Microwave Live-to-Tell Stories: Peg's Egg

Here is one of my favorite on-line friends, Bob Cleveland, sharing a story he told me the other day in an instant message conversation. Pretty sure this story rabbit-trailed from all the egg talk that's gone on around here at Foolery lately. We talk about the goofiest things, but I'm guessing all y'all can relate to this microwave story.

 


(Photo stolen from these guys)

We got our first microwave in perhaps 1977. I recall it was a G.E.

One of the kids, who were teens at the time, suggested we ought to zap an egg in it. Not having heard anything contrary, at that time, we did. We put it in for half a minute, I think, and nothing happened.

So Peg took it out to see if it was hot ... just warm on the outside, when it sounded like someone had fired a .22 in the room. We had egg ALL OVER the kitchen walls, some on the ceiling. But most of it ended up on Peg, with a LOT of white and yolk in her hair.

We all laughed about that, but I'm sorry I didn't glop on some mayonnaise. She'd have gotten a nice natural oil treatment and the kids and I'd have had a nice sandwich spread.

Live and learn.  

We stick to zapping CD's now.

*     *     *     *     *

I hate to ask about zapping CDs . . . Anyone else out there have horrible microwave experience? Enough time passed that you can laugh about it now? Leave it in the comments, or post it on your own site and leave a link for us here. Or, do as Bob did and e-mail it to me at foolery (at) clearwire (dot) com, and I'll post it on Foolery this week. Thanks again, Bob!

Comments

[viagra online]

That-s an interesting way of making sandwich spread, i like the one with mustard!

[viagra online]

hahahaha, that's hilarious, i don't remember when we have our first microwave, but i didn't realize was that old!

[Meg]

Well, I don't have many eventful encounters with my microwave, but there was one recently at a client's office... I decided to bring a package of instant grits to the office to nuke for a warm breakfast... I mixed it in a mug with hot water, stuck it in the micro, and within 30 seconds the gluey glop was bubbling out over and onto the tray. Luckily I caught it before it cooked fast, but EW, I had to clean the microwave.

This is funny because TS Annie was just FB'ing about exploding baked potatoes in her oven!

[ptooie]

My ex's family liked to tell about the new microwave Mom got for Christmas in 89 or so- youngest boy was about 4 years old. Some point after new microwave was set up, and the family had gone back to hanging out by the tree in the living room, they heard some odd zapping/crackling sounds. Turned out little boy wanted to know how hot the microwave got, so he stuck a thermometer in it and turned it on.

[Chesapeake Bay Woman]

Peg + egg + mayo + salt = Peg salad.

I'd pay good money to have seen this when it happened.

And now we must learn more about this CD zapping.

[Kathi D]

Zapping CDs? Tell, please!