Comments on: How many existentialists does it take to change a lightbulb?

How many existentialists does it take to change a lightbulb?

netbros — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:24:37 -0800

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By: Poolio

Poolio — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:29:37 -0800

Monty Python's International Philosophy World Cup

By: Gnostic Novelist

Gnostic Novelist — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:43:44 -0800

Ecofeminism I can smell the leftism

By: oddman

oddman — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:47:16 -0800

It smells like victory.

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:40:53 -0800

How many existentialists does it take to change a lightbulb? None; they all just sit in the dark, smoking, and bemoaning the futility of changing it.

By: LobsterMitten

LobsterMitten — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:40:50 -0800

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