By smarterthanmymum - 26/05/2011 09:48 - United Kingdom

Today, I had to explain very slowly to my mum why she cannot put metal cutlery in the microwave. She did it anyway. FML
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JustinThunder 8

Make her learn the hard way.

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iAmScrubs 19

That's her mistake. She is probably one of those people that puts evertything in the microwave. "oh, I see a laptop, let's microwave that!"

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khaya 9

It's probably cause you were talking so slowly. She put the fork in the microwave when you said "and".

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slimjim8094 12

What did you say, exactly? Because it's not damaging at all. The object will build up a charge while it's in, and if there's a short enough gap on the object, it'll spark - harmlessly. Things like crumpled tinfoil and fork tines will spark, but only to itself - unless it's touching the side, in which case there's a small chance of damage.

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Vampgirl202 4

you've obviously never seen the show"is it safe to microwave this?"

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geeksaresexy 18

You can put metal in the microwave.. They actually recommend putting a spoon into coffee or whatever to stop it exploding when you take it out of the microwave.

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pinkspaceboundro 0

that's something completely different. that's when your liquid becomes super heated and can "explode" giving you burns.

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geeksaresexy 18

Well done.. I was pointing out that putting metal in a microwave is ok by raising the issue of superheating liquids. Putting a spoon in it stops it superheating and spraying you with scalding hot water. Ergo, putting metal in the microwave is FINE!

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effarve 2

so shes an idiot.... how does that make a suitable fml.... lame

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tykiej 0

What a dumbass. There obviously was no lifeguard at the gene pool when she was conceived.

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DeathMetalViking 0

Her brains must have been cooked to not be able to understand that.

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mike3775 35

It could be that the mom may not have thought that the stuff she was putting in would affect the microwave. It amazes me how much stuff looks like it wouldn't be microwave safe(like those sheets of foil on food from take out places) really are safe for the microwave, and things you would think are safe, are not. I once had a plastic storage device that I assumed was microwave safe, and it melted in the microwave. But the fun is when you replace the microwaves, every time I replace one(I tend to replace them every 3 yrs or so), I always have a little fun with it outside before tossing it in the garbage :)

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IsBitchBetter 1

When it catches fire, hopefully she is smart enough to operate the fire extinguisher.

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sxe_beast 11

Microwave go boom boom?

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