the light bulb conundrum

so yeah live earth concerts are going on around the world right now, but the question i have is this:

1. compact fluorescents are better for the environment than regular incandescent light bulbs
2. having found pleasantly full-spectrum cfl’s (n:vision soft white at home despot), i’ve replaced most of my old light bulbs with new cfl’s
3. ok, so my energy bill is lower, but what do i do with the old light bulbs? especially since most of them are still good.

i suppose i could have just replaced them as they failed, but i don’t roll like that. plus, i have to secretly do it when hmc’s out of town so she’ll never notice. it’s like that folgers test, except nothing as LIFE THREATENING as switching a woman’s coffee. now that’s crazy talk.

alas, the question remains: what do i do with all these used (yet good) bulbs? can i give them to some homeless people? because i tried that and it didn’t seem to help.