We own a stove fueled by propane. The pilot light does not work, so in order to use the stove top elements or the oven, we’ve got to use matches.<\/p>\n
Last night, I lit the oven to cook some taco shells and shortly after I lit it, it went out leaving the propane valve open with no fire to burn it up. I realized quite quickly that it had gone out because it wasn’t heating up, so I sniffed to see if there was much gas in the air and didn’t smell anything too strong. I lit a match a few steps away from the stove and brought the match slowly down to the oven element. No fire, so I opened the oven valve. It lit and…<\/p>\n
KA-BOOM!<\/p>\n
It lasted about 1\/2 a second and lit up the whole base of the stove. The propane had settled low so I couldn’t smell it. I checked my knuckles and eyebrows, all the hair was still intact.<\/p>\n
My children’s nerves weren’t intact though. After I let out a howl of surprise that sounded exactly like my father when he lets out howls of surprise, they began to cry uncontrollably. We consoled them for a few minutes while they cried without knowing what they were crying about.<\/p>\n
Then I relit the oven. Mmmmm tacos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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