Please Lord, teach us to laugh again, but, God, don't let us ever forget that we cried.

- Nadia

How many Quakers does it take to change a lightbulb?

Answers:

• None, Quakers always give the bulb a second chance. - Traditional
• They don't need to, Quakers are guided by the Inner Light. - Traditional
• Nobody knows, because they are all sitting trying to discern whether the light is on or off. - Jenny Steel
• First there needs to be a Committee to Nominate the Nominating Committee. Then the Nominating Committee would need to nominate a Committee on Clearness to make sure the light bulb really needed to be changed or if indeed we even wanted change. If it did need changing, the matter would go to Meeting for Business where Friends would have to reach unity on what brand of lght bulb to use. Several months later, the decision would be handed to the Meetinghouse Committee for action and the light bulb would be changed. - Michele Craig
• Only one Friend would be needed for the task (after nominations committee had considered appropriate names) but that the whole meeting should first decide if this is in right ordering, considering the need to conserve the Earth's resources and whether we really NEED the additional Light. - Graham Hodgkin
• Perhaps the whole process must originate with a letter from the bulb to the clerk for the next Meeting for Business requesting a change? - Bob Barnett (Bob thinks that this one also applies to psychotherapists. In Britain Yearly Meeting, psychotherapists are uncannily similar to Universalists, if not one and the same)
• None would be required. We wouild all go into meeting for worship for business and wait for the Spirit to move it! - Julia Ewen
• None. Whatever happens we are always sure that we are still in the light. - David Hitchin
• One Friend would simply stand stationary holding the bulb in its socket, while the world revolved around him/her. - Julia Ewen
• None. The light bulb has its own inner light. - Julie Chilton
• It only takes one, but it takes six months of committee meetings, threshing sessions, and meetings for business to get clearness. - Peter Sippel