Ha ha ha...I'm such a nerd.
Here ~ everyone please have a laugh @ my expense (it's okay because I laugh at myself when I do stupid stuff and don't mind being laughed at)
So I removed the white end caps, along with the clear rubber ring (just to be safe) and I placed some carts in the pot of boiling water.
Being curious as to the "smells" that others described when boiling carts, I placed my nose above the pot to get a waft of the vapors.
"Ew" I said. "Stinky!" It had a very distinct BURNT smell. I decided to give it one more whiff. Yep, again...that very distinctive burnt smell. What the heck? Did I have a burnt out carto in there that was really giving off that much of a burnt smell?
"Hey, wait a minute" I said to myself ~ That smells like burning hair? It was then that I realized I had gotten not only my nose over the pot to inhale the vapors, but I had cinged the end of my hair on the flames under the pot. AH ha ha ha ha ha ha.
I swear I do the stupidest things some times
