Trust Tommy

Another day, another TT post. Not much has changed.

So, today was pretty unusual because I had 4 free classes in total. Add that to my epic tiredness this morning and you have one tired Tommy. I think it was the caffine I had late last night. Told you it was evil. I never had had tea before last night, and I can’t see myself having it in the next 14 years either. I mean, one can combat the bitterness by simply adding 3 spoonfuls of sugar (although this apparently isn’t done), but what you’re left with something that doesn’t really taste of.. anything really.

Basically, in one of my free classes, I felt my mind really wandering, and thinking of…

Toasters.

Remember when these were the pinnacle of technology? No, neither do I. Obviously, these probably were the bee’s knees and cat’s pajamas at some point. I don’t know about you, but they’re pretty ordinary to me.

I mean, they’ve been around for decades, so they have stood the test of time. Are they really necessary in today’s society? On the one hand, they’ve been around for decades now and fill up space in the kitchen (or place of work) instead of other, more useful contraptions. On the other hand, they make toast, a student favourite when combined with beans.

One thing I find with all toasters, regardless of model or whatever, is the useless settings. As far as I can see, all toasters have 4 settings:

Where the amount of heating is akin to:

1) breathing on the bread
2) putting the bread in a room which contains a warm radiator

Then you have the other end of the scale, with:

3) it burning
4) it being really burnt

I’m assuming the odd settings are present because you are able to buy different sized bread, thus requiring varying temperatures. Wouldn’t a 5mm thick piece require a different temperature to, say, a Russian Armour Plated, Anti-Personnel Loaf.

However,today’s society, when we have cameras in phones, alphabetti in spaghetti, why is the humble toaster so important and valued more than small children?

Why isn’t there a new and improved and sleeker machine to do it? Can we incorporate a toaster-cum-floppy-drive into Mac’s upcoming desktop?

I don’t know about you, but I’m not getting to sleep tonight, and it won’t be because of tea…

All these quizzing conundrums, my life is full of them!