Liar liar, kitchen's on fire.

I bet his cat downloaded all of that kiddie porn too

I can pop popcorn with cellphones too.

Is his refrigerator running?

GoBadgers: Is his refrigerator running?

I don't know about his, but mine seems okay.

The intertubes can make you do certain things.

/also, fap.

It's really not that far fetched. The electronics in the stove need better RF shielding. A cell phone is a radio transmitter.

GoDawgs!: I bet his cat downloaded all of that kiddie porn too

All joking and idiocy aside, isn't it entirely possible that this actually happened? Errant frequency selection by Maytag that just happens to sync with this mans cellphone?

I know that audio equipment is particuarly sensitive and can be affected by cell phone signals, albeit within a relatively close proximity.

I don't get the drunk/stoned thing.. sober people can also just leave their ovens on and actually burn their houses down.

Thoughts on cell phone causing an unrelated circuit to pass current?

As a former call-center employee of Maytag, I assure you that this is only slightly-above-average stupidity when it comes to the user base...

/worked there 3 years
//never again

/approves
//as hot as the plastic in that idiot's oven

It's probably just the neighbor goofing around with his universal remote set to oven. He just needs to close the blinds.

I suppose it is in the realm of possibilities if the ovens controls are all digital. Everyone's familiar with the ol' speaker click you'd hear before someone's Nextel phone rang, right?

On the other hand, I'd find it hard to believe that it could have happened without anyone finding out when testing the new controls, or without having happened to hundreds of other people as well.

I have a Magic Chef stove, washer and dryer also , pushing 20 years old. Stove works fine but Washer and Dryer are definately in need of replacing , doing so later this year.

Raider_dad: I have a Magic Chef stove, washer and dryer also , pushing 20 years old. Stove works fine but Washer and Dryer are definately in need of replacing , doing so later this year.

A magic chef clothes washer? That doesn't sound right.

svenge: As a former call-center employee of Maytag, I assure you that this is only slightly-above-average stupidity when it comes to the user base...

Um, pretty much everyone has an oven. You can argue that most of us oven owners are idiots, but at least we never really have any troubles actually using the oven.

lockers: A magic chef clothes washer? That doesn't sound right.

You're telling me that you don't like the feel of fresh baked pants?

lockers: Raider_dad: I have a Magic Chef stove, washer and dryer also , pushing 20 years old. Stove works fine but Washer and Dryer are definately in need of replacing , doing so later this year.

A magic chef clothes washer? That doesn't sound right.

It doesn't sound right, but they DID exist. They were the el-cheapo line of the day, thus on average they were sucky.

This sounds like a fun, new science project to me.

I have never seen someone use actual fraction form to describe a fifth of liquor.

Gotta run, I have a meeting at 1/4 to 3...

picturescrazy: svenge: As a former call-center employee of Maytag, I assure you that this is only slightly-above-average stupidity when it comes to the user base...

Um, pretty much everyone has an oven. You can argue that most of us oven owners are idiots, but at least we never really have any troubles actually using the oven.

I'll reprhase that. I meant the stupidity of those who called in. Obviously I can't make observations of the large proportion of users that used their ovens without problems, self-created or otherwise.

VIDEO!!!

Link

Dig a bit and truth be told. I watched the clock to see if it was on timer. Doesn't look like it.

paygun: It's really not that far fetched. The electronics in the stove need better RF shielding. A cell phone is a radio transmitter.

yargh, what I came here to say. Very odd but still within the realm of possibility.

I work in healthcare and in the hospitals they've always put up the "No cell phone use withing 4 ft. of equipment signs". As far as I know there never has been a documented incident, and a Mayo clinic study turned up inconclusive.

/I call shenanigans
//"could" be possible though
///Doubt it though

Meh. Around here, we call that "Friday night".

I have a ceiling fan that sometimes comes on when I receive a text message on my blackberry.

The fan does have a remote though. I never heard a stove with a remote, but these days, who knows.

Wanted for questioning:



/really? This far into the thread?

The_Drunken_Clam: I have never seen someone use actual fraction form to describe a fifth of liquor.

Gotta run, I have a meeting at 1/4 to 3...

Do they even sell liquor in fiths these days? I've mostly seen 750 ml bottles replacing fiths where I shop for adult beverages.

A friend of mines son had his TV broadcast an international distress signal with great results...

Link (new window)

Lord S810: I work in healthcare and in the hospitals they've always put up the "No cell phone use withing 4 ft. of equipment signs". As far as I know there never has been a documented incident, and a Mayo clinic study turned up inconclusive.

/I call shenanigans
//"could" be possible though
///Doubt it though

Not to mention the Miracle Whip study on the same subject.

FEUDALISM
You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.
PURE SOCIALISM
You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all the cows. The government gives you a glass of milk.

Or... You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM
Your cows are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs the regulations say you should need.
FASCISM
You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them, and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM
You share two cows with your neighbors. You and your neighbors bicker about who has the most "ability" and who has the most "need". Meanwhile, no one works, no one gets any milk, and the cows drop dead of starvation.

Or... You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for hours to get it. It is expensive and sour.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISM
You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the black market.
PERESTROIKA
You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the Mafia takes all the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the "free" market.
CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM
You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.
DICTATORSHIP
You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.
LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point that you must sell them both in order to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow which was a gift from your government.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.
BUREAUCRACY
You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.
CAPITALISM
You don't have any cows. The bank will not lend you money to buy cows, because you don't have any cows to put up as collateral.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
PURE ANARCHY
You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you.
ANARCHO-CAPITALISM
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
SURREALISM
You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.

This is weird, check out my facebook status I just put up about 9 hours ago... I think the kitchen appliances are coming together to get rid of humans... Judgment day..


Just woke up to the microwave beeping every minute or so and went down to check it out the whole unit was pretty darn hot and felt like an oven inside?! Now I am wide awake wondering what would have happened if it did not beep to warn us!
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Frack! Wrong thread. Me=Fail

All_Farked_Up: FEUDALISM
You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.
PURE SOCIALISM
You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all the cows. The government gives you a glass of milk.

Or... You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM
Your cows are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs the regulations say you should need.
FASCISM
You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them, and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM
You share two cows with your neighbors. You and your neighbors bicker about who has the most "ability" and who has the most "need". Meanwhile, no one works, no one gets any milk, and the cows drop dead of starvation.

Or... You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for hours to get it. It is expensive and sour.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISM
You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the black market.
PERESTROIKA
You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the Mafia takes all the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the "free" market.
CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM
You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.
DICTATORSHIP
You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.
LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point that you must sell them both in order to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow which was a gift from your government.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.
BUREAUCRACY
You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.
CAPITALISM
You don't have any cows. The bank will not lend you money to buy cows, because you don't have any cows to put up as collateral.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
PURE ANARCHY
You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you.
ANARCHO-CAPITALISM
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
SURREALISM
You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.

WRONG DOOR, DUDE... THAT ARTICLE IS DOWN THE HALL.

Merlin Macuser: Lord S810: I work in healthcare and in the hospitals they've always put up the "No cell phone use withing 4 ft. of equipment signs". As far as I know there never has been a documented incident, and a Mayo clinic study turned up inconclusive.

/I call shenanigans
//"could" be possible though
///Doubt it though

Not to mention the Miracle Whip study on the same subject.

Tangy zip!

All_Farked_Up: Frack! Wrong thread. Me=Fail

So say we all... :)

All_Farked_Up: FAILISM
You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.

Lord S810: I work in healthcare and in the hospitals they've always put up the "No cell phone use withing 4 ft. of equipment signs". As far as I know there never has been a documented incident, and a Mayo clinic study turned up inconclusive.

Just like how cell phones will supposedly "interfere with the cockpit equipment" on a passenger plane.
Or how they'll cause gas stations to spontaneously explode, killing you and everyone you care about.

17 Aug. 09 According to the report, Sony Erickson PDA and Maytag Magic Chef stove become self aware.

Terminator chronicle

DROxINxTHExWIND: Good Day Sir,

I am a Nigerian prince and I have 115 lbs. of ganja that I can not sell because my country is ruled by an oppresive dictator...

Good day to you as well. I believe I can help you get rid of that ganja somehow....

DUH DUH DUHDUHDUHDUHDUH....SkyNet begins operational control in 3...2...1

Merlin Macuser: The_Drunken_Clam: I have never seen someone use actual fraction form to describe a fifth of liquor.

Gotta run, I have a meeting at 1/4 to 3...

Do they even sell liquor in fiths these days? I've mostly seen 750 ml bottles replacing fiths where I shop for adult beverages.

A 750 ml bottle is called a "fifth"