Lightbulb smashed

Bassmansam · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:35

Bit of an odd thread, I have never changed a lightbulb (age 31 yea yea) i thought it would be easy but i guess i pressed in the wrong place to hard and it smashed. When i picked up the pieces a sharp bit cut me, i didnt think anyrhing of it at the time but i googled it and apparently they have mercury in them.

Its a small surface cut, just revealed blood rather than any bleeding.

how screwed am i?

JRS · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:35

You'll be fine.

Probably.

Dis86 · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:39

Fml...

paradigm · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:39

Bassmansam said:
how screwed am i?

Ask Edison.

JRS · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:40

paradigm said:
Bassmansam said:

how screwed am i?

Click to expand...

Ask Edison.

m@rty · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:42

Lighten up, I’m sure you will be fine.

Eddie · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:45

Onions, eat lots of raw onion.

Irish_Tom · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:46

Bassmansam said:
how screwed am i?

Should have used a bayonet fitting — no screwing required.

Raikiri · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:47

Bassmansam said:
how screwed am i?

Bayonet, not screwed. That was probably your problem.

Brizzles · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:49

Ring 111 to check, but be careful not to injure yourself using a phone

Yadda · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:50

"Lightbulbman Origins".

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:51

Well that was a bright idea wasn’t it?

Hades · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:54

Bassmansam said:
how screwed am i?

Depends. Was it a bayonet or a screw. Small bayonet? Large? Small screw? Large?

Roadrunner_668 · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:57

how on earth did you manage this ha ha

you'll be fine though its not like you ate some of it.

sprite1275 · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:57

I'd just be worried if the mercury starts making stabbing weapons...

I found a jar of mercury when working in an old science building years ago. Was great fun playing with it and pooring it down the steps.

Bassmansam · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:57

Irish_Tom said:
Should have used a bayonet fitting — no screwing required.

Just googled what a bayonet is and yea it was one of those. I obviously just suck at changing lightbulbs lol.

Roadrunner_668 · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:58

sprite1275 said:
I'd just be worried if the mercury starts making stabbing weapons...

I found a jar of mercury when working in an old science building years ago. Was great fun playing with it and pooring it down the steps.

ha ha bet you got in trouble for that

ShiWarrior · 20 Oct 2020 at 20:58

oh god, Candles in the Wind now then ?

Werewolf · 20 Oct 2020 at 21:07

Bassmansam said:
Bit of an odd thread, I have never changed a lightbulb (age 31 yea yea) i thought it would be easy but i guess i pressed in the wrong place to hard and it smashed. When i picked up the pieces a sharp bit cut me, i didnt think anyrhing of it at the time but i googled it and apparently they have mercury in them.

Its a small surface cut, just revealed blood rather than any bleeding.

how screwed am i?

Unless you're eating the bulbs like smarties, or walking around a warehouse where the shelving containing thousands of of bulbs has fallen over smashing them all you're probably ok

Bulbs tend to have micrograms or milligrams of mercury and it's only really dangerous if you are exposed to large amounts.

dirtychinchilla · 20 Oct 2020 at 21:16

Always use a thick stick to take the bulb out of the light socket

Raikiri · 20 Oct 2020 at 21:31

sprite1275 said:
I found a jar of mercury when working in an old science building years ago. Was great fun playing with it and pooring it down the steps.

You should pour it through someones letter box and yell "Are you Sarah Connor?"