I hope all of you have come across at least one of the many "light bulb" jokes that have been floating around for many years now. For the benefit of those who have not, the basic idea behind these jokes is to highlight certain characteristics of groups of people or communities. Here are a few of them just to get you on par for the ones which actually got me to type this post :)
Q: How many Software Engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. If you ask them, they’ll say it’s a hardware problem.
Q: How many Hardware Engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. If you ask them, they’ll say it’s a software problem.
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.
So now, hoping that you have understood what the light bulb jokes are all about, here are some of the crazy and hilarious replies I got for some of the questions I posed to one of my colleagues.
Q: How many robbers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Only one, but even the fused light bulb will be taken.
Q: How many Indian cops does it take to change a light bulb?
A: No point, the cop will come only once everything is over.
Q: How many US cops does it take to change a light bulb?
A: No point counting. One to receive the 911 call, all the cops in the vicinity to respond to it, one ambulance, one fire brigade, loads of yellow tape to mark the area of action, one cop to run around with a video camera to show this incident on TV some day, one special agent to boss around, and if nothing happens in 10 minutes, one chopper and a million media personnel.
Q: How many terrorists does it take to change a light bulb?
This got my colleague confused. "You need to be specific!" she said and then came these replies,
A: If it is Taliban: Ten. Because ten of them set out on the mission, three die in combat at the border, three more die during the mission, three kill each other in some internal confrontation, and finally one changes it but then he gets arrested.
A: If it is LTTE: One. He just shows up and then blows up. No wall remains, no socket remains hence no need of a light bulb.
A: If it is ULFA: Doesn’t matter. Because after all the hard work of planning it and getting all the men involved, they will ultimately realize that they changed the wrong one.
