I've been reminded of a safety message I once read on some cushions:
Carelessness causes fire
That's one hell of a sweeping statement, but I've decided that this is a useful thing to know if you ever need to start a fire.
Forget everything you were ever taught about rubbing two sticks together to produce a spark – what a waste of time and energy it now seems. Surely it would be just as effective to pretend that they're light sabres, wave them around erratically, and nearly take out somebody's eye.
Suddenly I'm also seeing Spontaneous Human Combustion in a whole new light. Is the answer simply that these people were all doing something silly at the time?
Perhaps they were leaning back dangerously on their chair, or recklessly falling asleep whilst balancing a glass of lemonade precariously on one knee. Or juggling poisonous snakes. Who can say?
It doesn't look like a good way to go, though. Perhaps I'll stop running with scissors.
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