So, this happened when I tried to roast a big pork leg to leave adequate protein behind for Thomas while I’m away. We have, or had, one of those self cleaning ovens and it apparently decided to clean itself at 500°C while I was trying to get my pork crackling on.
Was a lucky thing really. I was about to head downstairs and do about an hour of exercise when I saw the smoke pouring out of the vents. If I’d gone a couple of minutes earlier it probably would’ve burnt down the house.
The fireys were cool, as you’d imagine. Very much approved my fire blanket which they called a ‘blanky’ and which you can see sitting on the kitchen bench behind them.
It wasn’t a total loss. It gave me an excuse to get some Indian takeaway instead.
JB, in your future, I foresee your receipt of many remarks like “This time, try not to burn the house down” or “Should I ring the firefighters before I go?”.
I have a feeling this event will give your wife considerable satisfaction.
Arright arright arright. Imma call some kinda BS here. We've got one of those self cleaning 500c ovens and it doesn't just turn itself on. Ya gotta hit the switch. I mean ours isn't one of those fancy gagganau or Miele ovens that you rich writer types have. But are you sure you wanna stick to this story?
Sir, I paid $20000 dollars for this Gaggenau oven. Firstly I would prefer you pronounce Gaggenau properly, with the guttural hawking note of a kilogram of thick Danish phlegm bubbling merrily at the back of your throat. Secondly are you implying that my very, very expensive Gaggenau is incapable of deciding whether it wants to kill ms or not? Well? Are you?!?
And that's before we start listing all the fauna that will kill you. Ask Jason about all the drop bears, murder roos and carnivorous possums he and his daughter were dodging the entire time they were visiting JB!
"self cleaning ovens and it apparently decided to clean itself at 500°C " ...this is how the uprising begins.
Forgive me if I'm stepping out of line a bit here, but wouldn't the blanky be more effective if it was unfurled?
Whoa. Steady on, Speedy Gonzales. Everything in good time.
the biggest loss here is not dignity but the crackling lol
JB, in your future, I foresee your receipt of many remarks like “This time, try not to burn the house down” or “Should I ring the firefighters before I go?”.
I have a feeling this event will give your wife considerable satisfaction.
What happens in Bachelor Week, stays in Bachelor Week
Hard to explain away the need for a new very expensive oven...
I am a professional. I will come up with something
Could be worse. Ask my brother re: cooking french fries ~1980. Burned the house down.
That seems a bit of an extreme way to ensure Indian for dinner
Arright arright arright. Imma call some kinda BS here. We've got one of those self cleaning 500c ovens and it doesn't just turn itself on. Ya gotta hit the switch. I mean ours isn't one of those fancy gagganau or Miele ovens that you rich writer types have. But are you sure you wanna stick to this story?
Sir, I paid $20000 dollars for this Gaggenau oven. Firstly I would prefer you pronounce Gaggenau properly, with the guttural hawking note of a kilogram of thick Danish phlegm bubbling merrily at the back of your throat. Secondly are you implying that my very, very expensive Gaggenau is incapable of deciding whether it wants to kill ms or not? Well? Are you?!?
OMGWTF? Holy shit JB, that was a close call. Indian takeaway FTW though.
Also "fire blanky" is now canon. I don't make the rules.
Challenge for John to slip that into his next book somewhere.
I had no idea Australia was such a dangerous place. Skin cancer, raging respiratory ailments and now killer appliances.
You people need to be careful.
And that's before we start listing all the fauna that will kill you. Ask Jason about all the drop bears, murder roos and carnivorous possums he and his daughter were dodging the entire time they were visiting JB!
The drop bears are real. Don't believe the naysayers on this subject.