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I was going to offer an opinion, Dr. Bill, but I just burned up! Whhhhissshhhhhhhhhhhhhp! 
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Not sure about spontaneous human combustion, but I have it on good authority that Dickens himself had a tragedy occur in his household. He came downstairs one morning to find his cook burnt to death, having fallen into the cookstove. His comment: "Well done, oh good and faithful servant."
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Bob Carroll has this to say http://www.skepdic.com/shc.htmlpersonally, I'll believe it when I see it
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"Well done, oh good and faithful servant."
And they're usually so rare, aren't they?
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And they're usually so rare, aren't they?  Yes--they generally tend to snatch their hands back rather quickly. Unlike my husband's aunt who, many years ago, backed up to the dresser to take a picture of us, and leaned back across it...right against the candle flame. Only she didn't at first realize it. Fortunately the dresser had a mirror, in which my horrified eyes saw the back of her dress on fire. She wound up with the equivalent of a sunburn on her shoulder blade. Another second or two, and the flame would have been at her (sprayed) hair.[shudder] Afterwards, her aunt, with whom she lived (hubby's great-aunt, Aunt Bessie, age 93 or so at the time) simply talked about how she might mend the dress!
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> And they're usually so rare, aren't they?
If the servant's relatives had been wanting to contact their departed family member then they might have been advised to try a medium.
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these have been some prime ribs...
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See what these people are like up here Dr Bill? You ask an interesting question and all you get is mindless nitter-natter.
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we're talking about s p o n t a n e o u s h u m a n c o m b u s t i o n, Fald...
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