rotate the planet.




Q: How many cops does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: None. It turned itself in.



Q: How many nuclear engineers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Seven: One to install the new bulb, and six to figure what to do
        with the old one for the next 10,000 years.



Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: How many can you afford?



Q: How many football players does it take to change a light bulb?

A: The entire team! And they all get a semester's credit for it!



Q: How many thought police does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: None. There never *was* any light bulb.




Q: How many federal employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Sorry, that item was cut from the budget!




Q: How many brewers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: One-third less than for a regular bulb.



Q: How many accountants does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: What kind of answer did you have in mind?



Q: How many economists does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Two: One to change the bulb, and the other to assume the ladder.



Q: How many civil servants does it take to change a light bulb?

A: 45: One to change the bulb, and 44 to do the paperwork.



Q: How many mystery writers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Two: One to screw it almost all the way in and the other to give
        it a suprising twist at the end.



Q: How many existentialists does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Two: One to screw it in and one to observe how the light
        bulb itself symbolizes a single incandescent beacon of
        subjective reality in a netherworld of endless absurdity
        reaching out toward a cosmos of nothingness.



Q: How many junkies does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Who says it's dark?



Q: How many consultants does it take to change a light bulb?

A: I'll have an estimate for you a week from Monday.



Q: How many U.S. Marines does it take to change a light bulb?

A: 50: One to screw in the bulb and 49 to guard him.



Q: How many members of the Impossible Missions Force does it take
        to change a light bulb?

A: Five: While Cinnamon creates a diversion by wearing a skimpy
        dress, I use a tiny narcotic dart to knock out the fascist
        dictator and remove his body. Rollin, wearing a plastic mask,
        masquerades as the dictator long enough for Barney to sneak
        up to the next floor, drill a hole down into the light fixture,
        remove the burned-out bulb, and replace it with a new super-
        high wattage model of his own design. Meanwhile, Willie has
        driven up to the door in a laundry truck. Just before Rollin's
        real identity is revealed, we escape to the laundry truck,
        drive to the airfield, and return to the United States.




Q: How many technical writers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Just one, provided there's a programmer around to explain how
        to do it.



Q: How many editors of Poor Richard's Almanac does it take to replace
        a light bulb?

A: Many hands make light work.




Q: How many Duke Medical School students does it take to screw in a light
        bulb?

A: Just one. He holds the light bulb and the universe revolves around
        him.
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