that's not normal

[kierthos]

For lunch I blew up a can of chili.

No, seriously.

Okay, check it. Campbell's makes this decent microwaveable chili. It's not the best in the world, but it works for a quick lunch. So, I peel the metal top off, put the plastic lid back on, double check how long I need to nuke it for, and actually set the timer on the microwave correctly, and start it up.

Then, I pop back into my room to check something. I'm gone from the kitchen maybe for 30 seconds when I hear "THUMP" followed by "THUMP THUMP".

WTF?

Go in, and check the microwave. The can of chili apparently in a fit of uneven heating, walked itself from the center of the microwave over to the back right corner and exploded. (For anyone who cannot grasp what I mean by an inanimate object walking across a surface, please place an uneven load in a top-loading washing machine, turn it on, and observe.) I spend the next five minutes cleaning chili out of the microwave.

The next can of chili, however, behaved itself.

Comments

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

Recently, I blew open the door on our microwave. I was doing the "heat a cup of vinegar" cleaning tip. Says to bring a cup of vinegar to a boil in the microwave and it'll loosen up all the gunk so you can just wipe it clean. At 30 seconds, I went to look inside to see if it was boiling and the door just blew open, spraying me with boiling, caustic acid, sorta' like shooting an alien point blank. Except that boiling, caustic vinegar acid really isn't that reactive on human skin. Other than raising lots of red welts on my chest and stomach. That part hurt. But then I was able to clean the microwave pretty easily.

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

Damn. I'm never putting vinegar in my microwave. It's already touchy enough. You're lucky you didn't get any in your eyes.

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

Luckily, countertop model.