# I dodged the bullet! Playing with matches.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dodged-the-bullet-playing-with-matches/613768
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 23, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dodged-the-bullet-playing-with-matches/613768 "2012-02-23T20:44:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dodged-the-bullet-playing-with-matches/613768/21 "2012-02-24T21:41:17Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#):
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> Wow, thank goodness nothing horrible happened. I can’t imagine how devastating it would be to come home to discover your house (and even worse your pets) destroyed by fire.
Imagine trying to explain it to the arson investigators and insurance guys: “No, seriously, it was the dog who lit the matches!”
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dodged-the-bullet-playing-with-matches/613768/22 "2012-02-24T21:48:21Z")
> [@](#):
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> Oh, hey, there’s always the possibility that the cats did it and framed the dog. Do they look guilty?
Hell, cats NEVER look guilty, because they never feel guilty. Even if they absolutely are guilty.
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### Author:  [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dodged-the-bullet-playing-with-matches/613768/23 "2012-02-25T00:58:05Z")
> [@tdn](#):
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> Were they asleep or something? Was it the pan that burned, and then it spread?
Yes and yes. That’s exactly what happened.
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