Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site abnjh.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxl!abnjh!lute From: lute@abnjh.UUCP (J. Collymore) Newsgroups: net.jokes,net.startrek Subject: A STAR TREK Light Bulb Joke Message-ID: <877@abnjh.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 11:30:36 EDT Article-I.D.: abnjh.877 Posted: Mon Oct 8 11:30:36 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Oct-84 03:02:48 EDT Organization: ATTIS, NJ Lines: 33 A friend of mine told me this joke the other day. I don't know if it has been already posted or not by someone, but I thought I'd send it out to those of you on the net who may be either TREKKIES or TREKKORS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Q: How many members of the U.S.S. Enterprise does it take to change a > light bulb? > > A: 7. Scotty will report to Captain Kirk that the light bulb in the > Engineering Section is burnt out, to which Kirk will send Bones > to pronounce the bulb dead. Scotty, after checking around, notices > that they have no more new light bulbs, and complains that he can't > see in the dark to tend to his engines. Kirk must make an emergency > stop at the next uncharted planet, Alpha Regula IV, to procure a > light bulb from the natives. Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu, and 3 red > shirt security officers beam down. The 3 security officers are > promptly killed by the natives, and the rest of the landing party > is captured. Meanwhile, back in orbit, Scotty notices a Klingon ship > approaching and must warp out of orbit to escape detection. > Bones cures the native king who is suffering from the flu, and as > a reward the landing party is set free and given all of the light bulbs > they can carry. Scotty cripples the Klingon ship and warps back to the > planet just in time to beam up Kirk et. al. The new bulb is inserted, > and the Enterprise continues with its five year mission. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------