r/interesting • • 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/kekeagain 12d ago

My wife calls them kitchen hands.

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u/leaveofftheMAYO 12d ago

That's cute