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Just shattered glass on my dinner :(

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mizzou

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I had three burritos loaded....and a pan full of leftovers. Grabbed a water glass and it knocked an adjacent one down, landed near my plate and the skillet and went alllll over it.

/fail

this thread is now about my fear of glass shards
 
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Last month I poured a glass of water and the glass spontaneously exploded in my hand. Cuts my hand pretty badly and sent shards all over the carpeted floor. That was pretty weird.
 
One time I was cleaning windows and I pulled a ladys patio door closed, it popped out of the track and the corner hit the cement. The entire door shattered, it turned into these little tiny squares of glass, then the entire pane fell into her living room.
 
we have these little glass fruit cups. i pulled one out of the cabinet and didnt notice the one under it start to tip and slide. i turned away after grabbing my cup, heard thins sliding and turned around in time to watch one fall out and smash into a 9x13 dish i had on the counter. the cup exploded into many different sized pieces, one chunk of which flew directly into my eye. it was a masterful catch by my eyelid as it blinked down over the thankfully largeish chunk. i tore open my eye, prying it open so i wouldnt blink. dug that sucker out of there post haste. could have been a lot worse than it was. got lucky.
 
I feel like if i eat a glass shard, it will tear me open on the inside. Or it will get caught in a fold in my intestines and stay there permanently.
 
if it broke into a few big pieces just pick them out and chew well before you swallow. if it broke apart into little pieces then throw everything away.
 
Mixolydian said:
Last month I poured a glass of water and the glass spontaneously exploded in my hand. Cuts my hand pretty badly and sent shards all over the carpeted floor. That was pretty weird.
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Interesting. I've had that happen to me twice in the last two years. My wife buys these cheap water glasses at Walmart or someplace like that, and if you tap them against something hard in just the right way they freaking explode into little shards. Almost like what happens when tempered glass shatters. I assumed it was some flaw in the mfg process that is leaving tensions in the glass.
 
I have another story,..

One of my customers, an old lady told me she heated up a bottle of nail polish in the mic to open it easier. Soon as she twisted the cap it exploded in her hands. Messed her up good.
 
Do you know how spices add flavor to a dish by stimulating your pain receptors?

Well, you might have found a cheaper and easier way to add the same complexity.
 
Your mouth is sensitive enough that the smallest prick from the glass you'll reflexively stop chewing and protect yourself. So eating it is fine as long as you don't turn into a pig and scarf it down. You feel a prick, stop, remove the glass from mouth, continue. The mouth and tongue are also some of the fastest healing parts of your body too.
 
There have been studies that eating shards of glass once a year is good for the health. It opens up the internal pores of the digestive system enabling the body to absorb nutrients more efficiently.
 
Must have caused thousands of dollars in damage. The scratched paint on the stove, need a new stove, the glass itself (comes in a kit of 24 glasses - whole things needs replacing) the cleanup costs of wiping up the glass since I'm sure the terrycloth is now unusable and loaded with glass shards.

Then you had to go out to eat so that adds an extra $30 including gas. The glass shards may have damaged the floor if it was linoleum.

Should probably call a contractor in the morning to see about replacing a portion of the floor. You know how floors like that are tho, if you replace a small section it'll be obvious, so you should probably replace the whole thing.

Make sure to take pics and document it for insurance.
 
OverVolt said:
Must have caused thousands of dollars in damage. The scratched paint on the stove, need a new stove, the glass itself (comes in a kit of 24 glasses - whole things needs replacing) the cleanup costs of wiping up the glass since I'm sure the terrycloth is now unusable and loaded with glass shards.

Then you had to go out to eat so that adds an extra $30 including gas. The glass shards may have damaged the floor if it was linoleum.

Should probably call a contractor in the morning to see about replacing a portion of the floor. You know how floors like that are tho, if you replace a small section it'll be obvious, so you should probably replace the whole thing.

Make sure to take pics and document it for insurance.
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All this work may also reveal some mold, need a new roof too. Dig up the foundation and replace the seal/weeping tiles for good measure as well, and rebuild the basement. While you're there may as well replace the sewage line going to the city with some newer pipe. Need a new $10,000 deck too to save from trying to regrow all that lawn.
 
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