What is the meaning of "How many man does it take to change a light bulb?"?

All of those phrases are jokes, usually replaced %26quot;man%26quot; with any denomination, to indicate how flawed or different they are from your culture.What is the meaning of %26quot;How many man does it take to change a light bulb?%26quot;?How many men... For instance a certain ethnic group is sterotyped to be below average intelligence, but above average in physical strength so the joke would go:

How many #*#*#*# does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Answer:

Three - one to hold the bulb and two to lift and turn him.

Many other variations are possible depending on which stereotype you want to ridicule.

These jokes are always at somebodys expense and would be considered either aggressive or hostile.What is the meaning of %26quot;How many man does it take to change a light bulb?%26quot;?OK since this question is in the %26quot;Science/Physics%26quot; catagory then I'll take a stab at it....



How many Scientists does it take to change a light bulb?



It takes 100 scientists many years to decide that the light bulb needs to be replaced.



Then it takes another 100 scientists to agree on the best method to change the light bulb.



Then it takes another 100 scientists to figure out how to build the ladder needed to change the light bulb.



Then it takes 1000 scientists to double check all of the above.



Then it takes 100 scientists to seek funding for the ladder.



Then it takes another 100 scientists to agree on the proper replacement bulb.



Then it takes 1000 scientists to double check that the proper ladder can actually be used for the proper bulb.



Then it takes 100 scientists to decide who should climb the ladder to replace the bulb.



Then it takes 100 scientists to decide what is the maximum number of turns of the bulb before someone is killed from a bulb falling on their head.



Then it takes 1000 scientists to look over all of the facts and decide that indeed the bulb does need replacing and indeed a ladder is a good method and indeed it only takes a few turns to unscrew it and indeed the risk of killing one self changing a light buld is fairly small.



Then it takes 1 scientist to screw in the bulb. 1500 to design the new bulb. 25000 to design the ladder. 50000 to design the equiptment that monitors the replacement of the bulb and 100000 to study the bulb replacement for then next 50 years in hopes of doing it better next time.



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