What's the most expensive thing you broke as a kid and what's the story behind it?
What's the most expensive thing you broke as a kid and what's the story behind it?
Mine was our CRT TV. I would rapidly push the power button on and off because I thought the picture coming and going looked cool but eventually it fell inside of the TV. I think I later stuck a magnet on the TV.
Not looking for Reddit answers like "My parent's marriage"
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An antique crystal vase my parents received as a wedding gift.
I was maybe in my tweens and bought flowers for some occasion (a birthday or anniversary maybe) and the florist said I should use boiling water to keep them fresh (yes, it is a thing), but obviously I misunderstood, and not knowing any better I added the boiling water directly in to the vase (which I chose because it was my favourite) and of course it exploded in my hand. Lucky I wasn't hurt, and I did manage to glue some of it back together, but I was not getting away with it. My mother was furious.I'm not even a tween and I still don't understand what they meant for you to do. Are the flowers supposed to be in soil, and you're supposed to just water the soil with a bit of boiling water?
I mean, as an adult, I'd probably check if the material could hold boiling water...but even that's not 100% if it seemed ceramic or something, haha
Maybe boiled water, like water that has been boiled and is now cooled off again
Huh, interesting TIL
Ahh... to disinfect it or something in a place where the water might not be fully clean?
Yup, that's what google told me. It removes some of the bad stuff that might be in the water
You say you'd check, but couldn't look up "boiling water flowers" before replying here? At least when this happened I had the excuse of not having the internet yet (and being a literal child, following the obviously unclear instructions of a professional, to the best of my understanding)..
https://www.sarahraven.com/articles/the-basics-of-arranging-cut-flowers
Yes, I'd check about putting boiling water somewhere, but not googling before writing that comment. The comment allowed me to express solidarity with you that it was an easy mistake to make.
Reminds me of a story of my parents. They were in Venice for their anniversary and had rented a room above a glass maker. One morning he wanted to show them how beautiful the morning light looked as it falls through this huge glass pyramid he had made. An enormous thing. One of his master pieces. Super expensive and also super heavy. He dropped it and it shattered into a million pieces.
I still have the crystal they got me as a souvenir. It makes nice rainbow colours when the sunlight falls through.
At least it wasn't you who did it, and you got a cool gift out of it lol