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Curried Goat in a paper cup ([personal profile] derien) wrote2009-02-04 10:51 am
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I wonder what they had before lightbulb jokes. Candle-changing jokes? How many X does it take to trim a lampwick?
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[identity profile] kryptyd.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Tailors and their notorious stinginess was a popular theme of jokes of ye olden days.

[identity profile] lifeofmendel.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
in a sci-fi series i read by brust that doesn't use traditioanl technology, he replaces the lightbulb aesthetic with sword-sharpening:

how many easterners does it take to sharpen a sword?
- four: one to hold the sword and three to move the grindstone.

how many Dzur does it take to sharpen a sword?
- four: one to sharpen the sword and three to put up enough of a fight to make it worthwhile.

how many Yendi does it take to sharpen a sword?
- three: one to sharpen the sword and one to confuse the issue.
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