Shannon CC

Q: How many homeschoolers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Gasp! Is it legal to change your own?

Shouldn't you let a trained professional do it? Won't your little lamp
be brighter if someone who studied for four years (after barely being
able to turn on their own
lamp) changes your light bulb? What if you screw it in wrong? What if
you leave something out? Don't you think you should give your little
nursery lamp a chance to
be part of a huge, glowing marquee or chandelier? Bulbs do need to hang
in groups, you know.

Besides, why do you think light bulbs come in multi packs? You don't
just go out and get a single light bulb! If one light bulb needs fixing,
then you know the others
are ready for it, too. Give your professional a 12 pack and let him/her
change them all at once. It's much more efficient and gets you on a
schedule with all your light
fixtures. And yes, I know you will end up sending some perfectly good
light bulbs to the trash that way, but on the whole it's best. Don't
regret the ones that are lost
to the dump. They were probably pretty dim anyway.

Look, I sent my lamps to the shop for light-bulb changing and my lamps
work okay, don't they? Oh, well, except for that three-way lamp in the
living room which
got a stupid 40 watt, low-lumens bulb put in when it should have gotten
a three way bulb with up to 200 watts. I was a little peeved at that at
first, but I just put the
lamp over in the corner where I never sit to read, so it's okay.

Coyright 2000 by Clare Bussjaeger but feel free to share if you get a
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