"Just wanted you to know that your article on microwaving sponges and scrubbers aroused my interest. However, when I put my sponge/scrubber into the microwave, it caught fire, smoked up the house, ruined my microwave, and pissed me off," one correspondent wrote in an e-mail to Reuters.
It made me wonder if the person who complained was actually standing there watching the dry sponge catch fire and burn, but was too dumb to stop the microwave and put out the fire. I have microwaved some unusual things before, but I was smart enough to wet them first if it was appropriate to do so and also to watch them carefully.