We became known as the Flaming Toaster Bomb apartment.
And *I* have a bad rep?
That is hilarious so long as no one was hurt.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cass - Sep 16, 2011 4:47:08 pm PDT #26707 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
sarameg - Sep 16, 2011 4:54:30 pm PDT #26708 of 30001
Well, Tanya's feelings were hurt when she procured us a new toaster and we forbade her to use it without supervision... but she'd burn dinner on a regular basis anyway. We kinda forbade her from using any open heat element.
And her dignity took a beating when I went out (with quite the audience) to retrieve the burnt out wreck because she was too embarrassed to. Of course I told them who was responsible.
sarameg - Sep 16, 2011 4:58:36 pm PDT #26709 of 30001
Oh, and that was the era of the common windows screensaver of a flying toaster. Yes, a parody was created and hacked into every windows box in the computer labs on campus (this was 1995, maybe half the campus relied on the labs for their computer needs.)
Liese S. - Sep 16, 2011 5:02:31 pm PDT #26710 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeesh, Jessica! Be safe! Yay for not being on fire!
Ha, I would totally be afraid of Flaming Toaster Bomb apartment.
Ok, I will try our (brand new) CVS tomorrow. Walgreens may have had it and I just didn't see it. IOdrugstoreN, Sinful polishes are on sale for a dollar. But I got distracted looking for the chafing gel and didn't notice if the crackles were on sale too.
Jessica - Sep 16, 2011 5:09:19 pm PDT #26711 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yeah, everything's fine now. And my kitchen has never been cleaner since I had to move everything out of the way to wipe off the fire extinguisher stuff.
askye - Sep 16, 2011 5:11:30 pm PDT #26712 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Mom caught a toaster oven on fire once. It singed the wallpaper in the kitchen and the burn marked stayed there for a long time.
amyth - Sep 16, 2011 5:11:49 pm PDT #26713 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I set fire to a toaster oven at work once. It was pretty impressive how much fire you can make with an english muffin.
Hope everything's okay, Jess!
Now I want to go to CVS and see what's on sale.
In the ongoing battle with the fruit flies, there are still a squillion of them. I have put out vinegar traps, removed all organic matter from the house (or fridged/frozen it), taken out all trash, vacuumed, and even kept my apt. at a temperature that is (to me) intolerably frigid, because I heard that shortens their life cycle. DIE, TINY FLIES, DIE!
Yeah, everything's fine now.
Oh, well, good!
javachik - Sep 16, 2011 5:12:05 pm PDT #26714 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Damn it. I wanted to "like" your post, Jess!
I've been infected by Facebook.
Allyson - Sep 16, 2011 5:17:38 pm PDT #26715 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
The day started out pretty awesome, I got a GRAIL medal for our space ships to the moon. One of my guys came in and said he had one for everyone who worked on the project. This one is the biggest I've ever worked on. I mean, Lori went to Mars, so I'm humbled. But the moon is not too freakin' shabby.
smonster - Sep 16, 2011 5:26:39 pm PDT #26716 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
That's awesome, Allyson!
I am reverse meara-ing without a net. Bear with me.
amyth, I wish you rapid fruit fly dieoff.
Cash, I can't WROD loud enough over the suckitude of mental illness.
Jessica, remember PASS! Pull the pin, Aim at the base of the fire, Squeeze the trigger, and Sweep back and forth.
There was more, but I forgot.