# How Many Dopers Would It Take To Change A Light Bulb? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720 "2012-12-02T01:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/141 "2012-12-09T15:31:37Z")
There once was a 'Doper named **DMark** Who OP’ed “I’ll be stuck in the dark. Lightbulbs–how to change?” How the answers did range! 'Twas for naught; the thread’s but a lark. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/142 "2012-12-09T16:04:12Z")
Just two, but it needs to be a _really_ big lightbulb. Oh wait, wrong question. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/143 "2012-12-09T16:07:25Z")
I wish we had a Like button here. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/144 "2012-12-09T16:39:34Z")
It might break your femur to change it. Are you sure you want to chance it? \< afraid \> > [@LouisB](#): > > Will penis ensue? How _you_ doin’? ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/145 "2012-12-09T22:11:02Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I wish we had a Like button here. I don’t get it… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/146 "2012-12-09T23:24:44Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > There’s a handyman service in my neighborhood that I call for little jobs like this. They do a great job and are always very nice. Should I tip them? You don’t tip handymen, you tip cows. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/147 "2012-12-09T23:38:44Z")
[nitpick] It’s not a light bulb. It’s a light flower. [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![PAjoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pajoe/32/58_2.png) [@PAjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PAjoe)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/148 "2012-12-10T17:43:36Z")
220, 221 whatever it takes ---
**Author:** ![Thuringwethil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@Thuringwethil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thuringwethil)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/149 "2012-12-10T18:34:49Z")
So why does this thread merit two Threadspotting mentions? Perhaps because some people need more enlightenment than others. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/150 "2012-12-10T19:18:30Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > I Pit minors screwing in light bulbs. I thought it was flies that screwed in light bulbs. (Don’t ask me how they get in there.) ---
**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:** [December 10, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/151 "2012-12-10T20:39:50Z")
> [@Thuringwethil](#): > > So why does this thread merit two Threadspotting mentions? Perhaps because some people need more enlightenment than others. You should have said - who do you have to screw in a lightbulb to get a Threadspotting mention. ---
**Author:** ![pete66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8c91f0/32.png) [@pete66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pete66)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/152 "2012-12-10T22:13:06Z")
Are we sure this is actually a burnt out light bulb, and not a perfectly functioning toaster oven pretending to be a burnt out bulb ? ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/153 "2012-12-11T01:58:06Z")
> [@Ksnook](#): > > I could change it by myself, but that would be pampering. Don’t you mean “pandering”? ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/154 "2012-12-11T02:00:37Z")
> [@Fozzie\_Dabear](#): > > Ooooohhhhh. Wait man! Like by DOPER you meant somebody who like, reads The Straight Dope and stuff man. Ooooohhh. Yea, now I get it. Wow. Yea, hey want some fritos, man? Fozzie, are you in Colorado? Or maybe Washington? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/155 "2012-12-11T04:03:32Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > You should have said - who do you have to screw in a lightbulb to get a Threadspotting mention. Me. Twice. Was it good for you? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/156 "2012-12-11T05:05:29Z")
**Light Bulb Dopefest?** Any interest in a Spring Light Bulb Dopefest? Our Tyre Rotation Dopefest only had a turnout of 5. Of course choosing an 18 wheeler was a big factor in that. I’d prefer a Friday or Saturday afternoon/early evening, before sunset at any rate. I’m in Australia, but can travel anywhere with electricity access. Yes, we can pick a place that has screw threads, even though all my spare bulbs are bayonets. Anyone interested? February perhaps? Anyone got an available socket? Or a really high wattage bulb? Would we allow incandescents? ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/157 "2012-12-11T05:08:45Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I thought it was flies that screwed in light bulbs. > > (Don’t ask me how they get in there.) Yesterday morning I shot an elephant screwing in a light bulb. How he got in the light bulb I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/158 "2012-12-11T15:38:10Z")
First you get a really big light bulb and put it into a deep hole. Then you fill the hole with ashes and surround it with peanuts… How you get his partner in there is beyond me… ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/159 "2012-12-11T16:13:00Z")
Mythbusters did the screwing-in-the-lightbulb thing some years ago. They busted it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720/160 "2012-12-11T21:38:15Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Mythbusters did the screwing-in-the-lightbulb thing some years ago. They busted it. Too heavy for the bulb? Too much flexing from the thrusting? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-would-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/642720.md?page=9)