# How many Dopers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280 "2004-07-15T16:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/41 "2004-07-16T06:44:39Z")
One to speak on behalf of the Lightbulb Changers Society, informing everyone that methods for changing lightbulbs are copyrighted and therefore shouldn’t be discussed here. One more to point out that “lightbulb changer” is an anagram for “bright legal bunch.” ---
**Author:** ![bodswood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@bodswood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodswood)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/42 "2004-07-16T10:19:02Z")
One (A) to point out that doing things up nicely around the home and co-ordinating fixtures and fittings is not limited to the gay community. Another 25 to immediately post to point out that there is NO gay community, NO gay lifestyle, NO gay agenda, etc. One of the 25 to start a Pit thread asserting the bigotry of A, followed by 24 others telling A that redemption lies through writing a self-criticism. SolGrundy to give A a hug and share his life story some. …before telling him to f\*\*\* off some. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/43 "2004-07-16T12:33:50Z")
One to start a GD thread about which wattage actually delivers the best performance. One to start a Cafe Society thread about lightbulbs in the movies, theater and television. One to start an IMHO thread about wattage preferences. One to start a MPSIMS thread about how many dopers it takes to change a lightbulb. One to start a Pit thread about the idiots who disagree with his/her assessment of which wattage delivers the best performance. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/44 "2004-07-16T12:42:44Z")
One to start a Pit Thread bitching about all the Dopers it takes to screw in a fricking lightbulb. One to start a Pit Thread about outsourcing the guy/gal who actually screws in the lightbulb. One to start Pit Thread about Bush. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/45 "2004-07-16T13:16:55Z")
One to start a Pit thread asking why we need so many freaking light bulb threads. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/46 "2004-07-16T13:47:30Z")
One to post an [actual thread in GQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266522) about it. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/47 "2004-07-16T14:44:32Z")
One to not read the thread and post an answer that hopefully hasn’t been given yet; _Two, but no-one knows how they got in there._ ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/48 "2004-07-16T15:11:57Z")
One post to clue us in on the secret transmitter chip implanted in the bulb by John Ashcroft/Hillary Clinton/Zionist Occupation Government that makes white kids listen to hip-hop. This will be backed up with a link to an incomprehensible site that appears, amazingly, to have been written with crayons. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/49 "2004-07-16T17:24:05Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > One to say “Hi” to Opal. One newbie Guest to ask who Opal is. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/50 "2004-07-16T18:01:37Z")
> [@bodswood](#): > > One (A) to point out that doing things up nicely around the home and co-ordinating fixtures and fittings is not limited to the gay community. > > Another 25 to immediately post to point out that there is NO gay community, NO gay lifestyle, NO gay agenda, etc. > > One of the 25 to start a Pit thread asserting the bigotry of A, followed by 24 others telling A that redemption lies through writing a self-criticism. > > SolGrundy to give A a hug and share his life story some. > > …before telling him to f\*\*\* off some. :dubious: Hmmm. And then one to come in completely out of left field… ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/51 "2004-07-16T18:52:55Z")
One to exploit the opportunity to show off useless trivial knowledge, because the chemical symbol for Tungsten (which the filament is made out of) is a “W”. This is 'cause Tungsten used to be named Wolfram back in the day. Why they changed it I can’t say, folks just liked it better that way. Oh, and one to shamelessly troll for other TMBG fans… ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/52 "2004-07-16T19:19:59Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > One to get angry that someone already posted his joke (although I was going to say “two, but I don’t know _how_ they got in there”). And one to point that the head-count could be reduced to one…if the wee Doper in question is flexible enough. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/53 "2004-07-16T20:29:15Z")
One to say that the lightbulb was actually still lit, and didn’t need to be changed at all. Then one more to say that everyone thought that the lightbulb needed to be changed, and the room is brighter with the new lightbulb anyway. And finally one to say that the lightbulb wasn’t really dead, but had a NBE (Near Burned-out Experience.) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/54 "2004-07-16T20:43:13Z")
I hope no one posted this one yet… How many dopers does it take to screw in a light bulb? None. They don’t screw in light bulbs. They screw in hot tubs. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/55 "2004-07-16T22:14:59Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > 14 to wearily and exasperatedly link to the many, **many** times we have already been over this. One to complain about obviously joke links that don’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/56 "2004-07-16T22:26:06Z")
[592](http://www.teemings.com/extras/lotr/index.html) to imagine how it would have been done by Tolkien, Ian Fleming, Lewis Carroll, etc etc etc. One to come in and nominate that thread for Teemings. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/57 "2004-07-16T22:56:38Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > One to exploit the opportunity to show off useless trivial knowledge, because the chemical symbol for Tungsten (which the filament is made out of) is a “W”. This is 'cause Tungsten used to be named Wolfram back in the day. > > Why they changed it I can’t say, folks just liked it better that way. > > Oh, and one to shamelessly troll for other TMBG fans… One to point out that that song existed before TMBG. (Although I do love them. "Universe man, Universe man, size of the entire Universe man… " :D) ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/58 "2004-07-18T21:10:38Z")
One to bump the thread. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/59 "2004-07-19T00:27:46Z")
And one more to bring up the irrelevant subject of whether cake is chocolate cake even if it’s yellow with chocolate icing… ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280/60 "2005-12-25T19:33:34Z")
And one ignorant linkn follower who can’t read date headers to bump it again and get it closed down by a mod… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-lightbulb/255280.md?page=2)