# What's the thing in this Shorpy pic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-in-this-shorpy-pic/731863 "2015-09-19T22:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 19, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-in-this-shorpy-pic/731863/1 "2015-09-19T22:45:48Z")
[The item 2 places over from the peanut butter, directly above the sink strainer. Looks like a couple of plastic eggs, but I doubt that’s what it is.](http://www.shorpy.com/node/20138?size=_original#caption) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-in-this-shorpy-pic/731863/2 "2015-09-19T22:47:25Z")
Light bulbs? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-in-this-shorpy-pic/731863/3 "2015-09-19T22:51:08Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Light bulbs? Clearly. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-in-this-shorpy-pic/731863/4 "2015-09-19T22:51:47Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Light bulbs? That’s what they look like to me, but they appear to be different sizes. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-in-this-shorpy-pic/731863/5 "2015-09-19T23:26:07Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Clearly. Actually, translucently. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-in-this-shorpy-pic/731863/6 "2015-09-20T00:05:12Z")
Ideas waiting to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-in-this-shorpy-pic/731863/7 "2015-09-20T09:24:36Z")
On [this page](http://www.shorpy.com/node/20138), users comment on what they think they see in the picture. User **Goats of Venus** thinks there are _three_ light bulbs on the ledge there (there is clearly one in the container behind the old lady’s head, you can see the base of the bulb sticking out). Also wonders if she has to remove one of the light bulbs to plug in the toaster. > [@](#): > > **Cooking Light** > Submitted by Goats Of Venus on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 6:18pm. > > I see at least three light bulbs on the window sill. I wonder if she has to unscrew them in order to plug in the toaster which seems to be dangerously close to the faucet — a recipe for disaster in this pre-grounded, pre-GFI wiring era. The switch hanging by the frail looking cord? Anybody’s guess. > > The lady of the house still has her coat on. I wonder if, perhaps, her heat has been turned off? ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-in-this-shorpy-pic/731863/8 "2015-09-20T13:09:18Z")
We’re talking about light bulbs when the real issue is that these cops are way outta control I tell ya!