From joeshaw@info1.cc.vt.edu (Joe "Uno" Shaw) 30 Apr 1995 01:10:17 GMT Galen Jang: How many Tinkers does it take to change a light bulb? They don't. Tinkers wait for the sun to rise. How many Aiel does it take to change a light bulb? Aiel don't know how to change light bulbs. How many Forsaken does it take to change a light bulb? None, Forsakens like it in the dark. Bill Garrett: How many Aes Sedai does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, but she makes 10 other people think they want to do it for her. How many Two Rivers folks does it take to change a lightbulb? About 20. Everyone on the Villiage Council will insist that he should take part of the responsibility, so it will take them a long time to find the right person to do it. Meanwhile, the Women's Council will be debating which brand of lightbulb they should install, comparing unit prices and MTBF ratings. The plans of the two groups will ultimately conflict, leading to much use of names like "stubborn" and "woolhead". How many Whitecloaks does it take to change a lightbulb? Four. One to change it, and three to hunt down the darkfriend who let it burn out. How many ta'averen does it take to change a lightbulb? One; s/he holds the bulb aloft and the world turns about him/her. Joseph Shaw: How many Ogier does it take to change a lightbulb? Just one, but it'll take them six months to decide who should leave the stedding to go purchase it. How many Aiel does it take to change a light bulb? There's more _ji_ in finding ones way in the the dark. Arthur Bernard Byrne: So, how many [color] ajah *does* it take to screw in a light bulb? Blue: Three; one to change the bulb and one to confuse the issue. Brown: Three; one to look up the previous references, one to compile an index, and one to record how it gets done... by another ajah. Green: One, plus a warder to screw with. Grey: "Well, how many do you think it should take?" Red: "That's not funny, burn you!" White: [Pauses, goes to change a light bulb, returns.] "One." Yellow: Three; one to change the bulb, one to learn how it died, and one to try heal the dead one *anyway*. Black: Two; one to change the bulb, and the other to secretly change it back. Gary Greenbaum: How many Black Ajah does it take to change a light bulb? a) It doesn't matter, you're still going to find yourself in the Dark. b) Three. One to do it, one to be a witness, one to kill the witness (was originally people from NJ) c) Fourteen. One to do it, thirteen to get thirteen Fades and change it back to the Dark. How many Yellow Ajah does it take to change a light bulb? None. You can't Heal the dead. Russell Wallace: How many White Ajah does it take to change a light bulb? "But how can you be sure the bulb is dead in the first place, when we only have the evidence of our senses for this?" Daniel Papp: How many Brown Ajah does it take to change a light bulb? Lots; to study an obvious artifact from the Age of Legends. How many Green Ajah does it take to change a light bulb? One: to get the warders to do it. How many Grey Ajah does it take to change a light bulb? about 10: so they can dicuss the effects of the absense of light in such dark times. How many Red Ajah does it take to change a light bulb? Two; one to change it; and one curse men for not making them last longer. I'm sure there were others, but I didn't save them. - Joe