So, Mark has a chronic upper respiratory infection and I got out our vaporizer so he could breathe a little easier in the night.
Thankfully, Mark got the safety gene in our family and unplugged it in the morning before he left to go do his visits. (He works for the seminary in St. Louis and visits people around the country.) When I got home, I wanted to make sure we had plenty of wet air for him to breathe so I plugged it back in.
*Spark* *Spark* Bad, hot plastic-y smell. You can’t see from the photo but the sparks were all under the white plastic on the top, like a tiny little lightning storm. Cool! Bad!
I have to confess, I secretly hoped it would actually catch on fire as I took the picture, but it didn’t. Then I went out to Wal-Mart and bought another one, because even I know that it’s bad manners to set the house on fire when you have company.
Brad says
Did you throw away the old one? Because I know what you should do with it: You should fill it with gasoline, then turn it on again. That… would be… AWESOME!
Lauren says
Ha!!
Peggy says
I second the HA! (but really, do it!)
Karla says
I agree with Brad. That would be way cool. Do it Lauren, do it! 🙂
Beth says
You could have had ours. We used it for Tara when she was an infant…and it’s been in the closet for the past three years… I forgot to sell it on the garage sale.
Deanne says
We had a tiny fire with a plug-in heater. Still have the little burn spot on the carpet. I’m sure glad the whole house didn’t catch on fire!
Brad says
But a small fire might be nice. Think of all the cleaning and throwing-away that you could do!
Lauren says
Referred to as a ‘good fire’. Wait -- “good fiar”.