Mind the Pyrex Warning

Pyrex ovenproof glass dishes and pans come with the warning not to place the pans on direct heat such as a burner. My roommate had just turned on a burner so it wasn't quite red yet and I just wasn't thinking because I put the glass plate of mashed potatoes on the burner thinking it was off. A few minutes later, Carin exclaimed that the burner was on so we quickly removed the plate off the burner and a few seconds later, the glass plate shattered into the dish of garlic mashed potatoes. Very sad, but at least we had lots of other food. We then referred to a random bowl of muddy buddies as the "carbs" in place of the potatoes.