Main link is a gift link which bypasses the NYT paywall for two weeks.

Archived copy

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    261 year ago

    I just found out that my mother has 6 or 7 gigantic moving boxes full of incandescent bulbs in her self storage container.

    She tells me they will be needed once the led bulb conspiracy fails. And that they will be worth a lot of money, enough to pay for her retirement.

    I can’t even

    • mrbubblesort
      link
      fedilink
      51 year ago

      “Oh, is that so mom? In that case I’d be happy to take over that pesky 401k from you. It must be so annoying managing it anyways now that you have the bulbs, right?”

    • @WaxiestSteam69
      link
      31 year ago

      My brother has been hoarding them for years for the same reason.