How many executives does it take to change a light bulb?
Q: How many executives does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. We contract out for things like that.
A: One, but he needs two outside consultants to help.
A: One to spot the burned-out bulb and issue the requisition, a requisition typist, 12 clerks to file requisition copies, a mail clerk to deliver the requisition to the purchasing department, a purchasing agent to get three competing bids, a clerk to forward the bids, a clerk to review the returned bids and write an evaluation, a clerk to mail order the bulb, a receiving clerk to received the bulb, …
A: Two. One to assure the staff that everything possible is being done, while the other tries to screw the bulb into a water faucet.
A: Two. One to screw it in, one to screw it up.
adapted from Dickson’s Joke Treasury
by Paul Dickson
John Wiley & Sons
