Death is almost never ever funny. Usually, when someone dies, there's not so much as a chuckle to be found. Even if the world's very best comedians were at the scene of a deathbed, finding a little something witty to say amongst the long tone of the heart rate monitor would be pretty much impossible.

That's why the circumstances surrounding someone's death have to lend themselves to whimsy, in order for comedy to follow.

Such is the case in Adelade, Australia, where a man met what I would characterize as a horrible, painful and brutal death at the hands of his wife and a flammable liquid. This part doesn't seem all that funny from the get-go, until you find out that he was set ablaze by his bride, who was hoping to burn his wiener off. Turns out, Satish Narayan perished when what his wife intended to be a controlled burn became a conflagration. This occurred because Mrs. Narayan set the goodies ablaze while Mr. Narayan was deep in slumber, causing him to bolt upright at the sight of his dangler making like cherries flambe and thus, cover himself with lighter fluid. Yeouch.

Of course, Mr. Narayan allegedly had been using his equipment for off-site work, which is is something the lady of the house typically frowns on. I suppose he was unaware that his wife would frown upon it enough to flame broil the whopper, so to speak, otherwise he might have made a habit of sleeping on his stomach. Or in Guam.

My point is that even now, death is almost never funny. But thanks to Mrs. Narayan's bungled plan to cook up some sausage, sometimes it can be good for an involuntary giggle.