# Fred # wrote:
While this may sound like the beginnig of a bad joke,


Would it be a sick joke if both lamp and socket were left hand thread? This
happen to me once trying to remove a car wheel.



Not a sick joke, but more likely a subway or street car from about 50
years ago.

They used incandescent bulbs for interior lighting which were LH
threaded.....to discourage their being pilfered by "bulb snatching" riders.

And, they are still available y'know...

http://www.sunshinelighting.com/item-12530-3218.htm

You might be able to pull off some good gags with a couple of those bulbs.

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia
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