I put a pie in the microwave for my lunch, set the timer and went upstairs to put something away. Got a bit distracted but no matter, pie will still be warm. Came back down, eventually, to the smell of something nasty. Pie was still rotating and had started to smoke. WTF?
How? Why? Hmmmm......then it dawned on me. I had put the PIN that unlocks my iPad into the microwave keypad and pressed start.
Getting worse.
That might explain why I have to wait 8 minutes to get my Cash out of the ATM.
I did put some Frankfurters in the Microwave once, set it to 40 mins, thinking it was 4, after about 20 mins released what had happened, open the microwave, nothing, gone, no frankfurters..... on closer inspection the sausages had blown into tiny mush and stuck themselves all over the microwave walls.
Years ago, my landlord and I got back from a gentlemens evening out, feeling peckish, so put some bangers under the grill...
...woke up several hours later to a very foggy living room
I learnt many moons ago that cooking when back from the pub is a bad idea
Takeaway is far safer
Trouble is, and 1980s Aylesburians will have sympathy, the only nightclub was Rectory Farm - a good 30min stagger from town - and kicking out was 2am, 2hrs after the Sun Sun - the only takeaway open until midnight - closed.
Also, Rectory Farm was the guaranteed place for a smooch, dance, fondle, and on good days, dipping your wick....
Ahhhh, the 80s in Aylesbury.
By the 90s, it was nip into The Lounge, drag some meat back to St Marys churchyard for a nibble, then go into McDonalds... ...or if still early, back to The Lounge for another.