[net.sf-lovers] Larry Niven Lightbulb Jokes

davidl@mako.UUCP (07/13/84)

Q: How many Pierson's Puppeteers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None, it's too dangerous.  They'll hire someone else to do it.

Q: How many Thrintun does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: 17,002.  One to discover a new slave world, 17,000 to enslave it, and one to
   direct the actual operation.

Q: How many Grogs does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None.  You'll do it for them.

Q: How many Pak protectors does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Three million and one.  One million to fight a huge, senseless, bloody war
   over who should change it, one million to research the nature and
   location of the lightbulb, one million to build the tools, and one 
   to change the lightbulb.

Q: How many Kzinti does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None.  Kzinti can see in the dark!

Q: How many Kdatlyno does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: What's a lightbulb?

Q: How many Motie engineers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Only one, but you won't recognize it when she's done with it...

- David D. Levine  (...decvax!tektronix!tekecs!davidl)          [UUCP]
                   (tekecs!davidl.tektronix@csnet-relay.csnet)  [ARPA]