The House Burned Down

“Who’d you say did the electrical work?” “What year did his house burn down?” “-how’d you know his house burnt down?”

A shaky video pans across exposed, poorly installed electrical wiring in a basement or garage while captions play out a conversation. The punchline is that the electrical work is so dangerously bad that the questioner assumes the electrician’s house must have burned down, revealing the obvious cause. It is used as a reaction to unsafe DIY work, terrible craftsmanship, or a suspiciously dangerous repair. EN: A shaky video pans across exposed, poorly installed electrical wiring in a basement or garage while captions play out a conversation. The punchline is that the electrical work is so dangerously bad that the questioner assumes the electrician’s house must have burned down, revealing the obvious cause. It is used as a reaction to unsafe DIY work, terrible craftsmanship, or a suspiciously dangerous repair.

Who'd you say did the electrical work? Well that would be my nephew Thomas. He's very handy. What year did his house burn down? About two years ago. How do you know his house burned down?

• @eternalclassic / 49368 2024-04-13