>
>Well, I fancied toasted teacakes, but the butter was a little hard.
>
>Now, I've learnt the lesson about warming butter in the microwave, at
>least the bit about taking the wrapping off first.
>
>So today I thought I'd let my knife rest across the toaster rack -b
>"hot knife through butter" and all that.
>
>Sadly, the heat didn't spread evenly, so when I put my finger along
>the spine of the knife....

>On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:07:18 +0100, Snowleopard
>gmail.lair.com> wrote:
>

>>
>>Well, I fancied toasted teacakes, but the butter was a little hard.
>>
>>Now, I've learnt the lesson about warming butter in the microwave, at
>>least the bit about taking the wrapping off first.
>>
>>So today I thought I'd let my knife rest across the toaster rack -b
>>"hot knife through butter" and all that.
>>
>>Sadly, the heat didn't spread evenly, so when I put my finger along
>>the spine of the knife....

>
>Ouchums!
>My new microwave can turn a stick of butter into a puddle in ten
>seconds. Very annoying.

>>My new microwave can turn a stick of butter into a puddle in ten
>>seconds. Very annoying.

>
>That's sort of the idea of a microwave. It won't happen if you don't
>put the butter in it.