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.
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…
KA-BOOM!
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.
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.
Then I relit the oven. Mmmmm tacos.
sirdar
Ya got to be careful. Now you know why there are safety wienies in this world…so that stoves like that aren’t available….well…available in Canada anyway…
dawn
Okay, I get you still had eyebrows and knuckles, but the hair intact I am having a tough time fathoming with the photos in the previous post ;-). Glad no one was hurt. Kids are so much more sensitive to the loud sounds of dads.