That is friggin' awesome! My only experience with this kind of thing was the "Star Trek" game on the TRS-80 which would buzz the cassette relay for an explosion. Pretty soon said relay would end up getting frapped, so we all hacked our copies to not do that.
Its actually not quite as bad here today, only 94 with a slight breeze. I actually went outside and cut down the dead triple trunk palm tree in the front yard.
If I was him I'd have been single and cat-less right after that comment then be right back on the couch ordering pizza delivery!!!