As I leave the house to get cat food and paint, I notice it smells like something is burning, something electrical. As I get in the car, I look in the window: Aw, my living room looks so pretty with floor lamp lighting up the Chinese screen.
I arrive home; walk to the living room. And stare at the floor lamp lighting up the Chinese screen.
I don't remember turning that light on.
When would I turn it on?
The last time I touched it was when Turtle had an accident on the cord and I didn't know it was wet, tried to turn it on, and zapped myself. And then did it again because I'm a little brain damaged at times.
Smells like something is burning. WHY IS THE LIGHT ON?
Conclusion A: Someone broke in. Someone broke in and turned on the light and left. Scared away by the dogs.
Conclusion B: It's a ghost! I smell ectoplasm, not something burning.
Conclusion C: Short in the cord.
I decide it's C (shouldn't you always pick C?) because the switch smells and is all black. I unplugged the lamp. Now, if I go back down there and it's back on again, I'm returning to C.
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