# Unique, (and preferably cheap), way I can illuminate my room. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2015, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-and-preferably-cheap-way-i-can-illuminate-my-room/720016 "2015-05-14T08:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-and-preferably-cheap-way-i-can-illuminate-my-room/720016/21 "2015-05-15T00:14:21Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > If you have a gas supply you could also go with a gas lamp. That’s not what you said yesterday. Don’t you remember? ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-and-preferably-cheap-way-i-can-illuminate-my-room/720016/22 "2015-05-15T00:43:12Z")
> [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#): > > That’s not what you said yesterday. Don’t you remember? Cite that I said the OP could not go with a gas lamp. But yes I did offer a different suggestion the other day, I thought of another alternative since then. I really don’t see the point you are trying to make. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-and-preferably-cheap-way-i-can-illuminate-my-room/720016/23 "2015-05-15T17:28:20Z")
[Not sure if…](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036855/) ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-and-preferably-cheap-way-i-can-illuminate-my-room/720016/24 "2015-05-15T17:41:26Z")
I’m partial to thermite. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-and-preferably-cheap-way-i-can-illuminate-my-room/720016/25 "2015-05-15T17:46:48Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > I’m partial to thermite. I don’t think thermite particularly cares if you’re partial to it or not. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-and-preferably-cheap-way-i-can-illuminate-my-room/720016/26 "2015-05-15T18:08:57Z")
[This is cheap.](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009CMH7ZI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-and-preferably-cheap-way-i-can-illuminate-my-room/720016/27 "2015-05-15T18:41:41Z")
Adopt some animals from the local rescue shelter and splice in some luminescent jellyfish DNA. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-and-preferably-cheap-way-i-can-illuminate-my-room/720016/28 "2015-05-15T19:11:55Z")
I like [rock salt lamps](http://www.amazon.com/WBM-Himalayan-1002-Natural-Purifying/dp/B001892AX2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431717090&sr=8-1&keywords=rock+salt+lamp). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-and-preferably-cheap-way-i-can-illuminate-my-room/720016.md?page=1)