Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-07 Thread ThePiedPiper
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- June I am from Texas BUT I can tell you about snow and talk about being able to ski and sled on the stuff. If I say it enough times does that make it and urban legend? Heat rises up A pan heated from the bottom, heat rises up A cup in the mic

Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-07 Thread Foxter
Constant retelling makes it a constant retelling only.     - Original Message - From: Ynr Chyldz Wyld To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend -Caveat Lector-   -Cui Bono?-Yes, and the

Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-07 Thread Ynr Chyldz Wyld
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- Yes, and the constant retelling of the 'exploding microwaved water is a common occurance' makes it an urban legendbecause as the link I posted shows, it is not a common occurance. June >From: Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>The urban legend

Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-06 Thread MICHAEL SPITZER
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Ynr Chyldz Wyld wrote: > > The urban legend is that it is a COMMON occurance > > June Man, you are a real a piece of work! I think YOU are an urban legend. > > >From: Foxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Just because

Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-06 Thread Kelly
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- Ynr Chyldz Wyld wrote: > The urban legend is that it is a COMMON occurance No. A Urban Legend is a common *story* that gets retold over and over with no basis in fact. They are usually FOF stories (a friend of a friend told me... Kelly

Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-06 Thread Foxter
An urban legend is a story or account that many would think is true but which in fact is not true.  If the subject event occurs once, whether frequently or not, it is a true event; because it is true it cannot be legendary.    The urban legend, therefore, refers to whether the thing does h

Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-06 Thread Ynr Chyldz Wyld
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- The urban legend is that it is a COMMON occurance June >From: Foxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Just because it is rare does not make it an urban legend. There's no >correlation. __ Get Y

Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-06 Thread ThePiedPiper
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- Yes it can happen expressly if there was any thing left in the dish like a little fat. Anyone think of the minerals in different water supplies? All water is not created equal is the spoon that you are putting into the water completely clean?

Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-06 Thread Kelly
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- MICHAEL SPITZER wrote: > Again, it IS common! And it has happened in front of me at least > 10 times! I've seen this happen several times too - it certainly is not a UL! - and probably not all that rare, since I've heard friends and family

Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-06 Thread MICHAEL SPITZER
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- Again, it IS common! And it has happened in front of me at least 10 times! So, screw what ever is said below cuz I FRICKIN KNOW! On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Ynr Chyldz Wyld wrote: > -Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> > -Cui Bono?- > > Oka

Re: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-06 Thread Foxter
Just because it is rare does not make it an urban legend.  There's no correlation.     - Original Message - From: Ynr Chyldz Wyld To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 12:48 PM Subject: [CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend -Caveat L

[CTRL] Microwaved Water Urban Legend

2000-02-06 Thread Ynr Chyldz Wyld
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- Okay, here's the segment of the Tourbus newsletter I got a few weeks ago, explaining how the exploding microwaved water phenomenon is extremely rare... June -- URBAN LEGEND #2: water heated in a microwave oven co