On 7-May-2007, Tollerwrote:

"Chris Friesen" wrote:
Kewless wrote:

Yesterday, just as I was leaving to go to a job, my SO called me
back and asked if I knew anything about a strange odor coming
from the back bedroom. The odor, as I soon found out, was smoke.
Apparently,the surge-protector shorted against the wire shelving --
and in doing so sparked off a small electrical fire!

That has nothing whatsoever to do with your behaviour, and everything to
do with faulty gear.

This is a joke of some sort. I don't get it, but it is too silly to be
true.

Nope. It's true.

When I posted this I suspected that my experience was fairly uncommon. But
I had no idea that it was so bizarre as to defy belief. Perhaps, I should have called
the National Enquirer instead?