Can't you still get shocked sticking your fingers up into an empty socket while the fixture is on? It may not be escaping into the room, as it were, but the wires in there could still be 'hot,' especially in those older fixtures.

There's always at least one relative to dupe us into checking 'why a light won't go on' and then, ZAP! until we learn to disbelieve them when they say it's turned off.

What a good thread! Glad to see it still up. I wonder if the dope dealers are going to branch off into incandescent light bulbs next. I'm just glad, though I know I shouldn't be, that most sheeple haven't thought of stocking up on those yet so there are still some to buy. I'm one of the unlucky ones that gets headaches from those dairy-queen-looking CFR's.