How Many IBM Programmers -- Does It Take To Screw In A Light Bulb?

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-- How many
IBM programmers
-- does it take to screw in a light bulb?
33. One to change the lightbulb and the other 32 to write 14
volumes of documentation of which half consists of pages
containing only "This page left intentionally blank" and the
other half definitions such as " 'bulb' can be defined as a
glass and metal object with certain electrical properties (see
volume IX, "The Electrical Properties Of A Bulb Used For
Illumination") designed to mate with a housing integral to the
ceiling referred to as a "socket" (see volume VII, "Bayonet Cap
Sockets" and volume VIII, "Edison Screw Sockets"; if uncertain
of the socket type please see volume II, "Lighting Sockets - A
Preliminary Identification Guide")"

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