But it doesn't hurt as much when you're right. In Your Ear Dept. Recently, while working on a project in the microfilm stacks at the San Francisco Public Library, I chanced upon the preceding letter to the editor of the New York Sun, published March 29, 1916. Something you don't see very often in today's newspapers. Light bulb joke 1.
Reporter points out that bulb needs to be changed.
Editorial writer opines that it should have been changed before it went out. Sportswriter compares light bulb to local pitching staff. Lifestyle section does trend piece on dimly lit workplaces. Maintenance worker changes bulb. Managing editor sends out memo on the fine job the editorial department did under trying circumstances.