Monika, yup a good wide door mat:)  Don't let the stagers hear us though!

Don, so that was your place?

LeslieI am sure a pot would fit perfectly---or maybe a spittoon?

But Steve, this way I get to test the smoke detector/alarms as well----how can you beat that?

Sean, Hibachi's out on the vinyl covered decks is another common one.

Derek, you mean eat oatmeal?:)

Thanks David,

Colleen, you are the clever one----that is exactly what happened:)

Michael, no spittoon?

Greg, beginning to sound like something a lot of AR addicts would do:)

Vickie, thanks for stopping by,

Mike, the carpet is now hard as piece of plastic

Steve, thanks in advance for NOT dropping by

Jimmy, thanks for visiting and laughing

Rebecca, so that was YOUR apartment?

Joan, I find coffee especially problematic, because you have to be awake enough to remember before you have had your coffee?

Matt, I used that in the story because I see it often enough to know it would be true for someone out there in AR Land

Rob, anyone that has cooked has some version of this story

Christina, are you laughing too?

Benjamin, do you think I have happened upon the secret to getting featured?

Dane & Jacke, Happy Laughing!

Lenn, great idea----but don't you need two hands to type with?  How do you set the timer?

Joseph, I think I like AR better than Oatmeal

Daniel, yup, I think we can all do this----except for the putting it down on the plastic carpet though:)

Lisa, half the time I DO forget to eat

Thank you all for your great responses----I had no idea there were so many oatmeal eaters out there!

Ravinda, may have to get the fire remediation guys in:)

Bonnie, you are welcome!

Lisa, my wife knows when the toast is ready when the smoke alarm goes off:)

Ernie, thanks for stopping by

Sue, definitely burned dinner a few times myself

Ryan, a lot of people are voting for the plant idea

Natalie, AR should "market" themselves with timers----"Save your house, get your AR Timer Today!"

Joe, not my house, really:)

Wayne, great question----I have definitely exposed myself now----glad it wasn't my house:)

Shelby, thanks

Steve, hates it when I show pictures of his own rentals (by the way the "buns" are all healed:)

Bob & Carolin, very hot, and plastic carpets don't mix---for sure.  Lot of chemicals have the same effect too.

Russ,that is one pot mark that will never vacuum out:)