Using a microwave
joelsim
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They're great for warming socks up in, makes them nice and toasty before a ride
"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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bullshit alarm going crazy over here.0
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No, I'm too worried about comprimising the energy or structure of my socks.
Besides, I'll get radiolytic compounds all stuck between my toes.0 -
"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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That's why he is known as Arran Six Toes.0
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Ballysmate wrote:That's why he is known as Arran Six Toes.
You should see what's happened because I microwaved my pants :shock:"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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Shrivelled and died. Yeah, I heard.arran77 wrote:Ballysmate wrote:That's why he is known as Arran Six Toes.
You should see what's happened because I microwaved my pants :shock:Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
seanoconn wrote:
Shrivelled and died. Yeah, I heard.arran77 wrote:Ballysmate wrote:That's why he is known as Arran Six Toes.
You should see what's happened because I microwaved my pants :shock:
You're getting mixed up with Joelsim's post :P"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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The conspiracy section in usahitman, doesn't exactly add gravitas to the microwave storyJoelsim wrote:
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Oh come on, surely it's the most robust test you've ever seen!
Probably safer to put your socks in than on the hob though.0 -
I've seen this experiment before and suspected it was bullshit, so seeing it reposted has given me the shove to look it up.
Here's the Snopes article:
http://www.snopes.com/science/microwave/plants.asp
Their conclusion?
TL:DR - It's bullshitSnopes wrote:Rather than simply speculate, though, we performed the same experiment in a more controlled manner. We started out with three each of three different types of plants: one member of each set was given water that had been boiled on a gas stove, water that had been boiled in a microwave oven, or water that had not been boiled at all. All the water used in the experiment came from the same source, the same vessel was used for boiling water both on the stove and in the microwave, and all three types of water were stored in identical containers. The water given to all of the plants was at room temperature. The plants were kept in a carefully controlled environment that protected them from our pets and equalized (as much as possible) their exposure to environmental factors and watered in the manner described above for a period of time identical to that of the original experiment.
As evidenced by the photos below (taken while the plants were briefly removed from the environment in which they were tended and placed in a setting better suited to photography), at the end of that time period all three plants in each set were fairly thriving. When a non-participating observer was asked to indicate (blindly) which plant in each set he thought had fared the best, in two cases he selected plants that had been given microwave-boiled water, and in one case he selected a plant that had been given unboiled water:0 -
Joelsim wrote:Oh come on, surely it's the most robust test you've ever seen!
Probably safer to put your socks in than on the hob though.
You need to be careful using the hob as it's very easy to singe the socks :shock:"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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I put towels in mine to warm. I give the bath towel a light spray of water and then roll it up really tight, I microwave it for a couple of minutes and the steam penetrates the whole towel making feel hot and damp. Open it up and give it a shake and you have a nice hot, dry towel.
I've had a microwave since 1980. If there were any ill effects to the food, (and then to me) I think I would have noticed something more than this third nipple that's appeared on my thigh.
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Capt Slog wrote:I think I would have noticed something more than this third nipple that's appeared on my thigh.
I'd be more worried about the fact that you had two nipples on your thigh in the first place :shock:"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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Graeme_S wrote:I've seen this experiment before and suspected it was bullshit, so seeing it reposted has given me the shove to look it up.
Here's the Snopes article:
http://www.snopes.com/science/microwave/plants.asp
Their conclusion?
TL:DR - It's bullshitSnopes wrote:Rather than simply speculate, though, we performed the same experiment in a more controlled manner. We started out with three each of three different types of plants: one member of each set was given water that had been boiled on a gas stove, water that had been boiled in a microwave oven, or water that had not been boiled at all. All the water used in the experiment came from the same source, the same vessel was used for boiling water both on the stove and in the microwave, and all three types of water were stored in identical containers. The water given to all of the plants was at room temperature. The plants were kept in a carefully controlled environment that protected them from our pets and equalized (as much as possible) their exposure to environmental factors and watered in the manner described above for a period of time identical to that of the original experiment.
As evidenced by the photos below (taken while the plants were briefly removed from the environment in which they were tended and placed in a setting better suited to photography), at the end of that time period all three plants in each set were fairly thriving. When a non-participating observer was asked to indicate (blindly) which plant in each set he thought had fared the best, in two cases he selected plants that had been given microwave-boiled water, and in one case he selected a plant that had been given unboiled water:
As a scientist, I couldn't believe some of the stuff I read in the original article - a bigger load of balls than a golf sale. No doubt the Ben Goldacres of this world would swiftly make mincemeat of it.
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Gotta love this:
"2). The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the unknown by-products created in microwaved food."
If they are unknown, how do you test this ?
BS alarm going crazy !Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved0
