Well, one of my favorite holiday traditions has already been fulfilled, and it'’s only 7:30 in the morning. One of my favorite Thanksgiving traditions is to watch the news the night before when they do all the cautionary stories about the deep-fat turkey fryers, and how dangerous they can be. All the local stations usually do a story, and I'’ve seen them talk about it on CNN and the like. In the past, one would have to wait at least until the evening news on Thanksgiving Day, or usually the next day. Not this year my friends! The schadenfreude (sp?) comes early as I have already seen on the local news where two idiots have burned down their respective houses! (I am trying to find links to the stories now.)
The problem is the total lack of common sense so many people display. Displacement, people, is the name of the game. As described by Wikipedia:
In fluid mechanics, displacement occurs when an object is immersed in a fluid, pushing it out of the way and taking its place.
So despite what the directions say, despite the "“Do not fill past this line," warning on the insides of these things, people still say, "“Well, that doesn'’t look like its gonna be enough oil to cover my big bird. Duh...…huh...…huh...yuk, yuk, yuk...I better add another gallon of oil!"” Once Moronicus puts the bird in all that hot oil, he has the entirety of the universe working against him because of two principles, gravity and the tendency of fluids to seek the lowest point. So all that extra oil overflows and seeks the lowest point which is usually where the heating element is, and the rest is holiday history.
The problem is the total lack of common sense so many people display. Displacement, people, is the name of the game. As described by Wikipedia:
In fluid mechanics, displacement occurs when an object is immersed in a fluid, pushing it out of the way and taking its place.
So despite what the directions say, despite the "“Do not fill past this line," warning on the insides of these things, people still say, "“Well, that doesn'’t look like its gonna be enough oil to cover my big bird. Duh...…huh...…huh...yuk, yuk, yuk...I better add another gallon of oil!"” Once Moronicus puts the bird in all that hot oil, he has the entirety of the universe working against him because of two principles, gravity and the tendency of fluids to seek the lowest point. So all that extra oil overflows and seeks the lowest point which is usually where the heating element is, and the rest is holiday history.
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