Possible indications of losing one's mind

[mickill]

I was making some chai tea the lazy way (using the microwave) yesterday. I know. You're already on the edge of your seat. It gets better, though. I reached into the cupboard, grabbed a cup, prepared the tea etc and put the MICROWAVE AND DISHWASHER SAFE cup into the microwave, set it on high for 4 minutes and walked away.

When I got back, 7/8 of the handle on the cup was suddenly missing. I figure it had broken off in the microwave, but I couldn't actually see it anywhere. So I take the cup out and there's still no handle anywhere. So I call my wife into the kitchen. I show her the cup and I'm like, Uhhh...I think that the handle disintegrated. And naturally, she tells me that it isn't possible. I tell her, I know that, but I also know that the cup had a handle on it when I put it in. She suggests that I look inside the cup maybe. So I do. I pour the contents into another cup. No handle.

So now she's like, Are you sure that there was a handle on the cup when you put it in? And I look at her like, Of course there was a handle on the cup when I put it in. She says, Well, I just took that cup out of the dishwasher and put it away this morning. So I'm like, Do you remember there being a handle on it when you put it away? And she looks at me like, Of course there was a handle on it when I put it away.

So after scratching our heads for a brief moment, we decided to check inside the dishwasher...just on the off chance that the handle had actually broken off during the wash or rinse cycles, dried overnight and was placed in the cupboard (in broad daylight) by my wife before I'd taken it out of the cupboard (in broad daylight) and put it in the microwave once I had prepared my chai in it.....AS IF.

......

Long story less long, I think that maybe it was the angle that I was looking at the cup from while preparing my tea. That's probably why I didn't notice the cup sorta had no handle on it or whatever, myself. I don't know about the wife, though. I think that she's kinda losing her mind.

[na§tee]

oh, totally! get in her the nut-house. you can visit her between the hours of 5-7 every other day. she'll be fine! i hear they have great stuff in those places.. whitney houston albums, macaroni cheese pies, pear cider. s'all good.

when i was old enough to know better i continually made the mistake of putting metal in the microwave and thus things, sorta, uh.. exploding. WOOPS! sorry mum.

[Nivvie]

I think simply making tea in a microwave, and not a teapot (like civilised folk) is a bad sign.

[monkey]

I think simply making tea in a microwave, and not a teapot (like civilised folk) is a bad sign.

what she said. you and your wife are going to hell for being so accepting and proliferating the use of microwaves to make tea. thats just evil. pure evil.

[mickill]

Look, I'm not allowed to use the pots because I always burn the milk. Please, don't judge me.

na§tee, while I am quite concerned, I don't think I'm really ready to have her committed just yet.

[Otis Driftwood]

If you were not such uncivilized barbarians the tea ceremony would not be thus befouled. Oh, and scratch 5 honor points...

[fucktopgirl]

maybe the handle disintegrated and restructure itself in your fridge!
you should check..

[zorra_chiflada]

the particles probably teleported or some shit. maybe i could come up with something if i was stoned.

[Bob]

wait, so where was the handle?

[mickill]

Quick, smoke some crack, Zorra.

And listen, this is how chai is prepared in India. Okay? Y'all wouldn't know that though bacause y'all are dumb.

[mickill]

wait, so where was the handle?
In my car, Bob!

[Bob]

wait, when did your car have anything to do with the story?

you're confusing me mickill stop it :(

[mickill]

The microwave is in my car, Bob. Pay attention.

[Bob]

so wait, you have a microwave in your car? well where's the dishwasher go then?

[mickill]

I'm a choke you, Bob. Then I'm a slap you. Then I'm a choke you again.

[QueenAdrock]

What's wrong with tea in the microwave? I just heat up the water and then put the teabag in once it's done. Voila, tea.

Heated water is heated water. Unless you guys make your tea differently?

[Tzar]

never-fuckin-mind

[mickill]

What's wrong with tea in the microwave? I just heat up the water and then put the teabag in once it's done. Voila, tea.

Heated water is heated water. Unless you guys make your tea differently?
It's because they're Brits. Brits are pretty by-the-book when it comes to their tea. It has to be accompanied by a biscuit or a crumpet or something, as well, or you're just looked upon as a complete savage.


Bob, there was no handle. The handle had broken off in the dishwasher, before it was placed in the cupboard the next morning. Nobody noticed until it was too late and I had already made my tea in it.

[Lo_Lyfe]

mickbrundlefly

[Lex Diamonds]

Is this one of those threads that's purposefully boring so it's funny? If so, I don't get it.

I do shit like that all the time. I swear I'm already senile. Sometimes I stand up and I'm like "yo Where TF is my jacket" and spend a long time looking for it then realise it's on the back of the chair I was just sitting on.

Maybe it's memory loss from your decades of alcoholism and drug abuse, Mike?

[mickill]

You know what would make a really sickass thread, man? If I just quoted some really sickass lyrics from some sickass rap song from 15 years ago and posted them in my latest sickass thread. That'd be sickass

[Lex Diamonds]

You know what would be funny? If some guy over 30 used his obviously considerable intellect to do something other than pop repetitive shots about song lyrics at a kid thousands of miles away from him and actually engage in conversation.

[mickill]

Hi Padster. How's school?

[Lex Diamonds]

I finished school. It was OK. Quite shit really but I did OK with it.

How's work?

[mickill]

Work? Oh right. "Work". Yeah man, it's been an amazing adventure. I can't wait until I quit.

Welp, have a good one.

[mickill]

Ummm... I like the way you think she's losing her mind. You can grab a cup out of the cupboard, fill it up with water, put it in the microwave, and she's the one that's not all there.
Thank you, man. Your support means a lot. You took the words right from my mouth.

[Planetary]

Work? Oh right. "Work". Yeah man, it's been an amazing adventure. I can't wait until I quit.

Welp, have a good one.

i don't get this.

was it supposed to be insulting?

[mickill]

What? Why? Is everything I say supposed to be insulting? We were asking about eachother's days, man. Come on. Just a couple of lads 'avin a chat, yeah?

[na§tee]

i'm a brit, and while i will make my normal tea with a kettle, i will hold my hands up and say i make my chai (which i am an obsessive over) in the microwave. it's because it is mostly milk (at least, in my case) and, well, you can't put milk in a kettle, can yeh? and i hate having to clean the film-y saucepan if it's done in there. my favourite is vanilla chai. yum. mmm. imma have some.

[mickill]

i'm a brit, and while i will make my normal tea with a kettle, i will hold my hands up and say i make my chai (which i am an obsessive over) in the microwave. it's because it is mostly milk (at least, in my case) and, well, you can't put milk in a kettle, can yeh? and i hate having to clean the film-y saucepan if it's done in there. my favourite is vanilla chai. yum. mmm. imma have some.
See? What'd I tell ya? Amateurs. Just like they do in India.

And again, I'm not allowed to burn anymore pots or kettles.

[Planetary]

What? Why? Is everything I say supposed to be insulting? We were asking about eachother's days, man. Come on. Just a couple of lads 'avin a chat, yeah?

no its just that you were in the middle of bitching at eachother.

[Lex Diamonds]

I wasn't I was trying to be civil.

[ampm]

I was making some chai tea

No need to ready anything past this point.

[Nuzzolese]

That's an adorable story, mickill. But I am concerned because my Grandmother lost her mind once, and it all started with coffee cup handles. She had to arrange them all with their handles facing the same direction, I mean she just HAD TO, it was an inexplainable, uncontrollable compulsion. Then she had a stroke.

[abcdefz]

I was making some chai tea the lazy way (using the microwave) yesterday. I know. You're already on the edge of your seat. It gets better, though. I reached into the cupboard, grabbed a cup, prepared the tea etc and put the MICROWAVE AND DISHWASHER SAFE cup into the microwave, set it on high for 4 minutes and walked away.

When I got back, 7/8 of the handle on the cup was suddenly missing. I figure it had broken off in the microwave, but I couldn't actually see it anywhere. So I take the cup out and there's still no handle anywhere. So I call my wife into the kitchen. I show her the cup and I'm like, Uhhh...I think that the handle disintegrated. And naturally, she tells me that it isn't possible. I tell her, I know that, but I also know that the cup had a handle on it when I put it in. She suggests that I look inside the cup maybe. So I do. I pour the contents into another cup. No handle.

So now she's like, Are you sure that there was a handle on the cup when you put it in? And I look at her like, Of course there was a handle on the cup when I put it in. She says, Well, I just took that cup out of the dishwasher and put it away this morning. So I'm like, Do you remember there being a handle on it when you put it away? And she looks at me like, Of course there was a handle on it when I put it away.

So after scratching our heads for a brief moment, we decided to check inside the dishwasher...just on the off chance that the handle had actually broken off during the wash or rinse cycles, dried overnight and was placed in the cupboard (in broad daylight) by my wife before I'd taken it out of the cupboard (in broad daylight) and put it in the microwave once I had prepared my chai in it.....AS IF.

......

Long story less long, I think that maybe it was the angle that I was looking at the cup from while preparing my tea. That's probably why I didn't notice the cup sorta had no handle on it or whatever, myself. I don't know about the wife, though. I think that she's kinda losing her mind.



Hmmm..... sounds like early symptoms of parenthood to me.

Tell me: have you or your wife had a child in, say, the last one to three years?

Do you find yourself missing crucial hours of sleep?

*shines penlight in eye*

[Planetary]

That's an adorable story, mickill. But I am concerned because my Grandmother lost her mind once, and it all started with coffee cup handles. She had to arrange them all with their handles facing the same direction, I mean she just HAD TO, it was an inexplainable, uncontrollable compulsion. Then she had a stroke.

sounds more like OCD

[cosmo105]

If not, I'll you a pot type thing. She loves the stuff.
gross.

[mickill]

No need to ready anything past this point.
Normally I wouldn't, but I typed it myself. So I knew about the crazy plot twists, the car chase and the explosions.

[Nuzzolese]

sounds more like OCD
yeah well, she DIED

[mickill]

I'm sorry to hear about your grandma, Nuzz. My grandma passed away last week. Mine didn't die from OCD, though.

[marsdaddy]

Can you imagine the pressure she's under defending the metrosexual father of her adorable daughter? Of course, it's lost.

[mickill]

I'm only metro-curious, man.

[marsdaddy]

I'm only metro-curious, man.Wait, you're the father?

[mickill]

Okay now, that hurt.

[Documad]

So was the handle actually found in the dishwasher?

[mickill]

Yes. And I'm the one who found it.

[Planetary]

yeah well, she DIED

yeah, and im sorry to hear it. im just pointing out that it sounds like OCD.

calm down.

[Documad]

Yes. And I'm the one who found it.
Thank you. Now I have closure.

It was like a puzzle with pieces missing.


It's funny when you know something is insane but you can't figure out what happened. The other week, I was carrying a bunch of health and beauty type items from my bathroom cupboard to my overnight bag in the living room. When I left the bathroom, I'm sure I had a bottle of leave in conditioner in my hands (it's one of three bottles I keep in a grouping in the bathroom and I picked up the whole grouping at once). When I got to my overnight bag, I only had the bottle cap and not the bottle. I've looked all over in between the two rooms and I can't find the bottle. I have even looked under things in case it rolled. It's like a miracle or something. It's been over a week and the bottle is still missing.



The last time I tried to make tea via microwave, my glass cup split in two, right down the seam.

[mickill]

Maybe your cup wasn't microwave safe.^

My mom used to have this Vision Corning glass cooking ware set. I don't know if it's still sold in stores or not. I kind of doubt it. Anyway, we somehow inherited one of the smaller pots when we moved into our first apartment. One time we were boiling some vegetables with the lid on, then we heard this little bang in the kitchen. The lid had exploded and shattered everywhere. We didn't eat the vegetables.