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Re: Humorous musings passed on via a med student (Happy Holi
Subject:Re: Humorous musings passed on via a med student (Happy Holi From:Steve Evanina <Steve -dot- Evanina -at- SCIATL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 18 Dec 1995 16:38:00 -0500
For what its worth, some paper towels have metal threads and when
placed in a microwave will spark and could burst into flames (I
suppose).
steve -dot- evanina -at- sciatl -dot- com
original message follows.
>
>At a company I worked at many years ago, we were required to put on
>every document the words "FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY" (Puts a new meaning
>on the comment "His memo was hard to take.")
>
If we're back on this thread, I have a new one:
On a package of microwavable food (one of the horribly indigestible
things my stepson eats), the instruction read:
To heat: Place {food item} on a microwave-safe paper towel.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ah-hem. I guess this means I should stop using that piece of tin foil
I wipe the counters with, hmm?
B.
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Bonni Graham
Manual Labour
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