Comments | caffienekitty: I'm a hazard to myself.

caffienekitty

I'm a hazard to myself.

Oct 24, 2009 23:19

It's a good thing that I am in the habit of filling the kettle whenever I boil water. The kettle's whistle doesn't work, but usually I end up over-filling it. It slops out the spout when the water boils and makes a big hissing noise upon it hitting the burner, thereby alerting me that it's boiling and I should shut off the stove. Apparently I didn' ( Read more... )

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dendritejungle October 25 2009, 20:39:08 UTC

I, uh. Never do anything like that. *shifty eyes* And since I don't, I could certainly not offer you the advice of getting one of those electric kettles that shuts off automatically when it's boiled.

caffienekitty October 25 2009, 20:49:32 UTC

I'm not sure exactly why, but water boiled in an electric kettle doesn't taste right to me. Like it's got ozone in it or something. What I really need is to not be so distracti- Ooo! Shiny thing! *poing*

malevolent73 October 26 2009, 02:37:28 UTC

Thank goodness nothing was burning. I boiled the absolute HELL out of a bunch of eggs one time. Eggs make a neat popping sound when they are in a pot with no water left. o.O

caffienekitty October 26 2009, 03:50:55 UTC

Yeah, eggs get kind of explosive, don't they?

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caffienekitty October 27 2009, 06:44:43 UTC

*points to icon*