Puzzle Description:

Nerds does it take to change a light bulb? I am looking for the funniest and/or most clever answer here, so give it your best :D

#1: Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz71) on Mar 10, 2012 [HINT]

The only logic other than line logic that you need to do is a bit of smile logic near the end.

10-One to read the instructions
-one to figure out the equation for the necessary wattage
-eight to pick up the broken glass because the instructions didn't say that you have to screw the bulbs in and not push them in.:)

1 - he calls physical plant.

or

i - it's irrational to change light bulbs with mittens on.

one nerd and one computer...http://www.wikihow.com/Screw-in-a-Lightbulb

Eye-opening puzzle!

Depending on how long it takes you, you need at least a mouthful!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=rcpjQ4D4rh0

LOL, you are all giving great answers here, I laughed at every one of the comments so far. Kadou...LOL!

Now, this is from my experience: how many teenagers does it take to change a lightbulb? None, they just sit in the dark and wait for mum or dad to change it.

The answers varies, do any of the nerds have ADD?

None. Climbing up onto the ladder gives us nosebleeds.

I've got this idea for a prototype bulb that won't require changing.

The computer screen provide plenty of light.

Oh, the bulb is out? I just thought my glasses were dirty.

Hey, it's my parents' basement. Bulb changing is their responsibility.

We'll change it as soon as this quest is completed.

OK, I'll change it if you cook me a Hotpocket.

Well, according to Heisenberg it is impossible to know both how many are changing the bulb and exactly how quickly they are doing it.

It depends, are we treating light as a wave or as a particle?

Quantum mechanics tells us there is a very small probability that the light bulb will suddenly appear in the socket. I'm willing to wait.

Step 1. Assume a spherical light bulb of radius 0.025 meters.
Step 2. If one applies 13.7 newton-meters of torque...

Marie-Louise, I really enjoyed this puzzle!

Kadou, that's a lot of nerds!

Brian, your insight into nerds is amazing! You have just described my son Chris (and a majority of webpbn puzzlers I'm sure). I love having a nerd around. I'll gladly change the lightbulb, and fix the hot pockets for the nerd, cuz I know he will fix my computer and anything else that's broken. :-)

I have long ago learned to embrace my nerdyness. Nerdy and proud.

Nerds are intelligent, and I like that :)

3...one to hold up the light bulb and....
two to turn the ladder.

Tom - nah. Not enough upper body strength. Although three might be the ideal number for a lighting-maintenance-robot engineering team.

I thought that too--it would take 4 or 5 nerds to pick up and rotate a nerd-bearing ladder, and then you have the tripping hazard of so many other feet. It would be far easier to attach swivel casters to the ladder. Then you only need two nerds: one to hold the bulb and the other to swing the ladder around.

nopers Kristen, that won't work...then you would need another nerd to oil the casters

I like the idea of a light bulb changing robot. Let's see...

step 1: assume a spherical lightbulb. Oh wait, I did that already.

None? ...because screwing things in the dark isn't exactly their forte.

*snerk*

Good one David.

Haha, David wins! :D

Found to be logically solvable by gator.

10:
1 to change the bulb and 1 to make stupid binary jokes.

:D

I agree with Wombat. Except that there's inevitably a third nerd lurking nearby who'll point out that it's actually in base three.

Tough to see at first. Good job for such a small space.

42

Clear illustration.

These are FABULOUS! Let's bring it back!

<adult content warning>

How many nerds does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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The usual two.

The mystery is how they get in there in the first place.

tee-hee!

My Grand said,"One...as long as he's magic like you, Mimi!"

Sometimes grandchildren just make a person's day, don't they?...although I'm now wondering if this one thinks I actually change lightbulbs by magic.

Most of the year I live in DisneyWorld. When the kids visit me, many times Tinkerbell leaves small gifts on the balcony for them. I've told them I know lots of magic which they will learn about as they get older and are ready to do magic of their own. I plan to segue this into life lessons about love, sharing and caring (and how things one does can change the world...or maybe at least one person's world at a time) That's real magic...which takes practice and persistence as well as becoming a person who sees past appearances. Lol...got my work cut out for me...right?

In the mean time, every day is magical in one way or another!

I love you JoDeen! <3

Unsure, but certainly fewer than if it was a heavy bulb.

None. We use LED bulbs.

Zero. Put a kiddie pool under the light. Float a boat with a tall mast in the pool. Attach the new bulb to the top of the mast and allow the Coriolis effect to slowly screw the bulb in for you. Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy. Oh, did I mention that this only works in the southern hemisphere.

That seems awfully inconvenient. You'd have to move the entire room to the northern hemisphere just to unscrew it again, once it burns out.

Hm. If you could reverse gravity to keep the water in the kiddie pool, then you could just turn the room upside down to unscrew the lightbulb instead of moving everything to the other hemisphere. Though I'm concerned about whether reversing gravity might impact the direction of the Coriolis effect.

either way, it seems like a lot of bother

True story - one summer in college I worked construction as a carpenter. A light bulb in a closet burned out on a Saturday. Since it was a union job, we carpenters WERE NOT ALLOWED to change the bulb; we had to call the boss, who called the electricians, who sent the electrical foreman and an electrician to change it. We knew it would be several hours, so we changed it, worked until they showed up, then put the dead one back in so the electricians could change it.

EVERY WORD IS TRUE!

Scary!

Jinkies

Having had a couple of my projects built with union labor, that does not surprise me in the least!!

#45, very creative.
#46, hysterical retort!

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