How many hobbits does it take to change a light bulb?

One to complain that the light bulb isn't working,

Five to hold a meeting to decide what to do about it,

Twenty to form an expedition to the fabled Lightbulb mines of Mythrill,

Thirty to throw a going away party,

One to ask Gandalf for directions,

One to sell into slavery when the petty cash runs out,

Five to get lost through natural wastage (Bandits, murderers, monsters etc),

One to throw to the Dragon that guards the Lightbulb mine,

Two to carry the lightbulbs,

Five to find a large, sword-welding barbarian to escort the lightbulbs home,

Thirty to throw a safe return party,

Five to find an elf tall enough to change the lightbulb,

Five to compose ballads of daring, heroism, sacrifice and lightbulbs,

Finally another two-hundred to appear in the subsequent Tolkien books.

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Found in a St Mary's Hospital Medical School Rag Mag

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