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Maniac Mansion Hints
How can I not rip the envelope?
1 of 8: How do people secretly open envelopes?
2 of 8: With steam.
3 of 8: Steam is hot water.
4 of 8: You need to heat up ordinary water (not from the swimming pool).
5 of 8: In the kitchen fill the jar with water from the faucet (the faucet needs to be on).
6 of 8: Now to heat it up...
7 of 8: Hey, there's a microwave.
8 of 8: Place both the envelope and jar in the microwave and turn it on.
