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Utterly random plea for help

I need to know how many light bulbs are in One Canada Square (the big tower at Canary Wharf). Don’t ask why, I just need to know. Anyone have any ideas?

9 Comments so far

  1. goron December 5th, 2007 6:08 am

    Does that include fluorescent lighting? Energy efficient bulbs? Emergency lights? Air navigation lights? Christmas tree lights?

    You bored or something?

  2. Dom December 5th, 2007 9:10 am

    Bathgirl wanted to know. You’ll need to ask her about the exact criteria, all I know is Google failed me hence asking here :)

  3. blue soup December 5th, 2007 9:23 am

    Do you need to know how many spare bulbs they have in boxes under sinks as well?

  4. Perpetual December 5th, 2007 3:37 pm

    The answer is 42.

  5. Dom December 5th, 2007 4:22 pm

    Yes, but we didn’t ask that question :D

  6. gibbja December 5th, 2007 9:42 pm

    I’d say ballpark 8000. It certainly lights up nicely in the evening.

  7. Nanook of the North December 12th, 2007 1:55 pm

    It really doesn’t matter how many light bulbs there are. Make a realistic guess (bulbs per floor x no. of floors + Xmas tree + spare bulbs + anything else = total number). Who will dispute it? I bet even the Facilities Manager doesn’t know how many there are. If somebody says you are wrong - challenge them. I doubt there is a person sad enough who will actually count them all to prove you right/wrong. So there you are. Any number is right.

  8. Dom December 13th, 2007 9:58 am

    Well there is that, but then it’s not me asking, I’m just seeing if I can get an answer for Bathgirl (apparently they know how many the Empire State building has). As for proving people wrong, I’ve been known to go to some pretty extreme lengths to make sure people know their wrong :D

  9. domdavis.com » CCTV December 17th, 2007 7:40 pm

    [...] Wharf (that large development with an unknown number of light bulbs) has, in the shopping part, a number of small Christmas trees (4ft tall or so) nicely decorated [...]

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