Flexmoney Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 ..but, I just BLEW UP a cup of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 ..but, I just BLEW UP a cup of water. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What'd you do, microwave it?? Or did this involve a propellant/accelerant??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Making oatmeal by warming up the water in the microwave again weren't you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey QuicksDraw! Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 water in microwave in metal cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 This is my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 This is my guess <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Interesting page. Prof. Joe Wolf though seems a little scary though and somewhat masochistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted July 29, 2005 Author Share Posted July 29, 2005 Making oatmeal by warming up the water in the microwave again weren't you. Yep. Super weird though. They say that water has to have some impurities in it to boil. I was using plain tap water (not even the filtered water from the fridge). As Jake mentioned, I make this stuff all the time. I usually put about 1.5 cups of water into a thick, glass, oven-safe, Pyrex-style, measuring cup. I heat it for a few minutes while I put my oatmeal into a bowl and mix in half a scoop of protein powder, cinnimon, and a bit of sugar. (Mixing it up before hand keeps the protein powder from getting lump...key step). Anyway...into the microwave the water goes. But, I get distracted by a phone call or soemthing, so I don't get to it right away. After a while I come back to it and start the whole process up again to ensure the water is hot. So, from across the kitchen, I am watching this water go round and round in the microwave. I am thinking...that should be hot enough by now...I wonder if al the impurities escaped and that is keeping it from showing a boil...I wish I had a thermometer stuck in there right now...[then the mind wanders]...I start thinking about gun powder...and appropriate containers for storage and transport of gun powder... I look back to the microwave...wwwaaaaaBOOM!!! The water went from absolutely nothing to the power of an M-80. It blew the door of the microwave wide open!!! No broken glass or anything. The "oven-safe" measuring cup held up fine. There was 0.25 cups of water left in it. I managed to explode over a cup of plain tap water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 What we really want to know is- Can you do it again? More water=bigger explosion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted July 29, 2005 Author Share Posted July 29, 2005 Just what I was thinking. And, I have my old microwave in the basement too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Hello MythBusters!!!! Nolan Skilled, but otherwise unremarkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtr Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Hey Flex I eat 2 bowls at least of oatmeal a day, I have found that putting the oatmeal in the water, then heating it, improves (at least to my taste) the texture of the oatmeal. You still can't let your mind wander and nuke it too long though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 What's wrong with you people over here? Don't you know that oatmeal should be eaten cold --- with milk, like most other cereals? I suppose that if you really had to, in the dead of winter, on a sub-zero day, with the furnace not working, it might just be acceptable to cook oatmeal on the range (the one in the kitchen; not the one where you go on Sundays!), as long as oyu remember to sweeten it with a bit of honey and to mix in a bit of milk at the end..... Kyle, if you're going to do it again, how about setting up a video camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Hmm... microwaves must now also be tools of the devil--kinda like the Blackberry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Flex When are you going to understand that you have to let your wife deal with the dangerous appliances like the microwave..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Flex... married??!! I kinda doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Flex... married??!! I kinda doubt it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oddly enough, I've met an attractive, intelligent woman, who otherwise appears to be totally sane, who owns up to cohabitating with the Flexster..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Flex... married??!! I kinda doubt it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted August 1, 2005 Author Share Posted August 1, 2005 Didn't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Didn't hurt. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Of course not --- you've got Jen to cushion the blow...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 That's great! I'm actually relieved to hear it. (on the other hand, perhaps she's only been there a few days...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Siggy, if you will do a search, you will find mention of the Flex Man's SO in some posts a while ago...over a year or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 My memory is short... I also have a headache. Stood out in the sun yesterday for over four hours in the context of a handgun defense class (which was neat, I assure you)(long story). Can't think with a headache, though. Seriously, I honestly don't recall the SignifOther mention... Hmm... I wonder how you'd do a Search for that.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Flex, Dude! You need to wrap it in plastic! Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 His girl-friend or the container of water...? or...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Sounds like Desparate Housewives if she comes to the door wrapped in plastic wrap.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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