I will confess to having done something dumb last night so that others
might not repeat it with the same painful results. I was preheating
the gas BBQ to cook Tandoori chicken. It needed to be really hot. I
went over to check and noticed a set of metal tongs sitting with one arm
right next to the BBQ. I figured it would be hot, so I grabbed the
opposite arm and moved it away so it would not be exposed to the heat
and to allow it to cool off.

The arm that I had touched to move it away was not particularly hot and
I assumed that the tongs would cool of quickly and I did not need them
for a few minutes. Lots of time to cool?.... Apparently not. When the
grill was hot enough for the chicken I reached over and grabbed the
tongs. Wow... had I ever underestimated how hot they had got and how
long it would take to cool. Burns on two fingers and a thumb.

My dad and his boss were once at some kind of company dinner and there was a candle in front of the boss, he said that almost looks real stuck his finger in the flame.

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> My dad and his boss were once at some kind of company dinner and there was a candle in front of the boss, he said that almost looks real stuck his finger in the flame.

stuck his finger in the flame
and called it macaroni

:-D

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wrote:
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>> My dad and his boss were once at some kind of company dinner and there
>was a candle in front of the boss, he said that almost looks real stuck
>his finger in the flame.
>
>stuck his finger in the flame
>and called it macaroni
>
>:-D

just finished watching Romper Room eh?

On Monday, June 18, 2018 at 9:34:47 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I will confess to having done something dumb last night so that others
> might not repeat it with the same painful results. I was preheating
> the gas BBQ to cook Tandoori chicken. It needed to be really hot. I
> went over to check and noticed a set of metal tongs sitting with one arm
> right next to the BBQ. I figured it would be hot, so I grabbed the
> opposite arm and moved it away so it would not be exposed to the heat
> and to allow it to cool off.
>
> The arm that I had touched to move it away was not particularly hot and
> I assumed that the tongs would cool of quickly and I did not need them
> for a few minutes. Lots of time to cool?.... Apparently not. When the
> grill was hot enough for the chicken I reached over and grabbed the
> tongs. Wow... had I ever underestimated how hot they had got and how
> long it would take to cool. Burns on two fingers and a thumb.
>
>
I bet nobody had to say "Hey Dave, turn loose of those tongs. They're hot!!

tert in seattle wrote:
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> writes:
> wrote:
> >>
> >> My dad and his boss were once at some kind of company dinner and there
> >was a candle in front of the boss, he said that almost looks real stuck
> >his finger in the flame.
> >
> >stuck his finger in the flame
> >and called it macaroni
> >
> >:-D
>
> just finished watching Romper Room eh?

lol! Do you ever smile?
I remember well, Miss Connie in the Washington DC area when I was
a preschooler. I did watch that show as a young annoying boy. Now
I'm all grown up and have turned into an annoying grumpy old
man.

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>tert in seattle wrote:
>>
>> writes:
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> My dad and his boss were once at some kind of company dinner and there
>> >was a candle in front of the boss, he said that almost looks real stuck
>> >his finger in the flame.
>> >
>> >stuck his finger in the flame
>> >and called it macaroni
>> >
>> >:-D
>>
>> just finished watching Romper Room eh?
>
>lol! Do you ever smile?
>I remember well, Miss Connie in the Washington DC area when I was
>a preschooler. I did watch that show as a young annoying boy. Now
>I'm all grown up and have turned into an annoying grumpy old
>man.


an annoying grumpy old man...who still watches Romper Room! :-P