Fire!We were all in my aunt's kitchen at the back of her huge rambling Victorian house. I was only small and had wandered off to go to the loo, but given up after finding the hall full of smoke. "That was quick," my mum said after a few minutes. "Yes - it's all smoky," I replied.
I've never seen adults move so fast.
So, like my cousin who'd managed to set fire to the roof, tell us your fire stories.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Nov 2005, 9:11)
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absent mindedThere are times when i think I multitask worse than Windows 3.1.
In the past few years I've absent-mindedly exploded or burnt:
a grape (In the microwave.)
a frozen banana (Microwave, midnight - seemed like a good idea. As had freezing it to begin with.)
Brisbane water (Stovetop, in a saucepan. Anyone who's drunk Brisbane's delightful brew has tasted its mineral tang; boil it dry long enough, and you'll find out it's flammable, too!)
But in all these I'm surpassed by my mum, who prides herself on her pragmatism, but managed to leave her favourite cookbook on the hot ceramic cooktop until it worked up a good smoulder. She burnt off all the best bits! Smelt good, though...
(, Fri 4 Nov 2005, 12:52, Reply)
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