Burned Potatoes

My house smells like a burned potato tonight. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that I burned a potato in the microwave. I was watching a TV show, and inbetween commercials I ran in the kitchen and shoved one in the microwave. I guess I punched the wrong number on the cook time, and didn't notice. I did notice a little while later the smoke alarm emitting a few random beeps. I was wondering what that noise was, when the smell of a burned potato stating wafting into the living room. Unfortunately I'm very familiar with the smell of burning potatoes. At least this potato didn't actually burst into flames, which has happened in the past. All the same when I went into the kitchen everything looked a little hazy, and when I opened the microwave door a big cloud of smoke came out and the fire alarm really kicked in. One of my roommates came downstairs in a panic to find out what was going on. When I told her that a potato had just burned in the microwave she started talking about how we need to be careful about the microwave malfunctioning. I finally had to interrupt and tell her that it wasn't the microwave that was malfunctioning. It is kind of funny, but the burned potato smell that still lingers downstairs is kind of annoying.