# What's your profession's light bulb joke?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-professions-light-bulb-joke/836825>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-professions-light-bulb-joke/836825 "2019-07-10T09:47:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-professions-light-bulb-joke/836825/101 "2019-07-17T14:37:21Z")

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> [@Horatius](#):
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> You might be the only one here who will get my version:  
> Q: How many patent examiners does it take to change a light bulb?
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> A: That’s obvious.

Your joke is quite novel.

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**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-professions-light-bulb-joke/836825/102 "2019-07-17T15:05:05Z")

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> [@Folly](#):
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> Your joke is quite novel.

🆒

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-professions-light-bulb-joke/836825/103 "2019-07-17T15:29:04Z")

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> [@Horatius](#):
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> You might be the only one here who will get my version:  
> Q: How many patent examiners does it take to change a light bulb?
> 
> A: That’s obvious.

I get it too, but it’s **JoseB** ’s fault. He’s a patent examiner 😃

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**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-professions-light-bulb-joke/836825/104 "2019-07-18T12:39:14Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> I was a musician, so this comes close:
> 
> How many choreographers does it take to change a light bulb?
> 
> …5…6…7…8.

On behalf of Mr. CelticKnot:

How many choir directors does it take to change a light bulb?

We don’t know. No one was watching.

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-professions-light-bulb-joke/836825/105 "2019-07-18T17:26:43Z")

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> [@Esprise\_Me](#):
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> I haven’t heard one for lawyers, but I was a server for 10 years, and the answer to that is “that’s not my fucking sidework!”

You won’t find a lawyer who can change a light bulb. Now, if you’re looking for a lawyer to screw a light bulb…

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