Did I overreact?

I was just outside cutting some grass alongside my driveway. Halfway through the job the lawn mower started surging -- fast, then slow, fast, slow over and over. I shut it off, wheeled it into the shed, and tinkered with a few things. Checked the plug, air filter, that sort of thing. Wheeled it back outside, fired it up, and noticed the same thing happening.

I shut it back off, went back to the shed and grabbed a sledge hammer off the bench. Then I went outside and spent about forty five minutes smashing the hell out of that infernal machine, cursing all the while.

Finally, the machine in ruin, I grabbed it by the handle and started swinging in circles, finally releasing the machine and hurling it into the ravine. It fell into a heap on top of assorted other pieces of machinery that I have tossed in there over the years.

Did I overreact? I suppose I should have had a cigarette or something to calm my nerves before I went after that sledge hammer. Too late now.

So, off to the store to buy another friggin' lawn mower.