-- How many
bureaucrats
-- does it take to screw in a light bulb?
One to spot the burned-out bulb, his supervisor to authorize
a requisition, a requisition typist, twelve clerks to file
the requisition copies, a mail clerk to deliver the
requisition to the purchasing department, a purchasing agent
to order the bulb, a clerk to forward the purchasing order, a
clerk to mail-order a receiving clerk to receive the bulb....
How many
socialists
-- does it take to change a light bulb?
One to petition the Ministry of Light for a bulb, fifty to
establish the state production quota, two hundred militia to
force the factory unions to allow production of the bulb, and
one to surreptitiously dial an '800' number to order an
American light bulb....
