[Shotimes] Re: Appliance Abuse (Mostly OT)

[MonsieurBoo@aol.com]

Carl P:  "Oh, and at least squid, calamari, is good food to me and is very 
much different than a benzene or petroleum based item... Food in a washing 
machine.  Hmmm."

Hah!  I don't recall ever even thinking about that last part.  All we were 
worried about was stinkin' up the clothes and linens.  Never mind what might get 
on the squid!

You're right about putting clothes, rags, etc with petroleum derivatives into 
the washing machine.  The new washers all have tags warning not to do that. 
It seems unlikely that there would be enough flammables to separate out and 
float at the top of a churning washer, and then catch fire.  But I can see if you 
just throw stuff in, close the lid and don't start it up right away, you 
might accumulate vapors and blow the lid off when you do.  It probably did happen 
somewhere and the victim sued, that's how the tag got there I suppose.

Maybe next time I'll marinate the squid in 151 rum and then I can tenderize 
it and cook it in the same appliance.  A new menu item, "Blackened Calamari a 
la Maytag".

Cheers,
Mark LaBarre
94 ATX 125k