So, the daughter makes smoothies from fresh fruit in a Shark blender. Apparently she made one several months ago that got shoved to the back of the fridge and forgotten. Today, while cleaning out the fridge, the wife discovered it. We were unsuccessful in getting the lid to come off... it was on solid. The wife decided to soak it in warm water to loosen it up (thinking it had gunked over). Seemed like a reasonable course of action. But.... a few minutes ago, we hear an explosion in the kitchen. As I ran in, I found the following...
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Yes, sports fans, that's a Shark blender sized hole in the ceiling. And tons o' smelly old berry blendings all over the ceiling... and the wall... and the counters... and the carpet.
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My theory is that the fruit fermented in the Shark, then C02 built up, and with the move from cold fridge to warm water, it caused a rocket-like send-off of the cup into the ceiling. It literally shot like a rocket. I am very fortunate that no one was near enough to get hit by it, and that it didn't hit and shatter a light fixture.
There is a nice hole in the Shark lid...
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So, moral to the story... if you don't want to repaint the entire ceiling of your open floor plan house, maybe just throw away the Shark blender cup and lid...
