Microwaving CDs.

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Aimee Wilbury, May 2, 2009.

  1. Aimee Wilbury

    Aimee Wilbury Staff Sergeant

    Put a CD in the microwave. Nice light show, but damn, did it stink.
     
  2. thesmokingun

    thesmokingun MajorGeek

    lol...same with a cat


    (just kidding of course) ;)
     
  3. joey off the street

    joey off the street Lounge Lizard No.1

    You tried it? Whatcha mama say?

    @Smokey. Shame on you. :eek
     
  4. KathyM

    KathyM Master Sergeant

    :) OK I'll bite.....and you did this because??:confused
     
  5. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Slow day in Canada prehaps ;)
     
  6. Cat_w_9_lives

    Cat_w_9_lives Major KittyCat

    This might break the microwave or start a fire... Forget what I did once that started a fire in the microwave but it was food related, think it was something on a paper plate, learned my lesson about paying attn to what I put in to nuke.
     
  7. Aimee Wilbury

    Aimee Wilbury Staff Sergeant

    My mom wasn't too happy. She kept muttering stuff about killing the microwave.
     
  8. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Well when I was little I put a metal tea pot in the microwave... I was only tryna warm it up :-D
     
  9. Aimee Wilbury

    Aimee Wilbury Staff Sergeant

    The CD was a coaster that I had laying around for ages. It was just a really cheap no-name brand.
     
  10. Cat_w_9_lives

    Cat_w_9_lives Major KittyCat

    What happened? Did it go boom? :-D
     
  11. joey off the street

    joey off the street Lounge Lizard No.1

    What, the CD or the microwave? Or both.

    They had invented microwaves when you were little? :p
     
    Last edited: May 2, 2009
  12. Aimee Wilbury

    Aimee Wilbury Staff Sergeant

    cd 10chairs
     
  13. Burning_Monkey

    Burning_Monkey MajorGeek

    not enough metal in a CD to do any real harm. it will stink to high heaven though.

    I do it all the time. only way to destroy a DVD or CD and make sure that it is totally unrecoverable.
     
  14. joey off the street

    joey off the street Lounge Lizard No.1

    What about smashing it into a gazillion pieces with a big hammer? :-D Just a suggestion.
     
  15. Cat_w_9_lives

    Cat_w_9_lives Major KittyCat

    Learn something new everyday here, never thought of that. I take the kitchen shears to them but I guess you might be able to recover it? Not sure, but don't think anyone diving in my garbage would try :-D
     
  16. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    Never put a CD in, but when I was a kid and my parents got their first microwave when they first came out, I decided it would be 'fun' to see what would happen if I put a hotdog in the micro for 10 minutes.

    ::lesson to self::....never put a hotdog in for that long on a china plate and forget about it. LOL

    The plate cracked in half and I think the hot dog may have caught fire.


    You do realize she's about half your age, right joey? :-D
     
  17. Aimee Wilbury

    Aimee Wilbury Staff Sergeant

    I found a video on youtube I think, somebody put a bar of soap in, and it ended up poofing up really huge.
     
  18. Cat_w_9_lives

    Cat_w_9_lives Major KittyCat

  19. mcadam

    mcadam Major Amnesia

    I would never put metal in a microwave, really stupid thing to do.
     
  20. abz1nthe

    abz1nthe Command Sergeant Major

    lol n1.. wouldnt hurt my feelings.... Unless it was a kitten there cute until they grow up.
     
  21. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    There were like mini blue lightning streaks coming off the teapot, I remember watching in horror, and breaking out my trance long enough to turn the mic off :eeek I was so scared


    You tell him, Laura!!! LOL:p
     
  22. Burning_Monkey

    Burning_Monkey MajorGeek

    ever tried that?

    they really don't smash very well at all.

    I regularly microwave CD's and DVD's. The only bad part is that I clean the microwave afterward because of the smell and what not and that is the only time the microwave gets cleaned. I work with some real pigs...
     
  23. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member


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  24. darlene1029

    darlene1029 A Grand Lady- R.I.P. 06/06/2012

    that's funny :-D
     
  25. thesmokingun

    thesmokingun MajorGeek

    and don't throw a cd or dvd, expecting it to break...i've seen one go clean through a window, leaving a small slit where it went through
     
  26. joey off the street

    joey off the street Lounge Lizard No.1

  27. Rikky

    Rikky Wile E. Coyote - One of a kind

    You know why hot dogs explode in the microwave if you dont put them in water? They are formed from the whole animal including bone and dyed red and small air chambers inside the bone heat up and explode :)

    The best thing to do with a microwave is to get a mains bulb 240v or 110v over there put it in a bowl of water so it covers the metal terminal and turn on the microwave.

    The bulb will light up :)

    EDIT why do people use CD's for coasters?They are useless they have a hole in the middle:-D
     
  28. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    Ah, you do know you can thaw out frozen food, warm food up, and even cook some food in a microwave... :-D
     
  29. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    As always, thank you Rikky.rolleyes:p

    (I'm glad I rarely eat hotdogs)

    Where's your sense of adventure?? Are you telling me you never experimented?
     
  30. darlene1029

    darlene1029 A Grand Lady- R.I.P. 06/06/2012

    Careful there rolleyes
     
  31. Speculant

    Speculant The Confused One

    there was this youtube group that experimented with putting stuff in a microwave...i think they were called "is it a good idea to microwave this?" they did some really awesome stuff.
     
  32. KathyM

    KathyM Master Sergeant

    Aimee!!!! See what you started!!!! :-D
     
  33. collinsl

    collinsl MajorGeek

    On a slightly different topic, look up "Will it blend" on youtube. Be prepared to be pleasantly surprised.
     

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