Friday Funny: 'How Many Architects Does it Take to Screw in a Lightbulb?'

Hint: the answer is 21, but there's a descriptive way to add that up.

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August 8, 2014, 5:00 AM PDT

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Writing for the Coffee with an Architect blog, Jody Brown directs some self-deprecating humor toward his notoriously, um, creative profession. The joke, in the form of a question: How many architects does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

A sample of a few of the 21 responses to the joke:

One to question the concept… “Does it have to screw?”
One to discuss Le Corbusier’s use of lightbulbs throughout Villa Savoye
One to remove the boundary between the interior and the exterior of the lightbulb

Click through for the rest of the joke, and make sure to stay for the finale!

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