to ask a silly question?

[brizzlemint]

....As microwaves are made of metal inside why can't you put metal things inside them when you are cooking something?

and if you have a silly question please ask it to make me feel less of a fool!

Thanks mschicken I posted a silly question and got a diagnosis!

I’m loving the silly question thread!

I realise the thread has moved on a bit, but to answer the original question about microwaves:

The metal of the oven is to stop microwaves escaping, as they can be quite dangerous. The danger from leaving a fork or spoon in the microwave is totally different, as the microwave heats objects by exciting the liquid molecules contained within the food by resonating them at a certain frequency. This produces heat in the focused centre of the foodstuff, and this heat also spreads through the food by convection. Metal spoons and forks however contain no liquid molecules and so will not absorb the microwave energy, so it will be reflected in the form of a spark between the fork/ spoon and the (earthed) metal frame of the oven.

This phenomenon can also be seen to a lesser degree with bowls/cups that have a metallic guilt rim or pattern.

Brizzlemint, hold off on the awkward ancestry questions, they might just have other triggers instead.

Claw01 - here's a condition for you that I have and hate - exploding head syndrome - I kid you not, it's very very real.

Thank you billy
I wonder why there were no sparks when microwaving bacon in my convection microwave earlier then ?

I now have a vision of little microwaves on legs trying to run out of my house.

Gilt !

I've seen a baby pigeon. They used to roost on my balcony before they put nets up to stop them.

Didnt stop a bat getting in though!

exploding head, no way! Explain?

I'm sure i read recently that everyones wee smells after eating asparagus but due to genetics only some people can smell it.

I am a 'non-smeller' but i do look at the sun to force a reluctant sneeze

I seen this exact question on Reddit yesterday and someone gave a pretty good description.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/bdeb4e/whyareemicrowaveovenssmadeoffmetalbuttwe_cant/

Plucking my eyebrows is guaranteed to make me sneeze.

I'm sure i read recently that everyones wee smells after eating asparagus but due to genetics only some people can smell it

That's my understanding. Like only some people can smell ketones or cyanide.

Exploding head syndrome is hearing loud noises when falling asleep, they're completely real sounding, usually single impact noises as if someone had just slammed a door or crashed into something. I usually get them for a few days on the trot and then nothing for weeks. If the ceiling collapsed in the bathroom I'd probably just roll over and think it was the stupid noises again.

Asparagus wee has both producers and detectors, so some people produce it and some people can smell it, some do both. And some people have the same thing going on with Sugar Puffs and popcorn.

I can't smell ketones, I've never known a person have that peardrop smell when they have been ill but I've been told it's quite common.

Wow that sounds frightening. I occasionally get the sensation that I have stopped breathing, wake with a jerk and gasp. I think it happens as I’m just nodding off. Bit like the falling dream, I think.

suppose you are used to it now, do you ever get up to check it wasn’t a real noise?

I've got one. How I can look fairly decent when I look at myself in a mirror, but if someone takes a photo of me I am horrified by how I look? I barely even recognise myself. I can't even do a decent selfie

Occasionally, with a pounding heart! It's more likely to happen again if I do that so I try and just ignore it and go straight back to sleep.

I don't hear noises as I'm going to sleep, I see giant spiders crawling up the walls and across the ceiling.

Photic sneezing can also be set off by food - in my family dark chocolate or spicy food. Also cold (usually going from warm to cold place). And been full after a meal.

Brizzlemint - omg! When you say giant, like how big?

Giant spiders eek!

Booksaremyonlyfriends do you think it’s similar to when you hear your voice recorded?! No one takes a good selfie unless you’re 18 or have filters!

Oh as a kid, if I felt I wanted to sneeze and couldn’t, my mum used to tell me to look up at the light and it worked!

If I’m building a sneeze and someone looks at me, I can’t sneeze. Why?

Photic sneeze reflex - lots of people get it when looking at the sun as well Ooo. I have this. AND my wee smells of asparagus (am I winning the thread so far????)

I came up with a theory based on NO scientific research whatsoever. Can I share it? (it's almost certainly bollocks!)
You know how people always say a dropped slice of toast always lands butter-side-down. Well, my theory is that the buttered side is heavier and smoother and reacts/moves through gravity differently to the unbuttered side waits for the scientist with the doctorate in this very subject to patiently and patronisingly explain why this is rubbish

Here's my question: Why do traffic lights always turn red on my approach?

Anything up to the size of the palm of my hand, usually only one or two but when I'm really stressed there have been 50 of them.