important lesson in explaining WHY instructions/rules exist and not just giving them without context

My great grandmother had an arc shaped burn mark on her windowsill. I asked her where it was from.

Turns out the crystal ball on the piano wasn't always on the piano.

I suspect there's a lot of crossover between people who buy crystal balls, and people who forget to turn off their hair straighteners, ovens etc.

Potato, potato

Why did your house burn down?

It was spirits.

The souls of the dead burned your house down?

No, I was drunk on liquor and forgot to cover my ball.

What?

It does happen

I very nearly had this happen. Luckily the crystal ball burnt a hole straight through the curtains, but didn't catch them on fire.

Most ppl don’t know that this is what David Byrne wrote that song abt

I can definitely imagine buying a crystal ball at a tagsale, and not thinking of this.

It's always the side eye that hits harder

Evil fire spirits

How does she know it's not the spirits burning down your house? It's not like she's psyc- Oh, right.