Can I microwave a credit card?

[Cock Womble 7]

netherfield said:

Cock Womble 7 said:

This is how it turned out:



Most disappointing.

You did it wrong,should have put it an empty soup can first.

I was looking for an empty soup can, and then I remembered - I'm not a homeless person.

[Mikey G]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z1qix6W8Gs

[zcacogp]

blindswelledrat said:

zcacogp said:

As I said, I haven't, but I believe it to be true. On that basis, as far as I am concerned, it's a 'fact'. If, on the other hand, you can say you have tried dialling '99' from a normal landline (not an internal 'phone) and it doesn't call the emergency services then I'll be happy to stand corrected.

As soon as I read it I thought "that's bks" and dialled 999 from my office phone (i.e. 9 for an outside line and 99) and got a dead tone- and then from my mobile.

Although, in your defence, I could understand why that sounds believable.

OK, fair cop. Thanks for trying it.

(Out of interest, are you sure that dialling "9999" would have got the emergency services? You have yet to prove that it is possible to connect to the emergency services from that 'phone, just that you can't connected by dialling "999". However, I'm not suggesting you call the emergency services unnecessarily - I think that's illegal. But then I could be wrong about that as well.)


Oli.

[Matt Black]

If you dial 666 they'll arrive standing on their heads!

Edited by Matt Black on Thursday 15th July 18:34

[Ritchie335is]

Mikey G said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z1qix6W8Gs

That is a serious blender! Have a look at the one with the marbles.

I want one.

[oobster]

Cock Womble 7 said:

netherfield said:

Cock Womble 7 said:

This is how it turned out:



Most disappointing.

You did it wrong,should have put it an empty soup can first.

I was looking for an empty soup can, and then I remembered - I'm not a homeless person.

So how do you buy your soup then? Loose? Makes transporting it home from the supermarket a bit of a pain.

[DangerousMike]

why not put it in the toaster? perfect shape?

[David87]

Did the chip cause some spark action? In the Sixth Form common room at school we had a really old dodgy microwave that was in a little cupboard room with no windows. Filling it full of cutlery or similar with the light turned off was spectacular.

Edited by David87 on Thursday 15th July 19:47

[bigdods]

zcacogp said:

blindswelledrat said:

Perhaps harsh. Ill rephrase it to "incorrect".
It's just a little irritant of mine when people on the internet state "facts" that aren't true.

Ummm, out of genuine interest, have you tried it?

As I said, I haven't, but I believe it to be true. On that basis, as far as I am concerned, it's a 'fact'. If, on the other hand, you can say you have tried dialling '99' from a normal landline (not an internal 'phone) and it doesn't call the emergency services then I'll be happy to stand corrected.


Oli.

IIRC from when I used to work in telecomms - If you dial 99 from a normal landline it activates the exchange , registers an emergency call and flags an emergency call incoming to the operator. dialing the 3rd 9 puts the call through. In the old days a 99 call* would more likley than not result in a visit from plod to see whats up, even if you dont get through. Nowadays not sure if you would get the same response

• a few years back we had a new system installed at work , when you pressed 9 nothing seemed to happen so people pressed it again a couple of times before giving up. So 9 for an outside line then two more 9's. Plod came round sharpish for a word......

[silverthorn2151]

999 was used as you could always find it in the dark on a dial phone. One hole over from the little bar. That's why it's changing to 112. On any modern phone 1 is always clear and easy to find, i.e not surrounded by other buttons.

That's what a bloke said anyway.

[Jammy2008]

Matt Black said:

DrTre said:

Put it in the normal oven, like everyone (me) used to with crisp packets so they shrank and made miniature crisp packets.

lol I used to do that as a kid, completely forgot about it, must show the kids this small miracle one day now!

I remember when I was around 6 or 7 there were crisps that had a big picture on the back of the packet and you could only tell what it was when you put them in the oven to shrink them. Happy days

[Tuna]

silverthorn2151 said:

999 was used as you could always find it in the dark on a dial phone. One hole over from the little bar. That's why it's changing to 112. On any modern phone 1 is always clear and easy to find, i.e not surrounded by other buttons.

That's what a bloke said anyway.

I thought originally it was 111 as on a dial phone it would be the quickest to dial. However, old exchanges could be fooled by the wind blowing overhead cables together, and 111 could be accidentally 'dialled' rather easily. '999' eliminated the risk of accidental dialling.

Though I've got no source for that.

[TonyToniTone]

PintOfKittens said:

My brother, having access to an xray machine, xrayed his passport, found the location of the chip, and smacked it a few times with a ball-peen hammer, and successfully killed it

Are you telling porkies or is your brother really that dim?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4629545.stm

[mybrainhurts]

More to the point...

Can one microwave a Cock Womble...?

[PintOfKittens]

TonyToniTone said:

PintOfKittens said:

My brother, having access to an xray machine, xrayed his passport, found the location of the chip, and smacked it a few times with a ball-peen hammer, and successfully killed it

Are you telling porkies or is your brother really that dim?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4629545.stm

Im guessing the latter.

[King Herald]

TonyToniTone said:

PintOfKittens said:

My brother, having access to an xray machine, xrayed his passport, found the location of the chip, and smacked it a few times with a ball-peen hammer, and successfully killed it

Are you telling porkies or is your brother really that dim?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4629545.stm

I was thinking along the same lines. X rayed it...

And Cock womble, you're living in the past as you have no chip in your card.

[AJS-]

If you want to go a technological step beyond scissors, or even the microwave, have you got access to fire?

[Captain Flashman]

Cock Womble 7 said:

HBLC said:

What's more disappointing is that you haven't signed your card as 'Cock Womble'.

Funnily enough, that's not actually my real name.

RUBBISH!

[DocJock]

Don't be silly.
Everyone knows his real name is Los Palmas.

[Parabola]

We bought a friend a £25 ASDA microwave as a birthday present and gave it to him at his party.
Every guest was asked to bring a different gift to be microwaved.