Sonia Ulan

Pure genius! How "enlightening"!!!

Shannon CC wrote:
>
> 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
> kick out of it and will retain my copyright notice including this entire
> sentence.
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