toast: They Lie To You8butterflyboy8February 28 2012, 23:34:49 UTC
Time Period: Post-"Secundus," pre-"Secundus 2" Notes: This was inspired by Eddie Izzard's bit on toasters and how they lie to you. I imagine that, even in a world full of mechanical marvels, getting a decent-working toaster can sometimes be a pain.
“I don’t understand this! I thought electric toasters were supposed to make life easier!” “I think you’ve been spoiled by Doc’s homemade version,” Alice said, watching as her husband glared at the appliance in question. “These mass-produced ones aren’t made with the same care.” “I’m well aware of that,” Victor said, examining his underdone toast. “Either it comes out like this, or it comes out charred to a cinder. Doc’s sometimes had burnt bits, yes, but you could always depend it coming out more or less the way you wanted.” He sighed. “Sometimes I think they deliberately design them this way, so people will think they’re broken and buy new ones
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Notes: This was inspired by Eddie Izzard's bit on toasters and how they lie to you. I imagine that, even in a world full of mechanical marvels, getting a decent-working toaster can sometimes be a pain.
“I don’t understand this! I thought electric toasters were supposed to make life easier!”
“I think you’ve been spoiled by Doc’s homemade version,” Alice said, watching as her husband glared at the appliance in question. “These mass-produced ones aren’t made with the same care.”
“I’m well aware of that,” Victor said, examining his underdone toast. “Either it comes out like this, or it comes out charred to a cinder. Doc’s sometimes had burnt bits, yes, but you could always depend it coming out more or less the way you wanted.” He sighed. “Sometimes I think they deliberately design them this way, so people will think they’re broken and buy new ones ( ... )
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