Thus spake William Robb:
> Something I discovered: If you unscrew the bulb a couple of turns
> then it doesn't come on at all, and then I don't have to be curious
> about whether it shuts off.

I can sell you a special bulb that works this way even if it is
screwed all the way into the socket.  I've got one like that in
my fridge right now, as a matter of fact.

> Of course, I could be reversing the operation, and now it does come
> on when the door is shut.
> I hate appliances.
> WW

Anyone remember the old Infocom games?   In one of the later games
there was a refrigerator in a grue's house.  The light, of course,
went out when you opened the refrigerator door.

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