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Me, my wife, kids and the in-laws are sitting around the dinner table a few nights ago when all of a sudden the bottom of my father-in-laws glass drops out. Like if someone sliced it off with a laser.

Has this ever happened to anyone? Why would this happen?

hot water does it. If you slam the glass down you can also do it. Stress fracture.

It's pretty easy to do with a wine glass

Yup. . . I've broken a few glasses in my lifetime by setting them down on the table too quickly / forcefully. Good fun!

It was a regular 16oz glass with cold water in it.

He was holding the glass up to his face when it happened.

legacycontinues wrote:He was holding the glass up to his face when it happened.

Is your dad-in-law. . . a handsome man?

maybe he needed a mentos or tic-tac???

Mentos.....the fresh maker!

sue the glass company. youll win for mental distress

Yeah...and it ruined a plate of ravioli too....DAMN YOU GLASS!!!

my mom and her sisters, who love to shop, once got an "amazing" deal on some water glasses. It turned out that they shattered without provocation at the slightest temperature change

its from frozen-in stresses in the glass, bad manuf. technique

we still talk about the glasses, all of which broke within a week or two, whenever my mom brings up another fabulous deal

You must have one of those deranged Catholic families that hold grudges over stupid shit, or never let anyone live anything down.
A toast..

>>>You must have one of those deranged Catholic families that >>>hold grudges over stupid shit, or never let anyone live >>>anything down.

Yep. Dead right. but it's all in fun...

I still get shit about the time they made me fish around in the marble cake with my fingers, looking for the marbles...35 years ago (!)

excuse me, time to go get drunk on a bit o' the ale

Hell YEAH!
Wait.. fuck me, I hafta go see my doc today first.. but that ain't gonna stop me!!

good old st patties day!

w00000t! St. Patty'd Day! Yeah!
I got drunk last night.. who else did? Roll call!

My friggin' boss who slept all day in the compartment of the boat we're doing a stereo instal on. I did my part and was unable to do his as he was sleeping there! And I had to cover for him with the asshole owner of the place. Fuck St. Patrick's Day. Corned beef and boiled dinners suck. Why isn't there a day for Italians or Greeks or anyone else with an actual cuisine?

Steve

I'm Irish and I will be the first to admit that boiled meals do suck...Why is it some people don't like to eat red meat but they will turn around and eat pink meat. Red...pink...same family.

...nah, it makes a difference when you're drunk off potato moonshine and 5 foot nothin', wearing a green suit with a matching tophat, swinging a short knurled stick whilst belligerent. Aye lads, it's an unfair world...

I have seen instant fractures with a really really thick glass before.
Someone who will remain nameless, but is on this board, put ice into a glass he directly got from the dishwasher.
That's an extreme temp change tho, what happened in your case is kind of strange.
Hot breath maybee?
Did I mention that this person did it twice, in the period of 2 minutes?
You know who you are

sounds like something that i'd do.

LaureltheQueen wrote:sounds like something that i'd do.

Like putting a nice hot pan under cold water in the sink right off the stove?

NOT a good idea. Over time, metal doesn't take kindly to that.

LoL. i used to do that as a kid... long long ago.







ahh maybe just a couple days ago.

I still do that....LOL

lol. shhhhh!

Every time you do that, just imagine you're dipping your front brake rotors into the water. . . and how they would feel.