Saturday, January 07, 2012

'You Don't See Anything Funny About That Lightbulb?'

I was reading Elliot one of his library books (an Elephant & Piggie story), when I came across this picture.


I chuckled at Piggie getting an idea with a compact-fluorescent bulb. Then I realized there wasn't anything funny about it. That's what lightbulbs look like.

In fact, I'm not sure Elliot has ever seen an incandescent bulb in real life.  When I asked him if the bulb in the story looked funny, he studied it for a while and said no.

3 comments:

Grace said...

I totally support greener energy, but I will miss the incandescent light bulb. It's such a cool design and shape. I lived in Germany for a year where they were called "elektrische Bienen" (electric pears). I can't even imagine what they will call them now.

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Nick said...

And it's the right shape.