I edited this list down quite a bit. Many of the references in items I deleted are very dated. Others I found a bit too biting to retain. I have included no source because I found this on a number of web sites.
Q: How many New Yorkers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None 'o yo' fuckin' business!
A': 50. 50? Yeah 50; its in the contract.
Q: How many Psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: It depends on how much the light bulb wants to change
Q: How many software people does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None. That's a hardware problem.
A': One, but if he changes it, the whole building will probably fall down.
A'': Two. One always leaves in the middle of the project.
Q: How many hardware folks does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. That's a software problem.
A': None. They just have marketing portray the dead bulb as a feature.
Q: How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Only two, but the hard part is getting them into the light bulb.
Q: How many economists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Two. One to assume the ladder and one to change the bulb.
A': None. If the government would just leave it alone, it would screw itself in.
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 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: A tree in a golden forest.
A': Two: one to change the bulb and one not to change it.
A'': One to change and one not to change is fake Zen. The true Zen answer is Four. One to change the bulb.
A''':None. Zen masters carry their own light.
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 Technical Writers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 100. Ten to do it, and 90 to write document number GC7500439-0001, Multitasking Incandescent 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 separated by blanks.''
A': Just one, provided there's an engineer around to explain how to do it.
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 light bulb, one to be a witness, and the third to shoot the witness.
Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: How many can you afford?
A': It only takes one to change your bulb...to his.
A'': Lawyers don't change bulbs. Now if you're looking for someone to really screw a bulb...
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 board meetings does it take to get a light bulb changed?
A: This topic was resumed from last week's discussion, but is incomplete pending resolution of some action items. It will be continued next week. Meanwhile...
Q: How many Vulcans does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Approximately 1.00000000000000000000000
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 maudlin cosmos of nothingness.
Q: How many stock brokers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Two. One to take out the bulb and drop it, and the other to try and sell it before it crashes (knowing that it's already burned out).
A': It's out?? Sell my G.E. stock NOW!
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Re: Changing a light bulb
Good to see your sense of humor (and appreciation for humor) has survived. 
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Re: Changing a light bulb
Danya (imported) wrote: Mon May 09, 2011 9:35 pm Q: How many Technical Writers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 100. Ten to do it, and 90 to write document number GC7500439-0001, Multitasking Incandescent 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 ``
This was my favorite.
Thanks you,
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Danya (imported) wrote: Mon May 09, 2011 9:35 pm Q: How many Vulcans does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Approximately 1.00000000000000000000000
I disagree....
A: Three. One to effect the replacement; one to ascertain why the defective component was not replaced during the previous preventative maintenance session; and one to perform an analysis to reveal why the human members of the crew find the situation humorous.
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Re: Changing a light bulb
Q. How many ca
A. Surely you jest. We cats never change light bulbs so on to more important concerns: (1) Change my litter box you lazy oaf (2) If I'm in the mood, I might let you pet me. (3) Get off your fat ass and get my dinner.
A. Surely you jest. We cats never change light bulbs so on to more important concerns: (1) Change my litter box you lazy oaf (2) If I'm in the mood, I might let you pet me. (3) Get off your fat ass and get my dinner.