Irony or Revenge?

Even a simple plastic suction cup can pose a fire risk, and one is believed to have caused a fire in Okawa, Fukuoka Prefecture.

A suction cup attached to a windscreen concentrated enough sunlight to set fire to a black cloth placed on the dashboard, eventually destroying the vehicle. The suction cup was holding up a good-luck charm.

I can't decide if it's ironic that a suction cup meant to hold a luck charm in place caused a fire that destroyed the car it was attached to, or maybe it was the suction cups revenge, against the hauty piece of plastic that was considered the actual 'luck charm'. The suction cup wanted to be the lucky talisman all on its own, and in a fit of jealous rage, focused those sunbeams into a consumptive suicidal blaze of destruction.

The rest of the story regarding everyday objects exhibiting pyromaniacal tendencies can be read at this non-combustible link.