How many Malaysian bloggers does it take to change a lightbulb?

30 bloggers will blog about the said broken lightbulb, some will use expletives whilst others focus on photographs and related links to the broken lightbulb. Some bloggers will compare foreign to local lightbulbs, others will blog about cute Japanese lightbulbs, etc. etc.

Jeff Ooi will write about how lightbulb manufacturers have a social obligation to produce lightbulbs that never break or blow out. If, god forbid, a lightbulb does fail, Jeff will insist that its manufacturer be accountable for the said failure.

Mack Zulkifli will mention that Jeff has raised a valid point, and then proceed onto a discourse regarding the significance of lightbulb quality, customer perception and the brand promise in respect of branding strategy.

A bunch of other "social / political bloggers" and some moralistas will put up different posts tying the broken lightbulb to the Malaysian economy, quality of education, civic attitudes and the price of coffee in Macedonia.

A bunch of religious bloggers will put a more theological spin to the "broken lightbulb issue" (yes, by this time the fucking lightbulb has become an issue) and quote verses from some holy book or other reference to demonstrate that the broken lightbulb is in fact a sign from karma, God, Mother Nature, Father Time or even Yoda.

Lim Kit Siang will label the failed lightbulb a fiasco and demand that our PM sack one Minister (or five), to prove that the government is serious about fighting corruption. As you can see, the relevance of corruption to lightbulb quality is never quite clarified, except via an implicit statement alleging that lightbulb manufacturers get kickbacks from retailers to produce lightbulbs that break down at predictable intervals.

Teresa Kok will then be seen going around Parliament lobby showing a video clip of how lazy and inept supervisors at a Malaysian factory seem to be. When it is pointed out that the failed lightbulb was produced at a factory in the Republic of Ketambatu, Teresa will insist that she never questioned nor implied the nationality of the lightbulb, and that it is in fact irrelevant.

I am likely to blog about the time I shagged in the dark because of a broken lightbulb.

Kenny Sia will compare the size of the lightbulb to his coconuts.

A bunch of copy and paste bloggers will take any one or a combination of the posts above to blog about our broken lightbulb.

Nobody would actually change the fucking lightbulb though. At least, not a Malaysian blogger.

cheers

[photos of broken lightbulbs taken from shutterstock]