Canada’s government got real excited about banning lightbulbs a while back. They were following in the footsteps of the European Union, which did the same thing. Now, a pair of German entrepreneurs have figured out a way to get around these dumb regulations:

A German entrepreneur is bypassing a European Union ban on light bulbs of more than 60 watts by marketing his own brand as mini heaters.

Siegfried Rotthaeuser and his brother-in-law have come up with a legal way of importing and distributing 75 and 100 watt light bulbs — by producing them in China, importing them as “small heating devices” and selling them as “heatballs.”

…the two engineers describe the heatballs as “action art” and as “resistance against legislation which is implemented without recourse to democratic and parliamentary processes.”

Costing 1.69 euros each ($2.38), the heatballs are going down well — the first batch of 4,000 sold out in three days.

Genius! Visit their website, and buy some heatballs. You can also check out their facebook page.