Glowing grapesAs an adolescent starting to explore the internet, one of the first things I remember bookmarking (aside from that video footage of the exploding whale) was a detailed guide for how to cull a ball of light out of a grape with a microwave oven. I don't believe that what I found this morning is the very same one, but boy was I glad to see it. The extensive disclaimer alone almost makes me want to run out and try it (no, I never tried it with my parents' microwave). Basically, it goes like this: after using a sheet of thermal fax paper to find your microwave's "hot spots" (I think I saw that in Cosmo), you place a grape, cut and dried just so, on a plate and turn on the juice. What happens next is anybody's guess. Electrical discharges arching from one piece of grape to another and causing the sugars to combust? Sounds reasonable. Also, if you'll notice, it looks like there's a certain pattern on that plate... |
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