CAR UNDERWEAR SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTS

In Madison, Wisconsin, the owner of a gray two-door Ford Mustang dropped the car off at a mechanic. The mechanic parked the car on the street until it could be worked on, and later returned to see it filling with brown smoke. Firemen were called. They didn’t see any flames visible from the engine or trunk compartment, but smoke continued to fill the interior. When firefighters got the car open, they found a pair of burning underwear on the passenger seat, which had produced a small fire. Firefighters wet the underpants and kept fire damage contained.
* It was just a brief fire.
* The smoke was brown? Does that mean what I think it means?
* Folks, when you drop your car off with a mechanic, please first remove your poopy underwear.
* Fruit of the Loom? No, Soot of the Loom.
* I thought “hot pants” went out with the 70s?
* Okay, class. Write a scenario that makes sense out of this.
* Clearly the underwear was hit by a beam from space aliens.
* I’ve heard of “Liar, liar, pants on fire” but not this.
* Now Trump is saying Hillary did it.
* Firefighters kept the fire damage contained? Okay, but it wasn’t exactly a forest fire.