A bomb in my back yard (basically......)..

This is yet another reason why science, in the wrong hands, can be dangerous!

The first episode of "Deconstructed" on the Science Channel, was on the TV while my boys and I were clowning around in the bonus room. The item they were going to tear apart was the BBQ. The speaker was giving general information about the typical BBQ when he made the statement "it's basically a bomb".

All three little heads snapped to attention, and focused on the TV. They heard nothing before that statement, but after- complete rapture.

Later that day I looked out the window to see, to my horror, all three gathered around the BBQ checking it out. Pat even had a crescent wrench. He has no idea what to do with the wrench, but he's fiddling around with the tank. All of a sudden they all sort of cringe and squint while Pat ( the leader in all mechanical mayhem) applies the wrench. Maybe in cartoons those evasive actions help, but when a BBQ explodes, I assume they would have little effect. I busted up the little party, but now I have nightmares about the BBQ while I am not within eyesight.

The wife is NOT happy that we now have a BBQ in the master suite.

This calls for a family meeting.

Agenda:

1. No one sets off the BBQ but me.
2. If you get any ideas about setting off the BBQ, see item #1.
3. Pending shooting of "Survivor Man" at our house. Seems they want us to take out some insurance on the star of the show- otherwise the home environment is too risky for them....