Lightbulb Jokes

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

A: Hmmmm - the probability that a given light bulb joke will be submitted to the net in any given week is .4, and the probability that it will have changed detectably since the last transmission is .2. Hence (assuming independence, which is reasonable since no submitter of a light bulb joke ever seems to know it has been submitted before, within the last 2 or 3 weeks), the probability that it will change in a given week is .08. So it takes about 12.5 light bulb jokes to change a light bulb joke.




A: One.

Q: How many psychics does it take to change a lightbulb ?




Q: How many members of the royal family does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

A: "Actually none. As your queen I would like to reassure the people of the commonwealth that while our family may have had our Annus Horribilis and while some of us may have screwed in the stables or in the mud, none of us, to my knowledge, have actually screwed in a lightbulb."




Q: How many Royalists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

A: That depends on how far up the succession list the lightbulb is. For lightbulbs within 50 (+or-5) of the throne, the total can be approximated by (10 000/n) where n = place in succession list.




Q: How many Austrailian Royalists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

A: Only one, but there is only one and she is old and not feeling that well these days so ... hurry!




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

A: [Ahem] We do not discuss this with ladies and children present.




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

A: We don't know. The new bulb keeps getting shot at the airport.




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

A: Ve are asking ze qvestions here!