Toaster That Butters the Toast

Man, given the laziness of the average person, this should have been a bestselling item. Unless...the notion of a reservoir full of old butter sitting at room temperature for weeks was a turn-off.

Full patent here.

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Comments

There should be two versions, one for the Yooks and one for the Zooks. (For the uninitiated, this is a reference to The Butter Battle Book.)

Posted by ges on 07/15/24 at 08:24 AM

...I'm going to invent a follow-up to this that works better. This is not a bad idea, merely a good idea badly executed.

Posted by Richard Bos on 07/20/24 at 09:42 AM

I bet this comtraption was Hell to clean up.

Posted by Yudith on 08/03/24 at 07:18 AM