| Well, thank goodness for small electrical | | | | |
| appliances is what I say! | | | | I like my toaster. It means I can throw out a |
| | | | breakfast in 2 minutes with the darkness of |
| Kitchen duties have been transformed by | | | | each serving adjusted with a simple knob. |
| electrical appliances into a day filled with | | | | Gone are the days when I had to take |
| pleasure and ease. The daily chores are no | | | | responsibility for the acrid smell of burnt |
| longer a burden but something to be | | | | toast - now I just blame it on a |
| anticipated with excitement and wonder. The | | | | malfunctioning toaster. |
| domestic drudge has been changed beyond | | | | |
| recognition into a domestic goddess. | | | | Toast is a life saver when a small child is |
| | | | screaming that they're hungry but they have |
| Everything is clean and shiny at the touch of | | | | no appreciation. Complaints of burnt toast |
| a button. Food is shopped for, delivered, | | | | fall on deaf ears with me. The word toast |
| prepared, cooked and cleaned away with a few | | | | comes from the Latin word Tostum which means |
| well timed programmable electrical appliances | | | | to scorch or burn. They get what they ask |
| leaving the lady of the house free to | | | | for, what is not to understand? |
| delicately dance her way through a gym | | | | |
| routine to make herself all gorgeous and | | | | The new fangled toaster which operates on |
| toned before the husband arrives home from | | | | voice command is not going to be for me. |
| work. | | | | Apparently, you can talk to it to set the |
| | | | darkness of the toast. How on earth does that |
| Are you detecting a hint of sarcasm here? | | | | work? Do you whisper for lightly toasted and |
| | | | shout for burnt? What if your husband decided |
| Actually, what I meant to say was, thanks to | | | | to cook breakfast - you know, that once a |
| the advancements in electrical appliance | | | | year birthday treat? You know it's going to |
| technology we are now able to cram even more | | | | resemble the ace of spades with a voice that |
| into our packed lives than ever. Except that | | | | deep! |
| now, nothing is done at the flick of a | | | | |
| switch, you now need a degree in IT to be | | | | Men think they are making head way in the |
| able to work your washing machine, vacuum, | | | | technology stakes of the electrical |
| oven and even fridge freezer. Everything | | | | appliance, to make life easier on us women. |
| comes with its own on-board computer | | | | But take a look back in history. It was |
| supposedly to make life easier. | | | | actually the brothel madams that developed |
| | | | coffee brewing and more patents in this area |
| Oh how I long for the days when Monday was | | | | are attributable to women than men. It has to |
| wash day. Now it's every day. Friday was | | | | be said, however, I am grateful that we no |
| typically fish day. The whole family knew | | | | longer strain coffee through an old sock! |
| what to expect for dinner each day. Now we | | | | |
| are supposed to use our electrical appliances | | | | My favourite electrical appliance by a long |
| to churn out gourmet fayre on a daily basis. | | | | way is the electric corkscrew I got for |
| | | | Christmas. The toast is burnt - again - I set |
| Don't get me wrong, I'm not against | | | | the oven to cook but its pinging and buzzing |
| electrical appliances in the kitchen. They | | | | and the washing machines on board computer |
| certainly do have a way of making things | | | | has got so confused it doesn't know if it's |
| easier. But it's all going just a little too | | | | washing or drying. But there I am, relaxed in |
| far. I want to be able to switch by | | | | the knowledge that with the touch of a button |
| appliances on and have them work. Not spend | | | | my wine will be open and all will be right |
| half a day programming them to cook something | | | | with the world again. |
| I could have knocked out in half an hour. | | | | |