Uh...whoops...major brain fart leads to fire

[U2democrat]

So, I was microwaving some water in a mug. I didn't even think about the fact that the mug was metal, I just thought "mug...for hot stuff...can microwave."

I had walked out for a minute, and when I walked back into the kitchen I could see flames in the microwave, so I opened it, filled up a large cup with water and doused it (it took several times before the fire went completely out).

So, now I feel REALLY stupid...however I have the feeling I'm not the only student on this campus who has done something like that...

I'm just glad I didn't set off the fire alarm

 

[Sevikins]

LOL, awww. Luckily nothing serious happened like it actually blowing up or something.

Plus it's not as if you're the only one. We all have those "oops" moments.

 

[BonosBaby12]

Plus it's not as if you're the only one. We all have those "oops" moments.

Ive had a few too many of those moments myself Im happy that you are ok and it wasn't anything major.

 

[greeneyedgirl]

you're not the only one...

....I remember a high school exchange student that learned about aluminum foil and micro-waves on the first night at my cousins house.

She was afraid to go back into the kitchen for the first wk.

 

[Angela Harlem]

So, I was microwaving some water in a mug. I didn't even think about the fact that the mug was metal, I just thought "mug...for hot stuff...can microwave."

I had walked out for a minute, and when I walked back into the kitchen I could see flames in the microwave, so I opened it, filled up a large cup with water and doused it (it took several times before the fire went completely out).

So, now I feel REALLY stupid...however I have the feeling I'm not the only student on this campus who has done something like that...

I'm just glad I didn't set off the fire alarm

stupid would be not switching it off first before dousing it with water.


which you did, right?

.....

 

[U2democrat]

Re: Re: Uh...whoops...major brain fart leads to fire

stupid would be not switching it off first before dousing it with water.


which you did, right?

.....

It was already off

 

[fly so high!]

.......My microwave nearly caught on fire once , when i tried to make popcorn in an "early model" tupperware container, it melted a gaping hole right through the bottom of the bowl. No popcorn popped just kernels inbedded in the hot plastic.....could not get the smell of plastic out of my house for days!

 

[Liesje]

I have the feeling I'm not the only student on this campus who has done something like that...

Nah. My friends and I used to take old CDs and put them in the microwaves for about 15 seconds. They would flame and spark, but come out with this cool snake skin pattern. No one really did anything more useful in the dorm coffee kitchens anyway.

 

[U2democrat]

 

[meegannie]

I was making popcorn in the kitchen at work once when I worked in DC and put it on for too long and it caught on fire in the microwave. A few minutes later, some Capitol Police officers came into the office to ask if someone had started a fire. Apparently I set off a silent smoke alarm in the kitchen, and if the smoke had gotten to one of the detectors in the office (about a foot away), the entire Capitol complex would've been evacuated because of my popcorn.

 

[U2democrat]

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooow...



Nice post count, by the way

 

[the rockin edge]

something caught fire in our microwave once, good times.

 

[starsgoblue]

Re: Re: Uh...whoops...major brain fart leads to fire

stupid would be not switching it off first before dousing it with water.


which you did, right?

.....

Haha, my very first thought!

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

My roommate my freshman year of college microwaved a marshmallow Peep for an entire minute in our microwave. You can imagine what happened.

 

[tpsglick2424]

My roommate my freshman year of college microwaved a marshmallow Peep for an entire minute in our microwave. You can imagine what happened.

 

[verte76]

I've accidentally started fires trying to heat up coffee in our microwave and other brilliant moves.................

 

[Carek1230]

U2Dem, I love your signature.



(makes me a lil bit sad too tho )

 

[U2democrat]

Thanks...I thought it was appropriate.