I did not expect that!
I did not expect that. My plate just exploded – literally – while eating. I was having a nice steak sandwich (with real steak, I like Germany) when all of a sudden there is this very loud “crack” and much movement of my plate:
The silver disk in the middle started frying the food immediately (sizzle away). It was quite warm.
A nice surprise in the middle of dinner – no falling asleep while eating here that is for sure. After a long weekend – lots to catch up on so working in the room tonight. Room service seemed like a good idea, until the plate exploded…
The silver disk in the middle started frying the food immediately (sizzle away). It was quite warm.
A nice surprise in the middle of dinner – no falling asleep while eating here that is for sure. After a long weekend – lots to catch up on so working in the room tonight. Room service seemed like a good idea, until the plate exploded…
posted by Thomas Kyte at 12:46 PM
19 Comments:
Tom - I hope that's a bottle of beer in the corner of the picture. They have good beer in Germany, though obviously not the best . That's in Denmark...
Indeed, that is a bottle of Bitburger Premium Pils ;) Cannot have a steak sandwich and fries without a beer after all.
I like wheat beer, I've had some really good ones while here - the beer is not that bad.
Probably at least as good or better than Denmark.
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What a bunch of hokey
"I was having a nice steak sandwich (with real steak, I like Germany)"
Real steak? As opposed to what?
I hope that Tom is not "dissing" any steaks he had in Texas ... they're a little sensitive about such things.
>As opposed to what?
just maybe...
The funny other paste-based spam-wanna-be meat things the germans seem to like here.
At least that is what i got the last time I ordered meatloaf. That was not meat as best I can tell.
I ordered a steak sandwich - thinking "thin slices of probably greasy meat sutff like I get in too many fast food style restaurants in the US"
Instead - this was a *real* steak, in a sandwich. Much like I used to get at the beef baron in my home town growing up. It was really pretty good.
And then - the plate exploded :)
"I was having a nice steak sandwich (with real steak, I like Germany)...."
excuse me????
Are you, by any chance, "dissing" the steak that you had in Texas????
Oh no!! oh no no no!!!
if you are , take it back!!!!
thanks for the tip/pointer David.
Please bear with me. But, I am a little slow. Was the plate supposed to explode in the middle for special effects? You never know about the fancy hotels with fancy dishes like the "dessert on fire" or sizzler dishes served in some Indian restaurants. ;-)
By the way, I am a little curious about your trips and lectures. Do you represent Oracle to attend these lectures and seminars or people invite you for your own expertise? If the latter, then Oracle doesn't care about your trips? Don't you need to finish your "basic work" for Oracle full time job? ;-)
the plate was most definitely NOT supposed to explode like that. It was what we in our line of work would have called "a bug".
These seminars have all been with Oracle University in Europe.
I had this happen twice, once a plate (fajitas) and once a glass (champange). The glass scared the jebis outa me.
You're lucky that the exploding plate did not throw the beer all over your lap.
:-)
that brought back memories, Lisa!...
:)
That also happened to one of our Mikasa wedding crystal champagne flutes. No longer manufactured, so we wound up getting a complementary color we found on the web.
I have always thought that you where a sort of robot ;o)
Too much power is concentrated within you.
You can broke anyting with a single compression of your mind.
You are the King, Tom, King Kyte !
Dear Tom,
I couldn't find your email address anywhere (most likely I suspect because of this post here:
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2006/06/why-do-people-email.html
)
Anyway, your photo of the exploding plate is a top item (and one of the only items that actually has to do with the type of exploding plate I'm interested in) when you google for "exploding plate" even more than a year after it happened!
I'm hoping maybe you get these comments emailed to you, and will notice it.
I was wondering if I could ask for your permission to use your exploding plate photo on my new blog/web site www.explodingplate.com - I had a similar experience and didn't take any pictures.
I'd be happy to include you, links to your blog, your flickr, whatever, in the credits for the photo somewhere on my site.
Regards!
Basil Miller
Basil - sure link away, no problem there.
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