Uses for binder clips: Coping with a dead microwave
As you can see, he is resourcefully adaptable. But this arrangement is not going to help him if he wants to warm up a slice of pizza in a hurry or cook a potato in 5 minutes.
And while we're on this topic, perhaps we can start a movement to convince the Americans that there is a common Canadian expression about putting a toque on a teapot. I welcome your thoughts on how it would be phrased and what it might mean.
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To "put a toque on [one's] teapot" is a Canadian expression that means to wear a condom, in reference to the Canadian practice of using a toque as a tea cozy. The expression originates in southeastern Ontario, along the St-Lawrence seaway, where cottages are common and temperatures are relatively moderate during most of the cottage season, thus toques are generally not needed as headgear most of the time.
- RG>
Somehow, I thought "that's like putting a toque on a teapot" would have a more innocent meaning.
Thank you, Real, for teaching me that I should always check with my resident expert on dirty meanings before I pose a question on the internet.
p.s. While the Americans might believe the story you propose, I can assure you that growing up in the Seaway City, I wore my toque a whole lot more often than I drank tea.
Heh.
- RG>
Worth a look:
http://boingboing.net/2014/08/15/binder-clip-sphere.html
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