At a dinner table conversation last Saturday night, the conversation
turned [to] Apple Macintoshes.  One novice user exclaimed how
confusing the error messages can sometimes be.  She explained that the
first time she'd crashed her MAC and saw the dialog box containing the
bomb icon she'd rushed out of the room, fearing an imminent explosion.
"It was the little sparks coming from the wick of the bomb that really
convinced me of the danger."

I doubt WYSIWYG was meant to be interpreted so literally.