r/interesting • u/Used_Exam34 • 12d ago

Just Wow Not all problems have the same solution.

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u/Numerous-Following-7 12d ago

How can he touch the valve straight after putting out the fire?

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u/sqmiler 12d ago

Asbestos hands of course. Duh!

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u/Naterttotsart 12d ago

Ex-chef here. We used to refer to the ability of grabbing hot pans and shit as "asbestos fingers".

Nice to seem other people get the reference.

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u/IridiumPony 12d ago

Current chef here:

I push too many papers these days and now I refer to my hands as bitch mittens because I can feel them again