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**laurat99** · 04-18-2012, 05:57 AM

(04-17-2012 11:56 PM)myotch Wrote: Just today, my mom wanted me to buy her some incandescent light bulbs, because "tomorrow, they stop making them and the news said they will be $60". I didn't inquire if that $60 was for a single bulb at home depot or, like, a 500 pack at Costco.

Last month, it was "pink slime".

I filed this under "Mom", subsection "B" (for bulbs), right after the "A-A-A" section (Alzheimers, Aluminum Cans, and Aspertame).

My MIL is stocking up as well. Every time she goes shopping, she gets some light bulbs. My sister-in-law, who takes her shopping, and I joke about those being our retirement plan.

C_Fresh · 04-18-2012, 07:21 AM

Sadly, its not even just fundies who do this kind of stuff. A couple of weeks ago, someone I know who lives in London had a post warning parents about the dangers of flavored cocaine being used to hook kids on drugs. Apparently, some twit put it in some school newsletter. I posted the Snopes link but I don't think she believed me/it.

elfdream · 04-18-2012, 07:24 AM

For some reason its easier to believe the sensational.

**JordanMaria** · 04-18-2012, 07:25 AM

(04-18-2012 07:21 AM)C_Fresh Wrote: A couple of weeks ago, someone I know who lives in London had a post warning parents about the dangers of flavored cocaine being used to hook kids on drugs.

Yeah, Pixy Stix

**M Go Blue** · 04-18-2012, 09:20 AM

A few years back a not-too fundamental friend of mine sent me and others a story about how evil Harry Potter is, how J.K. Rowling is using it to get kids into witchcraft, etc. I then did what I usually do when I get these things and I looked it up on the 'net. Come to find out, my friend was sent an article about Harry Potter from the Onion (though it didn't say it was from the Onion when she got it). Fortunately, she realized that the article was a satire and sent something back out to everyone letting them know. Sadly, I think my dad read the same article (minus being told that the article is satire) because he think HP is one of the most evil series of books ever written.

dramaturge · (This post was last modified: 04-18-2012 09:25 AM by dramaturge.)

(04-18-2012 09:20 AM)M Go Blue Wrote: A few years back a not-too fundamental friend of mine sent me and others a story about how evil Harry Potter is, how J.K. Rowling is using it to get kids into witchcraft, etc. I then did what I usually do when I get these things and I looked it up on the 'net. Come to find out, my friend was sent an article about Harry Potter from the Onion (though it didn't say it was from the Onion when she got it). Fortunately, she realized that the article was a satire and sent something back out to everyone letting them know. Sadly, I think my dad read the same article (minus being told that the article is satire) because he think HP is one of the most evil series of books ever written.

This is the kind of thing that really gets me. The entire argument that Harry Potter --> witchcraft is so silly. Yes, saying random latinate words will indeed work magic...when you can find an actual magic wand. The end. haha (and yes I realize that article was the Onion, but it's a view that's prevalent in certain segments, which is why it made the Onion.)

**Tiarali** · 04-18-2012, 09:36 AM

Yeah, and make sure your wand has a core from a magical beast, like a hair of a unicorn or a feather from a phoenix. Plus the books indicate you have to be born a wizard, you can't become one, and if you are one you don't have to go off and look for it, you get a letter sent to you.

But honestly, the people who want to believe such stuff are too terrified to ever read the books, so they won't find out otherwise. Good thing God didn't give us a spirit of fear or anything.

Papa Bear · 04-18-2012, 10:03 AM

(04-17-2012 02:31 PM)Bob M Wrote:
(04-17-2012 01:50 PM)lucrezaborgia Wrote: if you pour it on straight from the microwave I dare say you will kill some plants.

But if you pour it straight on the microwave while it is on, you will probably kill all the plants in your house and within 30 feet of your house when it burns down.

Last night, I was heating some water in the microwave. It ran for a few seconds, and then it went BZZZzZZZZzZZZZZzZZZZT! and stopped. I checked it out, and my microwave is dead. I have the vague feeling that someone somewhere is laughing at me.

04-18-2012, 03:15 PM

(04-18-2012 10:03 AM)Papa Bear Wrote:
(04-17-2012 02:31 PM)Bob M Wrote: But if you pour it straight on the microwave while it is on, you will probably kill all the plants in your house and within 30 feet of your house when it burns down.
Last night, I was heating some water in the microwave. It ran for a few seconds, and then it went BZZZzZZZZzZZZZZzZZZZT! and stopped. I checked it out, and my microwave is dead. I have the vague feeling that someone somewhere is laughing at me.

Sorry about that.

Number_6 · (This post was last modified: 04-18-2012 03:26 PM by Number_6.)

(04-18-2012 10:03 AM)Papa Bear Wrote:
(04-17-2012 02:31 PM)Bob M Wrote: But if you pour it straight on the microwave while it is on, you will probably kill all the plants in your house and within 30 feet of your house when it burns down.
Last night, I was heating some water in the microwave. It ran for a few seconds, and then it went BZZZzZZZZzZZZZZzZZZZT! and stopped. I checked it out, and my microwave is dead. I have the vague feeling that someone somewhere is laughing at me.

Did you have a metal spoon in the water?

Nice light show, almost as cool as microwaving a neon tube.