Let me explain: It's freaking cold outside (30s) and my hands are terribly prone to freezing, so I like to carry hot bags of rice or other grain or legume in my mittens.
The first hosiery execution can be chalked up to the newness factor of the microwave -- there's always a learning curve while you get used to a new appliance, its whims and personality. This one is just plain prejudiced against socks. White socks. (Hey, maybe it's a certain neighboring state's baseball team it doesn't like.)
Tonight I put a pair of rice-filled cotton anklets in for just 36 seconds. A whirling black fog practically hurled me across the room when I opened up the door. It continued to smolder for a half hour in the trashcan outside. Thanks to my dogs needing certain byproducts to be disposed of, I opened the trash can (again, to a whirling black fog) and found it continuing to smoke and smolder.
From now on, I'm pledging to heat the rice up separately (in a bowl) and spoon it into the socks, rather than heating up the socks.
Speaking of issues with new electronics, my significant other's new SanDisk MP3 player arrived a handful of days ago. It's a replacement of the one I accidentally dropped in the toilet when I forgot it was clipped to the waistband of my sweatpants. (Oops ...)
