For all of you out there with #heatwaveuk related #insomnia here is a brief #history of the houses of the British monachy since 1066 in the form of #lightbulb jokes. 🧵 1/11
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How many "of Normandys" does it take to change a lightbulb?
One, but the North will never accept the new lightbulb!
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How many "of Blois" does it take to change a light bulb?
One, but it will take 18 years, will never be completely changed, and there's a woman looking on who could have done it perfectly competently but wasn't allowed to.
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How many Angevins does it take to change a light bulb?
At least six to fight in a heap over who gets to inherit the lightbulb. 4/11
How many Plantaganets does it take to change a light bulb?
None. The Earl of Warwick changes it for them.
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How many Tudors does it take to change a light bulb?
Only one, but he'll change it six times. 6/11
How many Stuarts does it take to change a light bulb?
One will try, and he'll completely lose his head over it. 7/11
How many Orange-Nassaus does it take to change a light bulb?
Two, and they will twist the new lightbulb in with a Glorious Revolution. 8/11
How many Hanoverians does it take to change a light bulb?
Only one, but the instructions will have to be in German. 9/11
How many Saxe-Coberg-Gothas does it take to change a light bulb?
The dead light bulb will not be changed. It's loss will be mourned for forty years. 10/11
How many Windsors does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
None. They've screwed in a palace, a yacht, a train, a Range Rover and a Pizza Express, but never in a light bulb. 11/11
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