SATELITE FIRE

A man in San Diego bought a satellite dish and being rather miserly, he decided to set it up himself. Clambering up his ladder, he attached the dish to the side of his house. Then, with his wife inside shouting to him when the reception was best, he adjusted it. Finally satisfied, he and his wife relaxed for the night in front of the television. The next day was a real scorcher, but still enamoured by the satellite television on offer, the couple stayed in. That afternoon, they heard sirens and lots of shouting outside. The man went outside to find out the cause of the commotion and saw the house across the road on fire. The fire was put out, but the house was completely gutted, and the firemen couldn't work out how the fire had started. The man thought no more of it. The next day, however, a fire inspector was examining the charred remains when a sudden flash of sunlight caught his attention. The inspector eventually worked out that the neighbour's satellite dish had been concentrating the sun's rays on the curtains of the house and had caused the fire. The man was fined $2,000 and forced to take down his satellite dish. The next year he got cable.