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Light Bulb Jokes
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THE CANONICAL COLLECTION OF
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LIGHT BULB JOKES
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Q: How many Californians does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Six. One to turn the bulb, one for support, and four to relate to
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the experience.
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Q: How many Oregonians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Five. One to change the bulb, and four more to chase off the
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Californians who have come up to relate to the experience.
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Q: How many New Yorkers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A1: None of your damn business!
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A2: 50! 50? Yeah, "50" It's in the contract.
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Q: How many WASPs does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Two. One to call the electrician and one to mix the martinis.
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Q: How many data base people does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Three: One to write the light bulb removal program, One to write
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the light bulb insertion program and one to act as a light bulb
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administrator to make sure that nobody else tries to change the bulb.
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Q: How many straight San Franciscans does it take to change a light
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bulb?
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A: Both of them.
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Q: How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Two. One to and one not to change it. Note: 1 to change and 1 not
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to change is fake Zen. The true Zen answer is four.
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Q: How many Carl Sagans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Billions and billions.
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Page 1 of 7
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Light Bulb Jokes
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Q: How many folk singers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Two: One to change the bulb, and one to write a song about how
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good the old light bulb was.
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Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Two: One to hold the giraffe, and the other to fill the bathtub
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with brightly colored machine tools.
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Q: How many gorillas does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Only one, but it sure takes a shitload of light bulbs!
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Q: How many doctors does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Three: One to find a bulb specialist, one to find a bulb
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installation specialist, and one to bill it all to OHIP.
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Q: How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: None, the bulb will change itself when it is ready.
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Q: What is the difference between a pregnant woman and a light bulb?
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A: You can unscrew a light bulb.
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Q: How many managers does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Three: One to get the bulb and two to get the phone number to dial
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one of their subordinates to actually change it.
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Q: How many IBM types does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: 100. Ten to do it, and 90 to write document number GC7500439-001
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Multitasking Incandescent Source System Facility, of which 10% of the
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pages state only "This page has been intentionally left blank", and
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20% of the definitions are of the form "A------" consists of sequences
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of non-blank characters separated by blanks".
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Page 2 of 7
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Light Bulb Jokes
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Q: How many Bratzlaver Chassidim does it take to change a light
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bulb?
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A: None. They will never find one that burned as brightly as the
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first one.
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Q: How many professors does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Only one, but they get three technical reports out of it.
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Q: How many people from New Jersey does it take to change a light
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bulb?
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A: Three: One to change the bulb, one to witness, and the third to
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shoot the witness.
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Q: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Only one, but the bulb has got to really WANT to change.
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Q: How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: None. That's a hardware problem.
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Q: How many Unix hacks does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: As many as you want; they're all virtual anyway.
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Q: How many Bell Lab Vice Presidents does it take to change a light
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bulb?
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A: That's proprietary information. Answer available from AT&T on
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payment of license fee.
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Q: How many graduate students does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Only one, but it may take upwards of five years for him to get it
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done.
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Q: How many "Real Men" does it take to change a light bulb?
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A1: None. "Real Men" aren't afraid
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of the dark.
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A2: None of your damn business!
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Page 3 of 7
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Light Bulb Jokes
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Q: How many "Real Women" does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: None. A "Real Woman" would have plenty of real men around to do
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it.
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Q: How many Jewish mothers does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: None. ("That's all right... I'll just sit here in the dark...")
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Q: How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Two. (Hint: they are small enough to fit inside)
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Q: How many Pollocks does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Just one, but you need 6000 Russian troops in case he goes on
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strike!
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Q: How many WASPs does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Silly, WASPs don't screw in a light bulb, they screw in a hot
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tub.
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Q: How many Marxists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: None: The light bulb contains the seeds of its own revolution.
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Q: How many Generals/Politicians does it take to change a light
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bulb?
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A: 1,000,001: One to change the bulb and 1,000,000 to rebuild
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civilization to the point where they need light bulbs again.
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Q: How many med students does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Five: One to change the bulb and four to pull the ladder out from
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under him.
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Q: How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Three, but they're really one.
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Page 4 of 7
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Light Bulb Jokes
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Q: How many jugglers does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: One, but it takes at least three light bulbs.
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Q: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: That's not funny!
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Q: How many supply-siders does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: None. The darkness will cause the light bulb to change by
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itself.
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Q: How many supply-side economists does it take to screw in a
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lightbulb?
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A: None. If the government would just leave it alone, it would screw
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itself in.
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Q: How many <ethnics> does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: 10: One to hold the bulb and nine to rotate the ladder.
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Q: How many strong <ethnics> does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: 115: One to hold the bulb and 114 to rotate the house.
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Q: How many <ethnic> gods does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Two: One to hold the bulb and the other to rotate the planet.
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Q: How many cops does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: None. It turned itself in.
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Q: How many nuclear engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Seven: One to install the new bulb, and six to figure what to do
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with the old one for the next 10,000 years.
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Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: How many can you afford?
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Page 5 of 7
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Light Bulb Jokes
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Q: How many football players does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: The entire team! And they all get a semester's credit for it!
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Q: How many lesbians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Three: One to screw it in, and two to talk about how much better
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it is than with a man.
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Q: How many federal employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Sorry, that item was cut from the budget!
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Q: How many brewers does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: One-third less than for a regular bulb.
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Q: How many accountants does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: What kind of answer did you have in mind?
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Q: How many economists does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Two: One to change the bulb, and the other to assume the ladder.
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Q: How many civil servants does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: 45: One to change the bulb, and 44 to do the paperwork.
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Q: How many mystery writers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Two: One to screw it almost all the way in and the other to give
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it a surprising twist at the end.
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Q: How many existentialists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Two: One to screw it in and one to observe how the light bulb
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itself symbolizes a single incandescent beacon of subjective reality
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in a netherworld of endless absurdity reaching out toward a cosmos of
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nothingness.
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Page 6 of 7
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Light Bulb Jokes
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Q: How many junkies does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: Who says it's dark?
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Q: How many consultants does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: I'll have an estimate for you a week from Monday.
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Q: How many U.S. Marines does it take to change a light bulb?
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A: 50: One to screw in the bulb and 49 to guard him.
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Q: How many members of the Impossible Missions Force does it take to
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change a light bulb?
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A: Five: While Cinnamon creates a diversion by wearing a skimpy
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dress I use a tiny narcotic dart to knock out the fascist dictator and
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remove his body. Rollin, wearing a plastic mask, masquerades as the
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dictator long enough for Barney to sneak up to the next floor, drill a
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hole down into the light fixture, remove the burned-out bulb, and
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replace it with a new super-high wattage model of his own design.
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Meanwhile, Willie has driven up to the door in a laundry truck. Just
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before Rollin's real identity is revealed, we escape to the laundry
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truck, drive to the airfield, and return to the United States!!!
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Q: How many technical writers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Just one, provided there's a programmer around to explain how to
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do it.
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Q: How many Harvard students does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: Just one. He holds the light bulb and the universe revolves
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around him.
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THE END
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