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Yeah, I set the toaster on fire once also. I had read online that you can make cheese toast in there if you turn the toaster sideways so that the cheese is on top vs gravity. It might have worked if the toaster hadn't caught fire. I had to throw it out the front door into the yard
I'm actually kind of amazed that the failure mode for "toaster used sideways" is that it just catches fire. That's one hell of a design flaw.
Is it a design flaw if someone uses the toaster in a way it's clearly not intended for, and food touches the hot elements and catches fire?
Id say the design flaw is allowing it to function in that position at all. Put a gravity switch in there like space heaters have, so that it it tilts more than a few degrees it shuts off
How the hell am I supposed to make my quasedilla on the ISS then?!
Duh, space walk with it and point it at the sun. That's just common sense.
Tired of burning your house down when you want to use your toaster toske something not toast? Introducing the toaster oven. For when you want to toast something besides bread.
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If you didn't expect a machine that has very hot elements very close to your food to make such food burn if used wrongly, that's on you.
I agree, but I feel like having the toaster itself catch fire could have been mitigated somehow.
Then you get to play the “asbestos flakes or salt?” game. Fun for the whole family!
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There's all sorts of inappropriate ways to use a toaster where the failure mode is fire. Making toast in bed, under the covers? Catch fire. In a puddle of gasoline? Catch fire. Seriously, WTC toasters?
I once got rear-ended by a lady (my car was totaled) who told me two things as we were waiting for the cops that I will never forget:
"I just got my new glasses prescription, but I'm not wearing them today."
"I wasn't supposed to be driving my husband's truck. We don't have to let the cops know it's my husband's truck, right?"
The cops got informed. I got a new car.
Reminds me of the time I was rear ended and the guy told me it was because he was playing candy crush.
I might have kept the second thing to myself depending on why she wasn't supposed to be driving it. Though, it's not like she can keep what happened from her husband.
Some insurance won't insure on certain vehicles unless people within the household sign an affidavit saying they will not be the ones driving it, usually based on their previous history. Seeing as she didn't want the cops to know, I'd guess it's something along those lines.
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Fun fact, if you turn a toaster sideways you can use them to make quesadillas.
This works about 90% of the time.
Do not do this. Toasters are not made to be used sideways. At best you’ll melt the probably plastic sides of your toaster, at worse you’ll burn your house down.
I didn't say it was a good idea.
it was an ideia nonetheless
At best... You'll melt the plastic sides of your toaster AND make a fine quesadilla.
Win in my book.
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This is 100% bullshit. My mom lit the toaster on fire doing this with pizza
They said 90%, your mom was just part of the lucky 10%!
And other 10% of the time you get to watch smokin' hot firemen
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Everybody knows that you only put bread or corn dogs in the toaster. 🤦🏻♂️
I have no idea what a corn dog is. I just hope it is not a living being.
Others have covered the definition of a corn dog.
A "cron dog" however, is when you use cron to schedule a dog command, which is an updated version of the cat command installed via the moreutils package that provides additional features such as colorized output and line numbering, making it more versatile.
THIS HAS BEEN A DUMB LINUX FACT
Thank you, that was the answer I was waiting for.
"Mail the sysadmin every 5 minutes" looks like an incredibly useful script to know.
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A) A dog with a single horn
B) A burrowing mammal native to Iowa
C) A hot dog in a stick dipped in corn bread batter and fried
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It's sausage coated with some material made of corn.
Every time I see people talking about them on the web I wonder what it tastes like. Is it sweet?
Often the batter contains honey, so it is somewhat sweet, yes. You're missing out if you've never had one.
Depends on the breading used. Some are sweet, some are more savory.
It is a hotdog inside of a cornbread shell, often served on a wooden stick. It is commonly a kids food though lately I've seen some restaurants make fancier versions https://goldbelly.imgix.net/uploads/showcase_media_asset/image/164647/Original.png?ixlib=react-9.0.2&auto=format&ar=1%3A1&w=1246
In Canada we call them Pogo's because of those shitty frozen Pogo brand corn dogs. Kinda like how Kleenex is used for tissues.
It's just a hot dog on a stick dipped in a corn meal batter then deep fried.
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Just get a sandwich toaster.
It browns better in general too and burns less.
The only con being that it doesn't let the moisture escape well enough (but that depends upon the model).
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How have people not heard of toaster ovens?
With that said... I don't have one, maybe I should get one lol
What a snitch
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