When your head catches fire

In the previous post, I talked about the importance of keeping your head, especially in stressful situations. I said that this was a way to prevent you from having two problems, that of your head being detached from your body, and the original problem (a burning house). I would like to elaborate, now, on some other considerations for this issue.

What if, unlike the previous example, there is nothing wrong per se with the house, except the fact that it has a paper towel holder. You grew up believing paper towel holders to be demonic. You’ve since learned and truly do believe that they are usually not demonic. Nevertheless, paper towel holders still cause some undue distress when you see them or when people talk about paper towels holders or anything that reminds you of them, like other paper products, coat hangers, requesting a “hold” at the library, etc. So, you experience distress fairly frequently. You find the distress distressing.

Because of the distressing distress, when you see this paper towel holder in the kitchen of the house (which you are visiting - it is your cousin’s house), your head catches on fire. At this moment, it is your private head fire. Should you lose your head, however, and it starts rolling around on the ground and screaming, then it might cause the rest of the house to catch on fire.

Now, more than ever, it is important to keep your head. The flames are small and they’re only in your hair. They are small, but the flames should not be ignored. They are beginning to warm your skin uncomfortably. It would also be best not to run and panic, for that will fan the flames. Nor should you attempt to smother the fire with paper towels.

What you must do is reach for a dish towel, wet it in the sink, and then apply it to your head. Now, you have kept your head and your body from 3rd degree burns, and your cousin’s house is safe. So is the definitely non-demonic paper towel holder.