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xiphiasScene: Lis and me, staring at the clouds of smoke billowing from our popcorn maker.
"Well, I suppose, if an item is going to go, it may as well go spectacularly."
"Damn ants."
See, a few months ago, we had ants infest our kitchen, and eat the insulation in our espresso machine. Which we never used, so didn't notice. But the ants also infested the hot air popcorn maker. I thought they didn't eat too much of the insulation. But, well, I was wrong.
I mean, it was rather impressive -- the electric spark when I plugged the thing in, the billowing smoke. . . I think I'm not going to spend too much time trying to repair the thing. . .
"Well, I suppose, if an item is going to go, it may as well go spectacularly."
"Damn ants."
See, a few months ago, we had ants infest our kitchen, and eat the insulation in our espresso machine. Which we never used, so didn't notice. But the ants also infested the hot air popcorn maker. I thought they didn't eat too much of the insulation. But, well, I was wrong.
I mean, it was rather impressive -- the electric spark when I plugged the thing in, the billowing smoke. . . I think I'm not going to spend too much time trying to repair the thing. . .
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Date: 2002-12-31 07:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-12-31 07:44 pm (UTC)