"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote

> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> "Chatty Cathy" > wrote
>>
>>> Inventor's bright idea for perfect boiled egg
>>> Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:55 AM ET
>>>
>>> LONDON (Reuters) - A British inventor says he has cracked the age-old
>>> riddle of how to boil the perfect egg -- get rid of the water.
>>>
>>> Simon Rhymes uses powerful light bulbs instead of boiling water to cook
>>> the egg.
>>>
>>> The gadget does the job in six minutes, and then chops off the top of
>>> the egg to allow dipping with toast.
>>
>> So it's not even a hard boiled egg.

> It's well lit, though.

He's just candling the eggs to excess. And how large is
this device, big enough to hold 4 lightbulbs. Or is that
light bulbs? Or lamps. Anyway, it does seem to be a pretty
useless device. And I'm confused why he says Many people
are confused. About what? Maybe about where they'd store
this one trick wonder?

nancy