[thechat] Global lightbulbs

Luther, Ron Ron.Luther at hp.com
Thu Mar 27 09:42:15 CST 2003


Tara Cleveland innocently Inquired:

>>What would happen if you took a light bulb from North America and screwed 
>>it into a British fixture and turned it on?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hi Tara,

I dunno ... but darn it all, now you have me wondering if light bulbs in 
OZ are threaded counter-clockwise.  Coriolis effect and all kinds of big 
words like that there ...

RonL.
(Who was *really* tempted to riposte with something more along the lines 
of "It would probably light up ... and scare the hell out of them ... what 
with them being used to lights made by Lucas!" ... but didn't succumb to 
temptation this time.)


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