I've just BURNT A PILLOWCASE

Vapor · 07-15-2008, 12:31 AM

I'm up too late, doing stuff, and I don't want my parents to detect me. Thus I wanted to have the light on but just a bit dimmer, so I put an orange pillowcase over the lamp to dimmen it (Which also covered the room in a nice orange glow). but soon, it began to smell weird. I took it off and there were three blackened holes burnt into it. They still had embers on them when I crept to the bathroom and dampened it in the sink to snuff it out. That was a success, but now I have a wasted, wet pillowcase and I need to ventilate my room, all with going undetected.

*sigh* BAD IDEA #346 PEOPLE

***CaptHayfever*** · 07-15-2008, 12:59 AM

Next time, put the pillowcase under the door.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

***ZeldaGirl*** · 07-15-2008, 01:22 AM

...what were you doing? O_O

Anyway, I'm sorry about that. Do you have any windows you can open?

Vapor · 07-15-2008, 02:25 AM

yeah, I do; and it's pretty much gone now.

I just said that I need to Vent my room in the Venting Forum hehe

Metal Man · 07-15-2008, 03:17 AM

I can top this.

One night, I had no lightbulbs for the night light in my room. (Which, by the way, I use to see so I can navigate; in case you think I have any problems with the dark, I routinely camp in pure darkness and had to wander outside in Grizzly Bear country just to use the bathroom. Now there was a place where it was scary.) So I shook around the one currently on the lamp, trying to get it to work.

It was 2 AM.

I did this for 30 minutes. I came close to making it light up... then.. BAM! It short-circuited my entire room into darkness.

I didn't want my computer to run out of power (it was being kept on by my Uninterruptible Power Supply) but my parents were asleep downstairs, and the circuit breaker was in the basement below them...

So I snuck all the way down there like a smooth criminal, flipped the breaker, and went to sleep (although I had to avoid crashing into objects that night, heh) and nobody knew this happened until I told them as an interesting story later.

Crazy, huh?

Vapor · 07-15-2008, 03:21 AM

this is about destroying pillowcases, MM. Let us not forget that.

Metal Man · 07-15-2008, 03:23 AM

Today... is a day that will live in inflammability.

Swordmaster Link · 07-15-2008, 08:08 AM

Why don't you people go to sleep?!

Señor Luigi · 07-15-2008, 09:25 AM

^Cause the pillowcase is burnt.

Irby · 07-15-2008, 09:39 AM

That poor pillow case.

User Name · 07-15-2008, 10:29 AM

Well, I too have a similar situation. I didn't want the light to bleed through the door so I stuffed socks in my bedroom doorframe and dimmed my computer brightness. However, at 5 o'clock in the morning I was so tired I forgot to take down all the socks and undim the computer, so I got caught and was grounded for a week in a half. Fuuuuun. Now my dad set the downstairs router to shut off at midnight. I'm gonna try to reset it today.

MC Mushi Mo · 07-15-2008, 09:42 PM

Nothing like this has ever happened to me... But my sister once left her bedroom lamp on so long that the plastic shade on it melted.

Yes, the lampshade frikkin melted.

Tad Venture · 07-15-2008, 10:20 PM

Uh, I woke up with a nosebleed one time.

Use your imagination for how that story ends. Hint: It involves half my face being in a pool of blood.

Oh. I guess I just said the ending. Whatever.

Blake · 07-16-2008, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Tad Venture

Uh, I woke up with a nosebleed one time.

Use your imagination for how that story ends. Hint: It involves half my face being in a pool of blood.

Oh. I guess I just said the ending. Whatever.

Heh, I once got up and had a nosebleed AND something in my eye. It was bothering me so much that I got really pissed and began stamping my foot into the ground while holding my left hand under my nose to catch blood and my right to try and pry the frickin' thing in my eye out.
Finally, I began to wipe the freaking blood all over my body as I groped for the shower and jumped in and doused my eye in as much water as I can possibly get into it. Once everything calmed down I realize there was a giant blood stain on the shower curtain (the curtain consisted of multiple threads of fabric) that couldn't really be washed up.
Of course my mom was semi-pissed when she had to clean/cut the thread/whatever she did to get the curtain looking unbloodified, but at the time there was nothing I could do due to the sheer magnitude of my eye going berserk. That was the most irritation I ever had in my eye.

Dang, this turned into another long post. May I got to try making these posts short and sweet.

As if that post isn't bad enough I am going to say something on topic:

I never really had this problem. Once my mom is asleep she's asleep. She falls asleep in about five minutes. I have to practically yell at her to wake her up when she takes a nap. Many a time I got away with staying up late without any hassle due to the nature of her 'hard-core' sleeping.

Edit: Oh and and top of that I realize my post doesn't really have much relevance to ML's due to misreading his post. That must have sucked. X.X

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 07-16-2008, 04:11 AM

I've never had problems staying up late and avoiding trouble. My parents didn't really harrass me about it, although my dad was weirded out that I would read until 4am.

Tazy_10 · 07-16-2008, 07:29 AM

Congratulations Vapor!

It's only a matter of time before you upgrade to the entire house.

Kevrosini · 07-16-2008, 08:29 AM

I can smell the noxious vapor, here in Kent. Well I say, almost spoiled my appetite!

Irby · 07-16-2008, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds

although my dad was weirded out that I would read until 4am.

lol nerd

Chunky Kong12345 · 07-16-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by User Name

at midnight.

Boo hoo. Mine shuts off at 10.

Young Edsel · 07-16-2008, 12:41 PM

I generally can get away with it by closing my door when I go on the computer. Sometimes I dim the computer.

07-15-2008, 12:31 AM	#1
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07-15-2008, 09:42 PM	#12
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07-15-2008, 12:59 AM	#2
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07-15-2008, 01:22 AM	#3
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07-15-2008, 02:25 AM	#4
Vapor Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: She with a head of crimson flame and the heart of a decaying star shall lead the madman to paradise Gender: Posts: 3,343 Thanks: 105 Thanked 140 Times in 96 Posts Points: 3,241.85 Bank: 34,830.11 Total Points: 38,071.96 Donate	yeah, I do; and it's pretty much gone now. I just said that I need to Vent my room in the Venting Forum hehe

07-15-2008, 03:17 AM	#5
Metal Man Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Gender: Posts: 6,799 Thanks: 74 Thanked 208 Times in 143 Posts Points: 11,308.28 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 11,308.28 Donate	I can top this. One night, I had no lightbulbs for the night light in my room. (Which, by the way, I use to see so I can navigate; in case you think I have any problems with the dark, I routinely camp in pure darkness and had to wander outside in Grizzly Bear country just to use the bathroom. Now there was a place where it was scary.) So I shook around the one currently on the lamp, trying to get it to work. It was 2 AM. I did this for 30 minutes. I came close to making it light up... then.. BAM! It short-circuited my entire room into darkness. I didn't want my computer to run out of power (it was being kept on by my Uninterruptible Power Supply) but my parents were asleep downstairs, and the circuit breaker was in the basement below them... So I snuck all the way down there like a smooth criminal, flipped the breaker, and went to sleep (although I had to avoid crashing into objects that night, heh) and nobody knew this happened until I told them as an interesting story later. Crazy, huh?

07-15-2008, 03:21 AM	#6
Vapor Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: She with a head of crimson flame and the heart of a decaying star shall lead the madman to paradise Gender: Posts: 3,343 Thanks: 105 Thanked 140 Times in 96 Posts Points: 3,241.85 Bank: 34,830.11 Total Points: 38,071.96 Donate	this is about destroying pillowcases, MM. Let us not forget that.

07-15-2008, 03:23 AM	#7
Metal Man Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Gender: Posts: 6,799 Thanks: 74 Thanked 208 Times in 143 Posts Points: 11,308.28 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 11,308.28 Donate	Today... is a day that will live in inflammability.

07-15-2008, 08:08 AM	#8
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07-15-2008, 09:25 AM	#9
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07-15-2008, 09:39 AM	#10
Irby Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada, Eh. Gender: Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 344 Thanked 122 Times in 103 Posts Blog Entries: 5 Points: 44,458.79 Bank: 19,892.89 Total Points: 64,351.68 Donate	That poor pillow case.

07-15-2008, 10:29 AM	#11
User Name Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Some say hell, I say paradise. Gender: Posts: 6,266 Thanks: 224 Thanked 288 Times in 205 Posts Points: 2,193.70 Bank: 46,851.47 Total Points: 49,045.17 Donate	Well, I too have a similar situation. I didn't want the light to bleed through the door so I stuffed socks in my bedroom doorframe and dimmed my computer brightness. However, at 5 o'clock in the morning I was so tired I forgot to take down all the socks and undim the computer, so I got caught and was grounded for a week in a half. Fuuuuun. Now my dad set the downstairs router to shut off at midnight. I'm gonna try to reset it today.

07-15-2008, 10:20 PM	#13
Tad Venture Moderator of Awesome Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 23,732 Thanks: 585 Thanked 684 Times in 397 Posts Points: 89,313.63 Bank: 124,763.07 Total Points: 214,076.70 Donate	Uh, I woke up with a nosebleed one time. Use your imagination for how that story ends. Hint: It involves half my face being in a pool of blood. Oh. I guess I just said the ending. Whatever.

07-16-2008, 04:11 AM	#15
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07-16-2008, 07:29 AM	#16
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07-16-2008, 12:41 PM	#20
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