Here's the story behind the punchline.
I bumped into a female Taiwanese colleague in the elevator at work the other day. It seemed early and she looked like she was leaving so I asked her where she was going. She said home.
"Oh, to do what?," I asked.
"To change a lightbulb," she said.
"Why not later after work?," I decided to ask.
"Because a plumber is coming over to change it for me," she said matter-of-factly.
"Ok, can't you change the bulb yourself? I mean it's easy," I questioned.
"(Oh you silly foreigner) I'm a Taiwanese girl," she replied.
Yes, you certainly are, I thought.
Turns out that she didn't know anything about switching off breakers or electricity I guess and was willing to pay to have someone do a simple thing like this. This can happen in Taiwan where the girls often really play the part.
So to repeat from the beginning:
How many Taiwanese does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Evidently, in a Taiwanese girl's case, it might mean at least two...
5 comments:
wha...huh? It was a regular, everyday light bulb?
Just can't believe this could be true cuz I don't see anybody earn his life in Taiwan by "changing the lightbulb".
omg!this is outrageous!
And I do not think she is a typical Taiwanese girl.
Curious who she is ~~
Too funny. But I totally know the story after 30 years here.
she is taiwanese girl ... cute as ever ;)
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