Wednesday, April 1, 2009

We Did Ignite It, But We Tried To Fight It


The twins and I have become absolutely obsessed with "Dexter". If you haven't seen it, it's a show about a serial killer and it is sick, twisted, and brilliant! Anyway...we've become so infatuated with this show that we'll sit down and watch seasons of it for hours at a time. I really admire his organization and cleanliness. Something I lack.

So we're sitting watching Dexter and the Ice Truck Killer when Twin #2 says that she smells something burning and immediately accuses Twin #1 of leaving the oven on. She checks....oven's off.

Then Twin #1 wonders if the fourth roommate is burning upstairs. Since the fourth roommate has so many electronic devices plugged into a single outlet, it was a possibility. There have been sparks before and there could be sparks again.

Even at this point I still didn't smell anything and I was beginning to think that they were losing it.

Finally after 20 minutes, Twin #1 tells me to come sit next to her so that I can smell it. I move and I do. It smelled like plastic, but not as strong. It was the smell of cigarette filters burning. It was at that moment that I remembered my downfall...messiness. I opened the balcony door to find our ashtray that hasn't been emptied out in at least 2 months was on fire. We immediately dosed the sparks and got back to Dexter.

We could learn a thing or two from a serial killer...I bet serial killers empty out their ashtrays.

6 comments:

Vodka Mom said...

sniff, sniff. What's that I smell???

Lorraine said...

Okay, I'm keeping my mouth shut about the smoking. But you do have a fire extinguisher, right?

The Chatty Barista said...

I must say, I empty my ash tray quite frequently.. although my hamper is another story.. lol (good thing I have a lot of clothes to wear)

Paige said...

Nah...don't you know how many killers get busted by leaving cig butts at the scene? DNA on that stuff, baby

Unknown said...

I agree with Paige! Serial killers are dumb like that. Don't they read true crime books? Geesh!

Joanie said...

I think the only time I watch Dexter is when my son is home and we watch it together. Terrific show!