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* Kids are familiar with this trope from a very early age. They will often pretend that the floor is "hot lava," the point of the game being to move around the room without touching the floor. This game is familiar enough to have been referenced on an early ''[[Grounded for Life]]'' and a vacation episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' as well as the nudist episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', and a mission in a Tony Hawk game.
** [http://xkcd.com/735/ This] ''[[Xkcd]]'' comic sums it up well.
** There is even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_Is_Lava a game show] on [[Netflix]] based on it.
* Subverted a bit by [http://youtube.com/watch?v=4b6n8riJaFo the Discovery Channel].
* In older aluminum plants, the metal is still poured partly by employees who work very close to 1300-1700 °F aluminum - often as close as a foot or less distance between the worker and the aluminum. Dross is skimmed from the tops of crucibles and molds with hand-held metal skimmers. The workers wear heavy cotton gloves, double cotton sleeves and aluminized aprons to do this. While it is not the most comfortable job in the world, the protective gear does not singe or burn unless in direct contact with the metal, and the cotton is not fire retardant.
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