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Today is National Joke Day.  I could tell you about the origins of this holiday, but it isn’t very funny, and therefore defeats the intended spirit of the day.  Living with an 10 year-old aspiring comic myself, I feel like everyday is Joke Day (help.  me.)  In honor of my son, Miles, and in celebration of this day, I thought it would be fun to leave a few corny jokes for you today.  If you left one of your own in the comments, just think of comedic power we could surge throughout the world wide web!  That, and you could give Miles some new material for his stand-up routine.  (Again. . .save.  me. . .)

I copied these jokes from this Energy Quest/California Energy Commission website. Enjoy!

• How many board meetings does it take to get a light bulb changed? This topic was resumed from last week’s discussion, but is incomplete, pending resolution of some action items. It will be continued next week.
• How many dull people does it take to change a light bulb? One.
• How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb? Sixteen. One to change it, and fifteen to form a support group.
• How many grad students does it take to change a light bulb? One, but it takes ten years.
• How many science fiction writers does it take to change a light bulb? Two, but it’s actually the same person doing it. He went back in time and met himself in the doorway and then the first one sat on the other one’s shoulder so that they were able to reach it. Then a major time paradox occurred and the entire room, light bulb, changer and all was blown out of existence.
• How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? The bicycle’s broken.
• How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? To get to the other side.
• How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to hold the giraffe, and one to put the clocks in the bathtub.
• How many Taoists does it take to change a light bulb? You cannot change a light bulb. By nature, it will go out again.
• How many Zen masters does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to change it, and one not to change it.

Here’s a bit of comedy trivia:  As reported in THE WEEK magazine (August 15th, 2008), “researchers determined that the oldest recorded joke-dating to 1900 B.C. Sumeria-is, ‘Something which has never occurred since time immemorial:  A young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.’ ”  I’d like to say we’ve come a long way in comedy, but I just don’t feel comfortable saying that.