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Subject:
1 more light bulb joke
From:
George Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 08:13:01 +1000
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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
email: [log in to unmask]

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