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Marthe48

(21,785 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 11:25 AM Sep 6

How many dead people does it take to change a light bulb?

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

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How many dead people does it take to change a light bulb? (Original Post) Marthe48 Sep 6 OP
But if the lights came on you would have to say... MiHale Sep 6 #1
🤣 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 6 #2
How did you know? Marthe48 Sep 6 #6
GMTA! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 6 #10
It took me awhile. You should start a new trend in subtle Dark Humor. /nt bucolic_frolic Sep 6 #3
An Arsenic and Old Lace joke! 4TheArts Sep 6 #4
One of my favorites! Marthe48 Sep 6 #5
Did you have good reason, Marthe? True Dough Sep 6 #7
They didn't use a turn signal when they switched lanes Marthe48 Sep 6 #8
How many True Dough Sep 6 #9
It's not Arlington Marthe48 Sep 6 #11
I don't understand this joke at all. Jeebo Sep 6 #12
GMTA stands for Marthe48 Sep 6 #15
It's a joke? Floyd R. Turbo Sep 6 #16
Oh we are! Marthe48 Sep 6 #17
None. They are all dead, and so is the lightbulb. mwmisses4289 Sep 6 #13
I think it's the square root of negative one. soldierant Sep 6 #14

Jeebo

(2,526 posts)
12. I don't understand this joke at all.
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 01:17 PM
Sep 6

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)
15. GMTA stands for
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 06:07 PM
Sep 6

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.










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