Hand puppetry gone awry: Ouch! I burned my hand puppet!

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I'm kind of lazy, so when I decided to rob that bank, I only disguised my hand.

Not really.

Actually, what happened was that I baked something in a pan in the oven last night, took the pan out and removed the food, then a few minutes later decided to use the pan for something else.

The salad was ready. The potato was in the microwave. I had just opened a beer.

It didn't occur to me that the pan was still about 300 degrees Fahrenheit (down from 450) when I grabbed the stainless steel handle with my bare hand. At the emergency room they said, "I'll bet that really hurts."

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