From: "Richard Brodie" <richard@brodietech.com>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: Two Meme jokes
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 16:28:26 -0700
In-Reply-To: <35F93B0A.7DE14518@mmu.ac.uk>
Bruce Edmonds wrote:
<<Q. How many memeticists does it take to change a light bulb?
A. None - "being blown" is a successfully propagating lightbulb meme, so
it must be right for it to be blown!>>
I tried to figure out why the first one was funny... then I realized that
"being blown" has a different meaning here in the USA.
LOL
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