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To burn my house down? Lighthearted. Maybe.

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WildBelle · 09/03/2017 21:44

Bit freaked out. Heard a loud smashing sound earlier while I was sat eating my dinner. Got up to see what it was and nothing appeared to be broken, so thought maybe it had come from the neighbour's house (even though it had sounded too loud).

Then just now I went to get a glass of water, opened my cupboard to see that a glass mug had spontaneously smashed itself whilst sat in the cupboard. WTF? I grabbed a glass because the reason I'd gone downstairs was to take a tablet, and the first glass I picked up has curiously got what appears to be a pentagram on the bottom formed from residue from the dishwasher.

Please provide rational explanations so I don't have to burn my house down/move/call a priest.

To burn my house down? Lighthearted. Maybe.
To burn my house down? Lighthearted. Maybe.
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WildBelle · 09/03/2017 22:25

There was no picture on the mug...it was like these beauties....but blue.

To burn my house down? Lighthearted. Maybe.
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CatsBatsEars · 09/03/2017 22:30

Bloody hell! I haven't seen mugs like those since the 80's Grin

PageNowFoundFileUnderSpartacus · 09/03/2017 22:32

I would definitely burn down the house for a tarantula. In fact I'd probably torch the whole street to be on the safe side. I'm sure the neighbours will understand.

millymollymandy82 · 09/03/2017 22:33

I had a glass coffee table spontaneously combust a few years ago. I did a lot of googling and apparently it's quite common and happens to things like shower doors etc...

millymollymandy82 · 09/03/2017 22:34

PS if there was a rat I would definitely burn the house down, but a broken glass? Not so much.

BillyButtfuck · 09/03/2017 22:34

Where abouts do you live OP? Get out of there!!!!!!! 👹

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WildBelle · 09/03/2017 22:36

Cats - I know right. Couldn't even tell you where it came from. Most of my glasses and crockery have been accumulated over the years by various housemates/boyfriends leaving them behind when we no longer live together.

Luckily I have another identical blue glass mug.

Hold on, that's probably not lucky is it?

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WildBelle · 09/03/2017 22:38

I'm in Somerset billy.

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NoCapes · 09/03/2017 22:39

My oven door spontaneously smashed a choke of years ago
I absolutely shit myself!

NoCapes · 09/03/2017 22:39

Couple* not choke Hmm

AuntMabel · 09/03/2017 22:39

You don't need to worry OP.

Unless Bruce Willis turns up at bedtime.

SalemSaberhagen · 09/03/2017 22:42

It's a dybbuk.

BillyButtfuck · 09/03/2017 22:43

Oh good you're a fair way from sunny sunny Bournemouth please keep your satanic kitchenware away from us.
Best of luck with your impending doom!!

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WildBelle · 09/03/2017 22:48

Only an hour away billy.

You might want to consider moving too.

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Etymology23 · 09/03/2017 22:50

My parents house has objects that throw themselves across the room, kettles that boil themselves, the hifi will switch on and off on its own, and more normal stuff like pictures coming off walls.

We've always joked it's a poltergeist but I don't really believe in ghosts. Interestingly the number of incidents reduced a lot after their house got flooded. So maybe flood instead of fire, OP?

CatsBatsEars · 09/03/2017 22:51

Good idea, flush it out.

NeedATrim · 09/03/2017 22:52

I reckon it was Tinkerbelle. She's trying to look all innocent but I'm on to her.

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WildBelle · 09/03/2017 22:53

I'll get all the taps running now...

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HoneyDragon · 09/03/2017 22:56

I'm declaring the kettle as the culprit, it's been building up to this for months.

IvyLeagueUnderTheSea · 09/03/2017 22:57

Glass is only solid at room temperature. It is actually a liquid
Not true. It was thought to be true but has since been disproved.

Anyway. Deffo ghosts and other such shit. Grab the cat and run, the ids and DH can fend for themselves.

PageNowFoundFileUnderSpartacus · 09/03/2017 22:58

Burn it and then turn the hosepipe on it for a few hours? Better safe than sorry.

IvyLeagueUnderTheSea · 09/03/2017 22:58

I think it was whatever cheeky wee shite is hiding behind the kitchen towel.

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WildBelle · 09/03/2017 23:02

Grin the cheeky wee shite is dd's drinks bottle.

No DH. I'm the only responsible adult in the vicinity.

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BillSykesDog · 09/03/2017 23:07

Heat from the kettle has weakened it over time. Heat does weaken and smash glass, especially cheap stuff and if the heat is coming and going often. Probably also weakened from hot drinks but finally went at some time. The glass probably had that pattern on it at some point and the residue just sticks to the remainder.

Either that or a demon is going to possess you tonight.

EchoesofEmpires · 09/03/2017 23:27

Don't be ridiculous it's not a poltergeist or a demon - how grown people can be so gullible is beyond me. It's clearly simple physics. The high frequency vibrations from the communication devices the aliens who have a pod beneath your house are using to contact the mothership (which is hovering behind an invisible shield right above your town) over-stressed the timeworn fracture lines in the glass of your 80s mug and caused it to explode. Do NOT burn the house down, that could be seen as an act of aggression and you might start an intergalactic war.