Title: How Many Engineers Does it Take to Screw In a Light Bulb

General Information about Item:

• Genre and Sub Genre: Verbal Folklore, Debate
• Language: English
• Country where Item is from: US

Informant Data:

• Benji Hannam
• Senior (’18)
• Computer Engineering Major
• Interview

Contextual Data:

• Social Context
  • Used when interacting with other engineers
  • Typically used as a way to relate to other engineers

• Cultural Context
  • Taking everything literally to the point that if it falls outside of lines it is no longer applicable
  • Many Computer Engineers focus primarily on software, so when there is a hardware problem they are usually not as informed and tend to ignore the problems

Item:

How many engineers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

None, it’s a hardware problem

Collector:

Juan Garcia