When your mom says stop soldering on top of the washing machine, she means it. I’ve done so much worse stuff, but clearly I soldered the straw that broke the camel’s back when I soldered on a washing machine that said:

(Notice my mom drew the classic ‘circle with a line through it’ but chose not to draw the soldering iron) *snicker*
-Joshua Ziering

that’s just epic
what good is a nice flat non-flammable surface if you can’t solder on it?!