Posted by Q (198.64.206.92) on January 29, 2000 at 19:39:33:
In Reply to: I'll give it a shot... posted by Paco on January 29, 2000 at 08:08:18:
... that there are light bulbs in the sockets, that the light bulbs are not burned-out, that the switches are marked correctly (e.g. on/off means on/off), that the switches actually control the lights in question, that other switches are also not involved, that the electricity is supplied to the house, that you can reach the bulbs to feel them, that you can get to the bulbs before they cool again, that you can find the bulbs (all three of them), that there are only three bulbs in the house, that a switch only controls one bulb, and that they are not flourescent.
I have lived in some pretty screwy houses where you can't assume anything.