So look what happens when you have irresponsible roommates who drink tea EVERY DAMN DAY but can't ever remember to check on their kettle of boiling water...Sometimes these things get left boiling for an hour until they have dried up. This pot of tea was not so lucky...
I was in the shower and was interrupted by my housemate Stevi screaming "oh no!" And hit by the delicious smell of burning plastic. I ran out, almost breaking my neck from my wet mess to find the teapot aflame on the stove. My roommate Heather had left the water to talk on the phone for a loooong time and the plastic lip of the spout and the entire handle caught fire and melted onto the stovetop. I had to blow the burning plastic goo out and then we proceeded to scrape the melted mess off the burner with an industrial file.
Good lord. The only thing good that came out of this is that Stevi sprang for a new teapot that whistles, and we've decided that our new Emo band name will forever be "The Teapot Fire".
On another note: sucking helium out of balloons while giving commentary on the Tony Awards is a great way to end one's day.
I was in the shower and was interrupted by my housemate Stevi screaming "oh no!" And hit by the delicious smell of burning plastic. I ran out, almost breaking my neck from my wet mess to find the teapot aflame on the stove. My roommate Heather had left the water to talk on the phone for a loooong time and the plastic lip of the spout and the entire handle caught fire and melted onto the stovetop. I had to blow the burning plastic goo out and then we proceeded to scrape the melted mess off the burner with an industrial file.
Good lord. The only thing good that came out of this is that Stevi sprang for a new teapot that whistles, and we've decided that our new Emo band name will forever be "The Teapot Fire".
On another note: sucking helium out of balloons while giving commentary on the Tony Awards is a great way to end one's day.