Today, I learned the hard way that if you tell your child that they're old enough to cook their own food in the microwave, you have to make sure they're smart enough not to put the metal spoon in with the food as well. FML
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Today, after getting home from work late last night and feeling lazy, I'd put my leftover dinner in the microwave, spoon and all. I wake up to find one of the kids started the microwave and it blew up because of the metal spoon. FML
Today, I had to explain very slowly to my mum why she cannot put metal cutlery in the microwave. She did it anyway. FML
Today, one of the kids I was babysitting tried to hard boil eggs using the microwave. You cannot hard boil eggs using the microwave. It makes a mess. This we have learned. FML
Today, I was using the same metal spoon to stir boiling noodles and the pasta sauce I was heating up. I decided to taste the sauce and see if it was getting warm, forgetting that the spoon was sitting in boiling water three seconds earlier. FML
Today, I tried to warm soup in a travel mug. I forgot to take the metal spoon out. The microwave lit up like a firework display, and I screamed so loudly that my neighbor knocked on my door to check if I was alive. FML
Today, I left my daughter with a babysitter for the first time. When I came home, my microwave was ruined because they had attempted to heat cans of Play-Doh as a science experiment. FML
Today, while I was in the shower, my 4 year-old son wondered what would happen if he put 6 eggs in the microwave. FML
Today, I had to explain to my 27 year-old sister why a stainless steel fork isn't a good toy for my 8 month-old baby. Twice. FML
Today, I was babysitting a two year-old. He was messing around with a silver fork and I told him it was dangerous. He then got mad at me, started crying, and stabbed me right in the foot. Be warned, even though they're little, they can still cause a lot of pain. FML
Today, I woke up after putting my child to bed. Drowsy, I stumbled down to the kitchen to make a mug cookie. I read a recipe on my phone, and put a knob of butter in a cup to melt in the microwave. I put my phone in the microwave and turned it on for 30 seconds, and didn't realize what I'd done until I smelt burning plastic. FML
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sugarquill 0
It's not about how smart the kid is, it's about how dumb you are for not telling him what he should not put in the microwave. YDI.
Sammara 0
Expecting a kid to know to not put metal in a microwave without being told is like expecting anti-obesity groups to blame parents rather than McDonalds for child obesity.
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Comments (100)
KVloveBC 0
aww how old is the child though?
TheRealFamilyGuy 5
I detest being called a child! and up yours society il put my spoons where I want!
mamamiaaa_fml 12
well it doesn't matter I mean if you're going to tell a child that but not teach them how to use it properly at least once then YDI.
hghiPigh 0
if you let morons like the op reproduce, you need to make sure they're smart enough not to kill their offspring
Dr_PooPingDung 0
I put a "puts metal in microwave then turns on" 150 thermonometer in the microwave before, good thang I learned my lesson.
KateMac 0
my daughter did that once, it's an fml if your child continues to do it!
laurabelle 0
how the f does that suck for you?? the child got hurt D:
persianjr1 7
haha i remember when i was small i put a pipe in the microwave beause my dad was working on piping in the garage and i wanted the pipe to be warm so we gat warm watter. haha i think i was six or something. haha
LilaBear 2
mamamiaaa - maybe the kid has been told before but forgot?? I accidentally put something covered in alfoil in the microwave once - we have a convection oven and at first I was intending to cook the item with the oven function, then changed my mind and set it to microwave, forgetting the food was covered in alfoil :P Fortunately after the first spark I reacted fast enough to turn it off and nothing was destroyed :P I'm not sure whether to say this is YDI or FYL without knowing how old the kid is. If they were 6 or 7 I'd say YDI, but if the kid is 12 or 13 I'd say FYL.
xXxXxMasonxXxXx 7
why does no one make a metal safe microwave? it would solve so many problems(or is tht just an oven, Lolz)
MuZh 1
No, it wouldn't be a microwave oven anymore. Microwaves use dielectric heating which by nature isn't too compatible with metals due to them being conducting =)
MuZh 1
Conductive even
Ninjasaurus18 9
I they're just learning to use a microwave, they had better three-five. When I was five, I was making my own microwave scrambled eggs for breakfast. So hopefully they aren't six or seven.
Ren_Uchiha 11
When I was eight, I put my spoon in my soup bowl because I thought "then its less work putting it back in after " one freaked out mother and a broken microwave later, I realize that might not of been such a good idea.
ScreamAimFire 0
i'm guessing you were wrong
mamamiaaa_fml 12
uhh you guessed right!
FMASS 0
what happened to ur child ??
whoisthisgirl 4
...you must have an old microwave. mine doesn't get ruined.
LilaBear 2
whoisthisgirl - uhhh.... "old" has nothing to do with it... you shouldn't put metal in a microwave! While newer microwaves might not get *ruined* by it, it's still a hazard and can create sparks and stuff.
EpicPear 0
How you there do that it
sourgirl101 29
Are you secretly a caveman?
Tyrone78G 3
just a known retard...
Kirashai 9
I could eat a bowl of alphabet soup and shit out a better comment than that 4
ZeroIce 12
WTF kinda sentence is that? It looks like you craped out a mix of words and said eff it, it looks great the way it is. You sir, fail at creating sentences. @4
2muchshyt 0
wow. well u should have went over saftey rules so ydi
maybaybe 0
you are cute :)
zach5432 3
you fail
iamironman97 0
what if the kid is like 10? it's common sense to use a microwave by then.
x_CDiizzlee_x 0
I always put the metal spoon in. Nothing happens. Wtf.
KallieAnn 0
Hahaaa.!(:
deven329 1
he probably had something in for a long time
REDEADED 0
I accidentally cook spoons in there for two seconds and the kitchen smells like smoke
Sammara 0
Expecting a kid to know to not put metal in a microwave without being told is like expecting anti-obesity groups to blame parents rather than McDonalds for child obesity.
W4X 0
Instead of making a point you, my friend, completely failed.
iheartglasses 0
The X-Men comment made me giggle :) And OP, dont forget Pop Tarts. I microwaved a Pop Tart YEARS ago leaving it laying on the wrapper. I heard a buzz and the wrapper disappeared and my Pop Tart was ruined :(
WHAT_THA_PHUCK 0
that's terrible :( FYL
_HeadShot_ 0
^Win
sugarquill 0
It's not about how smart the kid is, it's about how dumb you are for not telling him what he should not put in the microwave. YDI.
ImaginaryFoe 1
Agreed. OP, that's definitely a parenting fail. Kids aren't born with this sort of knowledge. It's actually your job as a parent to teach them.
Thalymor 0
Agreed. I remember the first time I found out you don't put metal in the microwave. I think I was six. I was trying to make tea, and so I put water into our tiny metal teapot. There were purple lights, and I thought it was really cool and pretty until my mom freaked out. OP, your child isn't dumb; you are for not informing them on how to use a microwave properly.
AceArctic 4
I've never put metal in the microwave, but I did try plastic... it exploded and ruined my corn flakes. o.O
sadistmonkey 19
you put corn flakes in the microwave...why?
artemisrox98 10
I put corn flakes (or any kind of cereal for that matter) in the microwave. I put in a little milk, put the bowl in for 30-60 seconds, and when it is done, it's all mushy and warm, which makes a nice breakfast on a cold day. :)
spensikaa 0
I've seen an 18 year old do that.