[QUOTE=Xyzzy;397168][url]http://i.imgur.com/C5zmDyO.gifv[/url][/QUOTE]

Face, meet chemistry...

NEVER put out a oil fire with water!

Everyone has a CO[SUB]2[/SUB] extinguisher in their kitchen, right?

Well, there is a dry extinguisher.

That seemed like a planned experiment. Surely it might have been planned outdoors? :furious: (For once, this smiley is intended literally, not figuratively.)

[QUOTE=kladner;397177]Well, there is a dry extinguisher.[/QUOTE]

Dry extinguisher are useful, but they leave a huge mess of tiny particles behind. If you have the option, first use the CO[SUB]2[/SUB] -- it will probably do the job. And, please note, dry extinguishers are not allowed in machine rooms.

[QUOTE=kladner;397177]That seemed like a planned experiment. Surely it might have been planned outdoors? :furious: (For once, this smiley is intended literally, not figuratively.)[/QUOTE]

Indeed.

However, you might be surprised by how many people throw water on their stove-top when there's a fire. Most survive, many with third degree burns to their face and hands.

My mother once barely forestalled my grandmother, who lived with us, from grabbing a glass of water when Grandma got a pan of grease too hot and it flashed into flame. I remember my mom yelling, "Put the lid on it!"

[QUOTE=kladner;397182]I remember my mom yelling, "Put the lid on it!"[/QUOTE]

That should always be the first remedy, unless the fire has spread significantly beyond the vessel in question. (And even then capping off the source may be very useful).

[QUOTE=ewmayer;397197]That should always be the first remedy, unless the fire has spread significantly beyond the vessel in question. (And even then capping off the source may be very useful).[/QUOTE]
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClHt2-XVthw&feature=player_detailpage#t=322[/url]

[QUOTE=kladner;397182]My mother once barely forestalled my grandmother, who lived with us, from grabbing a glass of water when Grandma got a pan of grease too hot and it flashed into flame. I remember my mom yelling, "Put the lid on it!"[/QUOTE]

When you cannot get lid on a pot ...maybe it is because [I]you are[/I] in the pot, and it is called a tank, and the oil is on your face - then it is best for you to leave the pot ASAP.
Incidentally, taken from [URL="https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.novayagazeta.ru%2Fsociety%2F67490.html&edit-text="]an interesting interview[/URL] straight from the mouth of a Russian tank soldier mysteriously teleported into Donetsk. Yes, together with the tank.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;397205][url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClHt2-XVthw&feature=player_detailpage#t=322[/url][/QUOTE]
I guess fried food can kill before you even eat it.

[url=www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-06/the-long-strange-saga-of-the-180-000-carat-emerald] The Long, Strange Saga of the 180,000-Carat Emerald[/url] | Bloomberg Business

If I correctly recall my gemology math, 5 ct = 1 g, so 180 kct means 36 kg (roughly 80 lb). Would madam like that cut into a pendant and perhaps a pair of matching earrings?

[Aside: According to my dictionary, the word 'carat' has an etymology nearly as long as the custodial history of the above gemstone, coming to us silly bent-knees-running-about English-speaking types by way of the French, via the Italian, which derived it from the Arabic, which adapted it from the Greek word [i]keration[/i] for the carob bean, which is itself a diminutive form of the Greek word [i]keras[/i], in reference to the elongated shape of the carob seed pod. Note also that keratin, the name of the chief protein component of animal horns, claws, hair and skin, derives from this, and e.g. the German word for a skin callus (which derives from the Latin word for 'hardened skin') is [i]Hornhaut[/i], 'horn skin'. Or was it 'horny skin'? Or maybe horny toads? Toads have skin and can get pretty horny, right? Although ya gotta take care which ones ya lick, 'cos some of 'em have poisonous skin, I think mostly the brightly-colored ones. Or was it the horny-skinned ones? I forget. Anyway, while I'm on the subject of forgetting things ... what was I talking about?]

[url]http://aeon.co/magazine/philosophy/is-cowardice-a-form-of-bravery/[/url]

[URL="http://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/02/a-customer-service-complaint-from-1750.html"]A Customer Service Complaint From 1750 B.C[/URL]
[QUOTE]How have you treated me for that copper? You have withheld my money bag from me in enemy territory; it is now up to you to restore (my money) to me in full.

Take cognizance that (from now on) I will not accept here any copper from you that is not of fine quality. I shall (from now on) select and take the ingots individually in my own yard, and I shall exercise against you my right of rejection because you have treated me with contempt.[/QUOTE]