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([personal profile] derien Feb. 4th, 2009 10:51 am)
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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Date: 2009-02-04 05:40 pm (UTC)

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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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