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Exploding frying pans

Last year there was a recall of exploding frying pans. For some reason I found this funny.

"The pans can explode or separate when preheated, used on high heat or used for frying," the safety commission said in a statement.

It explodes when you fry something in it.

Apparently "frying stuff" was not in the test plan for the frying pans.

Published Thursday, June 17, 2004 7:02 AM by oldnewthing
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# re: Exploding frying pans

Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:12 AM by Mario Goebbels
Maybe it were just Whack-Your-Husband(tm) pans and they failed to mention that on the wrapping.

# re: Exploding frying pans

Thursday, June 17, 2004 10:00 AM by chris hollander
this is hysterical; that link and that quote are going directly into my presentation on writing better use cases...

# re: Exploding frying pans

Thursday, June 17, 2004 10:08 AM by Aarrgghh
Sounds like their QA department has been taking lessons from ours.

# re: Exploding frying pans

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 4:50 AM by Microsoft QA (not really)
I don't get it - what's wrong with that? The developers assured me that it would be fixed in the next release.

# re: Exploding frying pans

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 7:05 AM by Thushan Fernando
ROFLMAO...

This is why they need to do Unit Testing, actually testing the unit in a real life situation;-)

# Exploding Frying Pans

Sunday, February 27, 2005 8:08 PM by Thumper's Blog
Follow the link to The Old New Thing. This says it all.

# Adventures in product testing: Candles that catch fire

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:23 AM by The Old New Thing
Candles can create a fire hazard, safety commission concludes.

# RE: Adventures in product testing: Candles that catch fire

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:03 AM by Unquiet Desperation
Amazing. Just Amazing... Not to be outdone by frying pans that explode when you use them for frying, Nature's Finest Candles has issued a product recall [pdf] because the candles catch fire when you light them. This is not...
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