On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:50:57 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> Went out to the kitchen a bit ago to finally cook that pork and
> broccoli, and found the stove HOT all over!
>
> Dad had cleaned the surface after he'd made his omelets and had pushed
> the "self clean" button. :-(
>
> I'm glad it did not lock.
>
> I shut it off and removed all the pots and pans in there so it'd cool
> down faster.
>
> I'm sure that could have caused a fire...
>
> He'll be more careful in the future, I hope! Push button stuff on a
> stove is a very bad idea, especially finger pads.

Perhaps he was trying to collect on the fire insurance and this
was his way of saying he wanted to go to an old folks home.