Hot Dog Explosion

So I just came back from Camp Calumet, a.k.a., The Greatest Place On Earth. I'm making lunch for my dad and my brother, who were playing out side with the new Frisbee. I ran out of bread for 3 PB+J sandwiches, so I decided to make myself a hot dog instead. I grab one from the fridge, cut some slits into it, put it on a plate, and a stuck it in the microwave with a glass lid on it. I typed in 1 minute and 30 seconds- that should be good enough. I had a bad feeling about the hot dog for some reason, like I didn't do it right. So I checked with my dad. He said it would be fine. I wasn't quite sure of it being so fine, so I hid behind the fridge until I heard it was finished. I had a strange feeling that the microwave would explode, because it's so old. It's in bad shape, ever since the coffee explosion about 3 years ago. (Long story short: My mom put in a Dunkin' Donuts coffee in the microwave for too long, it exploded, sticky coffee everywhere, not pretty.) From behind the fridge, everything sounded fine, but I knew any second it would explode. BLEEEEEP!! I heard the microwave. I carefully crawled out from behind the fridge, and went over to the microwave. It didn't explode. But when I opened the door, and lifted up the glass lid, there, lying on the plate, was a demented, exploded, screwed up hot dog. At first, I thought I should throw it out and just put in another one. But then the same thing would happen!! So I ate it. It was kind of gross.

Note for future reference: Never put a hot dog with slits into a microwave with a glass cover on it for 1 minute and 30 seconds, because it will explode.

I found this really cool video on www.youtube.com that shows the entire process of making hot dogs. It's pretty neat!