Only from the Land of Oz would you expect such an answer.Pity. Due to
opposite rotation bulbs once installed down under are not removable.This
had to be a trick answer.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Bailey [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 1998 5:13 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      1 more light bulb joke
>
> How many conservators does it take to change a light bulb?
>
> None! The light bulb is part of the original material of the light
> fitting,
> and replacing it would be destroying tangible historical evidence of
> the
> light fitting's use, and therefore such an action would be considered
> to be
> unethical.
>
> George Bailey
> Objects Conservator
> Australian War Memorial
> Treloar Centre for Conservation
> 4 Callan St, Mitchell, A.C.T. 2911
> Australia
> Phone: +61 6 241 6122
> fax:   +61 6 241 7998
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