-- How many
armies
-- does it take to change a light bulb?
At least five. The Germans to start it, the French to give up
really easily after only trying for a little while, the
Italians to make a start, get nowhere, and then try again from
the other side, the Americans to turn up late and finish it off
and take all the credit, and the Swiss to pretend nothing out
of the ordinary is happening.
How many
rec.humor readers
-- does it take to change a light bulb?
100-one to announce that it burned out, 10 to agree, 20
to come running in with new light bulbs and screw them
in, 9 to screw them in and leave the old bulb in, 10 to
ask for a videotape of the screwing, another one to come
in a few minutes later and notice the bulb went out
again and start the whole process all over again....
How many
software engineers
-- does it take to change a light bulb?
Four, plus one senior analyst to manage the project, one
technical writer to correct the spelling and grammar of the
one who documented it, one light bulb librarian, a
sales-force of at least five to drum up enough users who want
to turn the light on, 274 users to burn out the new bulb, at
which point we go to tender for another light bulb change,....
