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Posted by Elvin Ruler on 12-06-2005 at 02:08:

Irony can be deadly

So...I've moved into my new apartment, which is complete with an electric stove w/ burners.

I was frying up some green tomatoes the other day and found that the burners get VERY hot. I set a smoke alarm off. No big deal, as I turned down the heat and disabled the smoke detector.

Well, apparently my neighbor both heard the alarm and smelled the smoke. So, being very good friends, she joshed me about it. She then went to cook her own meal. She isn't so lucky. She's browning some chicken when the oil starts to boil and then bursts into flames. All FOUR smoke detectors go off. She grabs the pan with a mitt and...takes it to the sink and pours water on it...

For those who don't know, this method of putting out a grease fire doesn't work that great, as it tends to make the grease fire EXPLODE (typically the results that one DOESN'T want when trying not to die). Fortunately, she managed to put out the fire and didn't get hurt (and didn't burn the entire apartment complex down).

She also knows both how to put out a grease fire and not to invoke the laws of karma.

*nods*

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Posted by Ashke on 12-06-2005 at 07:02:

Damn! I burn water with the best of 'em, and even I know to put a lid on it and turn it off. Just goes to show that sometimes ya just forget to think.

Posted by imaqtz on 14-06-2005 at 16:49:

or think you can forget about a thing called "Universal Laws of Karma"

Life's funny that way aint it?

Its like the gods have this twisted sense of humour and love to play with us mere mortals.

Im glad the flatemate didnt get torched in the process of getting some karmic payback! lol

Just goes to show you to be careful what you say, think or do cause the wind will carry it to those gods, and hooboy will they let you eat your words!

Allow me right now, to give those gods a sardonic smile, and give them the finger for all the times they made me the butt of their karmic joke.

Finger4

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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 14-06-2005 at 17:10:

Well, beats hubby's coworker, who tried to pour baking soda on a grease fire.

Except, he and roommie couldn't find any, so they used flour.

Dust explosions aren't recommended.

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Posted by Ashke on 19-06-2005 at 02:06:

*Flushes* Hate to admit it, but I probably would have tried flour too, but its a non-essential in my home, so we don't have any. Baking soda on the other hand has a multitude of uses, my fave is mixing it with vinegar and food coloring.

Posted by Ronin on 19-06-2005 at 05:24:

what does that do?

Posted by meridianday on 19-06-2005 at 11:51:

It would appear that you can use vinegar and baking soda for anything from clearing drains to cleaning skin injuries. I must say, I'd be a little concerned about getting the strength wrong for the disinfectant use, as I can picture people's legs dropping off after it's been applied to the knees and been left too long.

What you can do with baking soda and vinegar

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Posted by Elvin Ruler on 20-06-2005 at 02:57:

It's like Coca-Cola! Heh...I use that stuff to get bugs off my windshield, dissolve candy off hardwood floor (have to use lots of Pledge afterwards, though), etc. Oh...I drink it too, though...maybe that's not a good thing. Confused

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Posted by Ashke on 12-07-2005 at 03:23:

Vinegar/Baking soda/red food coloring makes great molten lava in a science fair volcano!

Posted by Buffy on 12-07-2005 at 04:58:

Except it's never "RED". It's "YELLOW"!

I would like to find some egg head who can solve the chemical compositional problems inharent in trying to create RED lava for your clay volcano. 2guns

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Posted by meridianday on 12-07-2005 at 06:35:

You need to put essence of brand new pink bedsheet in there. That is guaranteed to turn anything else a reddish colour after immersion in any kind of dampness. Works for me, anyway.

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Posted by Buffy on 12-07-2005 at 14:17:

....And when someone asks 'what the hell is a pink bedsheet doing in your volcano' we can just say " Duuuuh! The Goddess Pele is doing some interior decorating!" :rotfl:

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Posted by meridianday on 12-07-2005 at 17:49:

Even goddesses need somewhere to sleep. Kid's probably get extra credit for creativity :<3

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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 12-07-2005 at 18:43:

Try the fancy concentrated food colouring used for cake icing. (Works well in playdough, too.)

Bathtub fizzy tints?

Shaved red crayon (or candles). Can use other colours and get nice chunky bits of rock.

Blood. Blood can make anything turn colour and stay that way.

As for the pink bedsheet? It's from Atlantis.

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Posted by ThornGenX on 12-07-2005 at 19:55:

My smartass remark about cooking is "Why get a cooking timer when you have a smoke alarm?" Pleased

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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 12-07-2005 at 20:44:

Reminds me of my first year of marriage,...

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In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

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Posted by meridianday on 12-07-2005 at 20:46:

I have a cooking timer and a smoke alarm.

Somehow the smoke alarm usually manages to beat the cooking timer.

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Posted by Berg Katse on 12-07-2005 at 23:25:

I'm smart. I let Richie do all the cooking. It's the only safe alternative to starvation.

Katse

Posted by Ronin on 14-07-2005 at 07:39:

I dont have that option.

I got rid of the smoke alarm for going off every time I switched my soldering iron on

Posted by Ashke on 18-07-2005 at 07:19:

My smoke detector goes off so often, I was made the fire marshall of my complex and given the override codes, keys, and everything! Think they were trying to tell me something?