So I came home today after a long day of classes quite happy to eat my leftover pizza. The best thing about leftover pizza, other than that it formerly was fresh and not frozen, is the fact that I can reheat it in my toaster oven. I had heated the first two pieces and put the last one in, and everything seemed to be going well. Of course, I don't have the timing down yet for reheating, so it started to smell like something was burning. I figured, oh well, the pizza would be crispy. As I got closer to the toaster oven, it was clear that not only was the pizza burning, the top was about to get smokey too! I had inadvertantly left a baggie on top of the metal oven top!! Oh Snap! It had totally melted and was beginning to brown and get smelly. Sigh...
A quick couple of maneuvers later (it's very crowded on my small counter tops, and I'd just done dishes which were drying next to the oven), and I had the oven off, and the blackened pizza out. Now how to scrape off the plastic baggie goo? Luckily I had a scraper in my utensil drawer, so it didn't take too long before that was off...and I managed not to burn myself. (seriously, I think that was an accomplishment)
And now I know to double-check the toaster oven before using it...because I'm just clutzy enough to try burning down my apartment...with a toaster oven. I'm surprised the cats continue to live with me. They must not realize the peril they're in. ;)
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Join the club. I flooded my apartment, and tried flooding my downstairs neighbor's apartment (on separate occassions with different accidental methods. Neither were my fault, if you ask me. My apartment was flooded by my washing machine (which empties itself on the floor (dumb idea on their part!) and my drain was clogged by lent). And my neighbor's apartment was flooded by me taking a shower in my bathroom (no tub, curtain, nothing! just shower head above my toilet) and the toilet seal around the bottom was pretty much gone (shaky toilet) -- oh, and another hole in the floor! See! Not my fault! But I still think I get to join the club!
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