this reminds me of a mob joke; [told in a baahhhstin accent] : a mob boss tells his underling to go blow up some guy's car because he was a week late paying up. the underling goes off to do the deed, and comes back 1 hour later with horribly scorched lips. 'What happened?" asked the boss.
"well, i done blow up the car just like you say boss, but the tailpipe was still hot!"