Sunday, March 27, 2011

When Lightbulbs Attack!

Some friends and I were sitting around the kitchen table the other day, just minding our own business and having a nice chat.  Our calm, relaxed interlude was interrupted when one of the lightbulbs in the ceiling fan above us exploded. EXPLODED!  It rained glass shards down on me, littering the table, bench and floor with debris.  We looked up in shock and saw smoke wafting away from the remains of the bulb and filament that were still screwed into the socket. Good thing we hadn't started eating dinner yet, or all our food would have had to be tossed out.  Lots of tiny little slivers of glass can really ruin a good meal!


 

Never in my life have I seen a lightbulb explode. I've seen them blow out with a loud pop when you flip on the light switch, and sometimes smoke would fill the glass.  But this was the first time I've ever had one actually break the glass.  And it wasn't even right when we turned the light on.  It had been on for some time before it decided to give up the ghost.  That bulb must have been a little drama queen to feel the need to "go out with a bang" like that. I guess it preferred making a grand exit, like Dumbledore in "Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix".  Dumbledore's got style!  I love that scene. It makes the whole magician-disappearing-in-a-cloud-of-smoke routine look so five minutes ago. 

6 comments:

  1. Dang, that can't be a good omen. I love that you took a picture, blogger through and through!

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  2. Jen - I sure did! I still can't ever remember to carry my camera with me, but I found out after my motorcycle crash that my cell phone actually takes pretty good pictures! I made everyone wait for me to take pictures before they were allowed to clean it up. :)

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  3. I'm glad you're okay! Glass is not part of your diet.

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  4. Marvin - You're right about that! I'm just glad I was sitting slightly to the side and that I didn't get any in my eyes, especially after having just shelled out all that money to have my eyes lasered. (20/15 vision, FTW!)

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  5. That's amazing! I've never seen a lightbulb explode, either. Someone you were with must have had awesome powers and you didn't even know it! heehee. (I like your blog, btw!)

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  6. Bacon - Maybe it was ME with the awesome powers! I'll have to test them out. *concentrating* Did anything happen?

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