How many Englishmen does it take to change a lightbulb?

The bulb isn't coming out and it's getting seriously annoying standing on my tip toes and straining my neck upwards.

This is what the lightbulb looks like, does anyone have any idea of how to remove it?

 

I swear to God, if any of you fuckers tell me to twist it I'm going to stab a bunny

 

Change a lightbulb? Why that bulb hasn’t been changed in 500 years! Why change it now?

 

Sounds like you need a ladder, get a ladder, and then we'll talk some more

 

I can reach the damn light, now how do I get it off? I've been using my phone torch light all day

 

A pair of pliers used to grip and turn the base might work, you might need vice grips(or another pair of pliers) to also grip onto the socket but with that much leverage applied its sure to come out.

 

Wait, never mind. Turns out you just need to push the light bulb, I was twisting without pushing. But now I'm struggling to put the new lightbulb in...

 

Push? Is it a bayonet fitting?

 

Oh **** this fucking bullshit, some springs on the inside of the thing broke and now it's impossible to put any bulb inside of it. **** light bulbs, I'm buying a lamp. Jesus fucking Christ

 

Idk, what's bayonet fitting?

 

Does the metal end of the light bulb have two little notches? Like this one?

 

Yup, looks exactly like that

 

Yep, that’s a bayonet fitting. To insert a new lamp you should push it all the way in (make sure those notches line up with the slots), twist and release.

 

@Karlijn, highschool student by day, forum mod and part time electrician by night

 

High school? I assumed @Karlijn was in her 30s, is high school like secondary school?

 

She's a 30 year old 11th grader

 

And 11th grade is the same as year 11? So 15-16 years old? :o

 

I'm not actually sure how it works in the Netherlands, @Karlijn do you even have grade levels?
In Canada 11th grade would be a "junior" one year before HS graduation so 16-17 depending when your birthday is.

 

17. I learnt that electrician stuff from my dad, who believes that girls should be able to repair stuff too.

 

The more I hear about your dad the cooler I think he is Please pass along my compliments for being a gentleman and a scholar