If you wish to see a funny one about a laser with dirty optics, watch the movie Real Genius. If it were real, I doubt the system would've simply burned up. It was just too controlled a fire to be cause by a high powered laser. Now about the story. I'm glad Fudge is out the door. I hope he doesn't bounce but skids along the pavement for say three hundred feet if bot more at very high speed. End result, GROUND ROUND! In the case of the ol' brainless bearded wonder blunder, make it face first.