Toaster Death

Our toaster at work just blew up. It’s an Inspirations 4-Slice Toaster and I’d recommend against it to anybody. It’s actually the second such toaster we’ve had: Alex bought one from Woolworths so we could toast things and before long it developed a problem such that only 2 of the slots actually worked (the others just held on to cold bread). Later still, it exploded as it was turned on, shooting blue sparks in a plume up to the ceiling.

This new toaster was a replacement, and it soon developed the same “2 slices only” problem. While Gareth was making himself toast this morning he loaded up all 4 slices and I reached over to demonstrate that a particular two didn’t work… as soon as I pressed the lever down, there was a flash: a sparkly orange plume shot up out of the device and the circuit breakers engaged.

So now I can’t have my muffins for breakfast. And I’m hungry.

4 comments

  1. Claire Claire says:

    Awww. Come home for lunch, you can have them here!

  2. Dan Q Dan Q says:

    I can manage lunch, thanks: I have a microwave meal. But we’ll have the muffins for brunch tomorrow if you like.

  3. Raz Raz says:

    Cool, you need a toastercam so the rest of the world can enjoy your breakfast making SFX! :)

  4. Dan Q Dan Q says:

    Mmm… toasterdeathcam.

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