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It's not 6, because my basement is still dark

MiHale
(12,147 posts)I see dead people.
Floyd R. Turbo
(30,930 posts)Are you counting the ones in the freezer?
Marthe48
(21,785 posts)lol
Floyd R. Turbo
(30,930 posts)
bucolic_frolic
(52,377 posts)4TheArts
(178 posts)I love it. So do my aunties. --Teddy
Marthe48
(21,785 posts)
True Dough
(24,388 posts)Like, did they look at you the wrong way?
Marthe48
(21,785 posts)But my work is never done!
do you figure you have room for down there?
Marthe48
(21,785 posts)so we'll just have to see
Jeebo
(2,526 posts)Somebody please explain it to me. And please explain it to me as if I'm a "dim bulb" because apparently I am. I have absolutely no idea at all what this joke is about. I don't get the setup, I don't get the punch line, I don't get any of the subsequent comments. And what does GMTA (Floyd R. Turbo's comment) mean?
-- Ron
Marthe48
(21,785 posts)great minds think alike. I had to look it up.
Have you heard the older jokes about changing a light bulb? I've seen many of these over the years, even before the Internet.
Here is a link:
https://www.cs.umd.edu/~gasarch/HUMOR/lightbulb.htmllb
The joke I posted is a dark spin on those jokes. It hints that there are 6 bodies in the basement, the light bulb is burned out, there is an expectation that dead bodies could change the bulb, but won't, maybe because there are too many or too few dead bodies to do the job. Some of the replies want to know how many bodies I do have in my basement and how many more will fit. Just silliness. True Dough is quick to send humorous replies to my posts, and didn't disappoint today. There were some other good replies too.
I don't have any bodies in my basement. And the light bulbs work.
Floyd R. Turbo
(30,930 posts)I thought Id found a kindred spirit!
Marthe48
(21,785 posts)But you'll have to find your own basement!
mwmisses4289
(2,197 posts)soldierant
(8,938 posts)because that's an imaginary number.