QVC + weed = third degree burns.
Thankfully, this happened to friends of mine, and not yours truly. Way back when QVC was a new entity, filled with the siren call of useless gadgets, my friends embarked on an evening of heavy smoking and channel surfing, unfortunately paired with easy access to their credit cards.

So, it was inevitable really. They purchased a candy floss machine.

Several days later it arrives, and (once again) armed with an ample amount of pot and a minimal amount of sense, they fired up the machine. Scenes from films flashed before their eyes, children, happy, laughing children, swirling their hands inside machines filled with pink fluffy clouds of sugary heaven, fingers coming away dusted with light, sweet strands of joy.

Wrong. Think more along the lines of Apocalypse Now, the carnival years. It was, apparently, like plunging your hand into "a pink napalm machine".

That must have been a decade ago now, and I still chuckle about it every time I see QVC.
(Smaldini www.fuggler.com, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 17:22, 1 reply)

Hot sugar is unbelievably painful
Back when I did pastry, the first thing I'd warn new underlings about was that any amount of hot liquid sugar, be it syrup or jam or anything, should be avoided at all costs. The ones who didn't believe me got smart in a hurry.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Sat 1 Oct 2011, 0:15, closed)