"notbob" > wrote in message
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> What was infinitely more interesting to me than a foot high light bulb
> egg cooker was the mention of "toast soldiers". WTF!? Google to the
> rescue. Evidently, those crafty Brits, instead of cutting up toast in
> a bowl and dumping a softboiled egg on it like I have ever since my
> childhood,

That's what we do for our very small children before they are old enough ( 1
or so) to dip their toast soldiers into the egg.

>cut right to the chase and just pop off the top of a soft
> boiled egg and dip their toast right into the egg while it's still in
> the shell.

The egg is a perfect container, see.....why bother with messing a plate up
with egg debris ?

> But, since a piece of toast is bigger than a soft boiled
> egg, they have to cut the toast into strips that will fit into the
> egg. That strip of toast is a toast soldier. Cute, eh? It also
> appears this is another excercise of herculian proportions

Well, that all depends on your definition of herculean. To my mind, using
the same knife you've just buttered your toast with to slice it into a few
strips take all of about three seconds. Of course, cutting your toast up and
putting it into your baby bowl, then washing that up afterwards takes a bit
more effort.

> and between
> the boiling of the egg and the lifting of the cap on the egg,

It's another three second job - bash the top of the egg with a spoon then
scoop it off. We've all practised this since we could hold a spoon.

> the poor
> limeys are pretty near spent and have barely enough energy left to
> even chew, let alone cut a piece of toast into strips. So, to the
> rescue comes the Toast Soldier Cutting Machine. Ta-da!:
>
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?I2F2222FD

Sounds like another solution without a problem.

>
> So, there you have it. A ninety-gazillion watt foot high egg cooker
> and a toast soldier machine to help get you out the door with enough
> residual energy to make it through the day doing what Brits everywhere
> do, like hefting pints and sticking wickets and all that kind of
> stuff. British technology saves the day. Here's to ya', guv'ner.

I predict it will sell about.....hmmm......zero units.

BTW - the way to really save labour if you so wish is just to drop the egg
into your kettle while you boil it while you're making a cup of tea

But all energy saved for lifting pints is welcome of course.