Before the Lightbulb Joke

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1 total messages Started by wsmith Wed, 29 Jan 1986 17:42

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Author: wsmith
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1986 17:42

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A(n) historical question:

It seems that one of the more common forms of joke (at least on this
network) are the infamous "Lightbulb Jokes."

Was there a(n) historically equivalent joke that was used before
light bulbs (and the concept of them needing to be changed) existed?

William Smith
ihnp4!uiucdcs!wsmith
wsmith@uiucdcs.ARPA  (?)

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