"Irony" for your viewing pleasure

[Trooper]

I took this a couple of years ago, and it was a snapshot under tungsten lighting and daylight white balance. Because of the color cast, it was left untouched until today. I know it isn't a masterpiece, but I think the subject makes up for the lack of photographic skill.

My family was forced from Poland in 1939, and those few that survived the Soviet labor camp made it to the United States in 1949. So, when I saw this lightbulb I was pleased to see something manufactured in Poland. The irony that it was a lightbulb though, was priceless.

For now, I'm calling this "Irony", but I'm open to suggestions for a better title.

 

[aad]

Not sure of the irony, but I always thought of Poland as a place of excellent precision manufacturing.

 

[Trooper]

Irony probably isn't the right word, which is why I'm looking for aa better title. But, I find it funny that so many jokes have been made about how many of my people it takes to install one of these, yet they are manufactured in Poland.

 

[kshapero]

Probably as good as Thailand. With the global quality control in place it doesn't really matter where things come from anymore.

 

[zauhar]

Probably as good as Thailand. With the global quality control in place it doesn't really matter where things come from anymore.

Was that an attempt at irony? ;-)

Randy

 

[MartinP]

Surely the light-bulb should be more glass-y than iron-y ?

 

[Trooper]

Lightbulb joke
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A lightbulb joke is a joke that asks how many people of a certain group are needed to change, replace, or screw in a light bulb. Generally, the punch line answer highlights a stereotype of the target group. There are numerous versions of the lightbulb joke satirizing a wide range of cultures, beliefs and occupations.
The original formulations of the joke, popular in the late 1960s and the 1970s, were used to insult the intelligence of Poles. For instance:
Q. How many Polacks does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Three—one to hold the light bulb and two to turn the ladder.
Although lightbulb jokes tend to be derogatory in tone, the people targeted by them may take pride in the stereotypes expressed and are often themselves the jokes' originators.

Either my humor has been overlooked, or we are taking the country of manufacture too literally...Being half Polish, I find this hilarious.

Here is another stereotype with a lightbulb:

 

[Trooper]

Surely the light-bulb should be more glass-y than iron-y ?

...and some people are very clever!

 

[gerikson]

Lightbulb jokes are semi-universal, but the subjects of them vary by country. Here in Sweden for example, the butt of these jokes are Norwegians, and I'm sure Swedes are the butt of the jokes in Norway.

I'd say that titling that photo as "Irony" will only be recognised in one country and maybe just in one generation, at that.

 

[MartinP]

Well, of course there are light-bulb jokes(?) in my job too. For instance. . . .

How many programmers does it take to change a light-bulb ?
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Answer: None, that's a hardware problem.

 

[zauhar]

Here's one from my area -

Q: How many PhD's does it take to change a light bulb?

A: One, but three hundred applied for the job.