The (Potentially) Burning Question

I loves me some ThinkGeek (shill). My husband loves things that fly. Christmas is fast approaching.

I ordered a tiny RC helicopter from ThinkGeek earlier this week. A link to same, and a subtle hint was sent to me this past weekend by my husband in an e-mail I can only describe as a shill-o-gram. About six hours before the miraculous flying object arrived at my house, an e-mail arrived in my in-box advising me of a product safety recall. Apparently, there's a chance the helicopter can overheat. This, of course, is bad. Remote-controlled flaming objects are not very Christmassy.

My husband was very disappointed. Standing in our living room, staring longlingly at the box in which the (potentially flaming) helicopter was delivered to our home, he asked the crucial question:

"How much fire will it catch?"

A debate followed. Essentially, all of his arguments boiled down to "But I WAAAAANT it!" All my arguments boiled down to "BUT IT MIGHT CATCH FIRE!"

Listen, if geeks are bothered enough by the potential for combustion to willingly hand over such a kickass flying object, that tells you something. These are people who live on Red Bull, monitor radiation and Firefly marathons.