Crumbs

I love toast.

And I’ll often eat it standing right next to the toaster 

which I’ve always considered a bad habit

until yesterday

when the crumbs in the toaster caught fire!

So I threw it in the back garden.

Which seemed like a very sensible thing to have done

until Tony came home and asked why I hadn’t just put it in the sink under a running tap.

?

It seems that keeping a clear head in a crisis is not my forte…

 

 

 

 

 

8 Responses to “Crumbs”

  1. Dad Says:
    February 10th, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    I think you did the right thing, Janet. It is probably okay to use still but wouldn’t be so if you had ‘dunked’ it in the sink. Remembering to unplug it first!!
    Dad

  2. ruth Says:
    February 10th, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    Oh, I would have done the same thing as you!

  3. julia Says:
    February 11th, 2010 at 9:23 am

    *laughing* You did the right thing, Janet. Really. I wouldn’t have done any different. The only problem would then have been that I live on the 4th floor and might have killed someone with a burning toaster. But… what a way to go out, I guess. Hell and flames and toaster.

  4. Kay Says:
    February 11th, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    No, no, it was good. Good job you didn’t put it under the tap, since you might have fused the whole house / faced electrocution. Glad you’re safe, anyway! Off right now to empty my toaster of crumbs, given your salutory warning.

  5. wonderwoman Says:
    February 11th, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    i’m with you!!! throw it out!!

    x

  6. margie Says:
    February 13th, 2010 at 7:34 am

    i would have been a back yard thrower too…lol.. with 2 sons who are electricians..i think they would agree..you are smarter than you think…i like cold toast..with butter..from school days i guess when that is how i thought it was eaten…lol..

  7. Ali Says:
    February 13th, 2010 at 9:33 am

    Your way makes for a much better photo though!

  8. Miss Dot Says:
    February 21st, 2010 at 7:58 am

    but if it was still plugged in you could have killed yourself! throwing it out the door was a great idea. I once had my Butane soldering torch catch fire and I chucked it towards the pool! probelm was that the dogs thought it was a kick arse game of fetch 🙂

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