Microwaves

Have you ever wondered what it looks like when an egg explodes in a microwave? Well, I most certainly have. Luckily, some friends had a microwave that was misbehaving, so they didn't mind exploding an egg inside of it. The problem was, they had already removed the lightbulb from the inside so they could watch the arcs from the metal they were also microwaving. So I got to see and egg explode while watching by the light of a coat rack knob arc.
Microwaving metal has been something that's interested me before. So we put all kinds of stuff in there: wires, a light bulb, a penny (not that cool), a cd (very, very cool), part of a switchboard thing, and finally, a can of spray paint.
Don't worry. We had a fire extinguisher standing by (but unfortunately, I did not get to fulfill the part of my dreams where I spray a fire extinguisher; that'll have to be another adventure). It was so much fun. It was really scary, and my roommate and I were really anticipating the door exploding open at any moment, and all of us getting sprayed with melted metal and radioactive carcinogens. The door ended up melting a little during the spray paint, but no big explosion. Just a lot of fire and some horrific smelling smoke.
It was the highlight of my evening. Maybe even the weekend. :~)