A Let Down!

The black, forbidding, thunderous night seemed to permeate every cubic inch of cold air in the room.  Wood and brick walls meant nothing to the feeling that ever encroached from the dark, tumultuous exterior of the building.  The dim light in the room flickered as the television, unwatched, showed the same scene from the horror show The Ghost and Mr. Chicken over and over again.

"Yes, you can!" the exasperated Sean said again.  "I've done it!"

"Look Sean, you have to prove it.  It has never happened to any of us before."

"If I'm right, ten dollars?"

"Only if I get ten if I'm right."

"Deal."

The ferocity of the storm grew as his futile effort augmented.  Past trying now, he took to the internet to see what others had to say.  The search returned many results, all with the same heading.  He clicked on the first result.  Just then the intensity of the storm rose to a feverous pitch.  The lightning crackled just outside, and with the BOOM! that followed immediately after, the power went out.  The computer screen flickered off, but not before the fateful words had entrenched themselves forever in his mind:

You cannot click on a bomb on the first click in Minesweeper (in Windows XP)!