Why I shouldn't be left to my own devices...

[cielamara]

I set my microwave on fire.
Trying to melt crayons so I could do creative-type things with the melted wax.

It didn't work so well, obviously.

BUT I didn't set the smoke detector off!

And my microwave still works.

That is all.

Comments

[cielamara]

Glad I could help. :D I was hoping someone would get a good snicker out of it.

[prairie_dweller]

Not meaning to scare you but be careful with a damaged microwave. You don't want to be irradiating yourself every time you warm your coffee.

[cielamara]

I'm not sure if it technically qualifies as damaged. It's just a little...ashy...right now.

[cielamara]

I knew you'd find that amusing.

[confectionqueen]

things should not be melted in a microwave :P
Did the crayons themselves catch fire, or something else in the microwave?

[cielamara]

The cardboard container I had them in might have been the culprit. I mean, it was of a cardboard similar to that in frozen dinners, I was operating on the idea that since THOSE don't catch fire every time you have one, this one shouldn't either!

It failed.

[cielamara]

It was being used to make my room smell good at the time. :D I briefly considered it, but I was enjoying a new tart and didn't want to disturb it, y'see.