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MindWithoutWalls
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02 Oct 2012, 4:41 pm

Does anybody know any good spectrumite jokes?

I thought of one, but it doesn't work well, because it has to be explained. That takes the humor out of a joke. But I still think it's funny to me, so I tell it to myself. It goes like this:

Q: How many Aspies does it take to change a light bulb?
A: One.

(The answer is an ASD moment, answering only the question asked, nothing more...)

Alternately, for those who like to "data dump", you could pretend to start a dissertation on light bulb changing. But I think it would still take too much explanation in the end, and NTs might find it more irritating than funny. So, my joke is not really very good. In fact, it's probably really terrible.

Anybody got a better answer or a way of modifying mine? Some jokes I make are really funny to others, but not this one...

Are there any other jokes out there that are actually any good?


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02 Oct 2012, 4:57 pm

MindWithoutWalls wrote:
Q: How many Aspies does it take to change a light bulb?
A: One.

(The answer is an ASD moment, answering only the question asked, nothing more...)


I like it.



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02 Oct 2012, 5:02 pm

By the way, regarding the answering only the question asked, that has bothered me as long as I can remember.

I've long recognized that when someone asks a question, they often think that hey are asking a different question, but I always answer the question they asked, not what they thought they were asking.

I just never realize that the question they asked is not their real question until too late.



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02 Oct 2012, 5:17 pm

I like the joke. It's pure logic. Because if it takes more than one person to change a lightbulb, there's something wrong.


It's also very dry.....makes me think of this:

Why did the Aspie cross the road?

He didn't.



For some reason, that's funny, I dunno why......


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02 Oct 2012, 6:02 pm

MindWithoutWalls wrote:
Q: How many Aspies does it take to change a light bulb?


Five. One has a meltdown, one is too clumsy, one finds it too bright and one is too busy with his special interest.



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02 Oct 2012, 6:52 pm

How many aspies does it take to change a light bulb?
One, but it has to wait in line just like the other special interests.



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02 Oct 2012, 8:30 pm

Sanctus wrote:
MindWithoutWalls wrote:
Q: How many Aspies does it take to change a light bulb?


Five. One has a meltdown, one is too clumsy, one finds it too bright and one is too busy with his special interest.

I don't get it. It still took only 1 to change the light bulb.



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03 Oct 2012, 12:05 am

Yeah, when someone answers that it took five people to change a light bulb, I end up imagining how hard it'd be for five different hands to hold up a single light bulb and somehow screw it in as well... that'd take a lot of coordination between everyone involved.



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03 Oct 2012, 12:41 am

mrspotatohead wrote:
Yeah, when someone answers that it took five people to change a light bulb, I end up imagining how hard it'd be for five different hands to hold up a single light bulb and somehow screw it in as well... that'd take a lot of coordination between everyone involved.


Perhaps they are forming a human pyramid to reach a bulb that is high up on a vaulted ceiling? Either that or they are holding the individual with the actual bulb in his/her hands and rotating them from beneath, rather than the bulb holder rotating the bulb with their hand?


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03 Oct 2012, 2:02 am

You guys have to realize, that before they changed the bulb, it was dark there in the room.


So! You need one AS person to light a candle,
one to go and buy a new :idea:
and one to actually change the :idea: .

I would say you need three 8)



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03 Oct 2012, 2:10 am

Issit wrote:
You guys have to realize, that before they changed the bulb, it was dark there in the room.


So! You need one AS person to light a candle,
one to go and buy a new :idea:
and one to actually change the :idea: .

I would say you need three 8)



Well...no. One person can do all three jobs if they sequence it properly.


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03 Oct 2012, 2:17 am

outofplace wrote:
Issit wrote:
You guys have to realize, that before they changed the bulb, it was dark there in the room.


So! You need one AS person to light a candle,
one to go and buy a new :idea:
and one to actually change the :idea: .

I would say you need three 8)



Well...no. One person can do all three jobs if they sequence it properly.

The problem is, that they need to do it fast so that they can continue with their special interests.
Also, the one who goes to buy the candle needs to hold the chair so that the one who changes the bulb does not fall down.



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03 Oct 2012, 2:21 am

Issit wrote:
outofplace wrote:
Issit wrote:
You guys have to realize, that before they changed the bulb, it was dark there in the room.


So! You need one AS person to light a candle,
one to go and buy a new :idea:
and one to actually change the :idea: .

I would say you need three 8)



Well...no. One person can do all three jobs if they sequence it properly.

The problem is, that they need to do it fast so that they can continue with their special interests.
Also, the one who goes to buy the candle needs to hold the chair so that the one who changes the bulb does not fall down.


Unless, of course, the bulb is in a table lamp. Then there is no need to stand on an object to change the bulb.


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03 Oct 2012, 2:39 am

True.


Ok :idea:
Q: How many Aspies does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. Computer gives enough light.



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03 Oct 2012, 2:47 am

Issit wrote:
True.


Ok :idea:
Q: How many Aspies does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. Computer gives enough light.


Unless...of course... The lights burned out die to a Carrington Event sized solar flare which caused an EMP large enough to burn out the power grid. (Then, the light bulb would probably be useless as the excessive charge in the atmosphere will have burned out the filaments in not only the bulb in question, but all locally available replacement bulbs as well. (Sorry... I couldn't resist the temptation to keep this going! :lol:)


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03 Oct 2012, 3:00 am

outofplace wrote:
Issit wrote:
True.


Ok :idea:
Q: How many Aspies does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. Computer gives enough light.


Unless...of course... The lights burned out die to a Carrington Event sized solar flare which caused an EMP large enough to burn out the power grid.

OR cause of the colision with Andromeda Galaxy.
However THEN there would be so much light, that artificial light would not be needed anymore:
imagine all the new stars shining on our little planet!
:)

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