# I can't change my light bulb

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-change-my-light-bulb/511942>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 29, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-change-my-light-bulb/511942 "2009-09-29T02:50:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-change-my-light-bulb/511942/61 "2019-02-14T13:52:28Z")

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But worth it!

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-change-my-light-bulb/511942/62 "2019-02-14T17:56:57Z")

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He just wanted to use “twisting the nipple” in a sentence.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-change-my-light-bulb/511942/63 "2019-02-15T00:14:31Z")

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And on St. Valentine’s Day too.

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**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-change-my-light-bulb/511942/64 "2019-02-15T00:22:21Z")

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Worst part of zombies is none of the picture links lead anywhere useful except in this case the OP. And that isn’t even the one that helped.  
FWIW, I lube the threads on glass globes before I turn them back in.  
In regards to this statement:

> [@Shoeless](#):
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> … I usually wait until I’m down to one lit bulb out of the three so that I can replace two at a time and not have to mess with it as often…

You realize you are changing bulbs every time one of the new ones burn out as the one good one you left should have burned out by then. To save time you should do all three and use the left over usable one in an easier to access location.

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