By Chris - 02/02/2010 05:40 - France

Today, the windows on my car were frozen. I filled up a bucket of hot water, and threw it on the windows. The windows cracked. FML
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Same thing different taste

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#8 - It's the sudden temperature change that caused the cracks, not the heat. Glass is made in extremely hot temperatures, so withstanding any heat that the OP could have caused is not an issue. OP, when you suddenly and drastically change the temperature of the glass, cracking is inevitable. This is why it's also a good idea to rinse glasses with hot water before putting boiling liquids in them.

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anyone with half a brain coult tell your a dumbass

girlygirl666 0

Now, if you only had half a brain....

i live in a country with summer the whole year. Even i wont do that. dumbass!

Wow that sucks. And windshields are expensive to replace. Hopefully, you learned your lesson and it won't happen again><. FYL for damaging your car, but YDI for being so careless or ignorant.

bobtheduck1990 0

You dumbass......use cold water next time. When cold glass expands too rapidly it cracks.

here's another reason not 2 do it. hot water freezes faster than cold water. if u don't believe me take a cup of hot water and cold water. put them in the frige and see which one freezes fastest

youthink_fml 0

Don't believe everything an idiot tells you. That hot water has to become cold water before it freezes. It's common sense, something you obviously don't have. And "frige" is not a word. And nothing freezes in a "frige". And OP, you're an idiot too.

if you hadn't said that, I would have. haha. what's the world coming to, people thawing out their cars with hot water and trying to freeze things in their refrigerators?

The parent is correct. Hot water (in some circumstances!) does freeze faster than cooler water. It's called the Mpemba effect. Read more about it: http://www.obscure.org/physics-faq/General/hot_water.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect

muboshgu 0