If you were having coffee with me we would be trying out my shiny new kettle……
I would thank you for visiting and let you know that you are like my shiny new kettle, with the wonky instructions manual, hard to understand but absolutely worth it……
In case you are curious and wondering what happened to the old kettle…. I tried to fix it and I failed… I also learnt a few things too…
You know when an appliance comes with the warning tag No User Serviceable Parts, what they mean is Do Not Attempt To Fix This by Yourself unless you are trained professional but I still insist on taking it as a personal challenge……
If you were having coffee with me I would tell you that there are lots of things I have learnt, which is my fancy way of telling you that I may or may not have made some mistakes in life….
Things I learned not to do in life……..
Never Ever:
- Check the temperature of water in a kettle by dipping hand into the kettle….
- Touch hot stove tops……..
- Kick at snakes venomous or otherwise, in fact, snakes should just stay away from me please and thank you …….
- Poke wasps nests with a stick……..
- Play in traffic……..
- Look for shoes under the bed with a candle…
- Super glue fingers together…
- Lick the inside metal of the freezer…
- Put metal objects in electricity outlets….
- Lick electric wires to taste check if there is power….
- Look under a lawnmower to see why it’s making so much noise……….
- NOT Check the ceiling height and clearance for low hanging chandeliers and any other ornaments before tossing a toddler into the air over your head….
- And when I write a book to check for errors extensively before I have it published
- and lastly……
never……
ever …….. look inside a lady’s handbag….
If you were having coffee with me I won’t tell you what I saw, but I have learnt my lesson, curiosity kills nine lived cats and I have only one.
How has your week been? I hope your weekend is going great.
If you were coffee with me, I would tell you that I have been following social media commentary on a book titled From A to B written by South African TV personality Bonang.
Her book has been making a buzz because of typos and grammar problems. It is kind of weird to note most of the people who have suddenly become book critics well havent read the book but have just seen the same screenshot(s) from the book circulating on the interweb and have formed opinions and made remarks of not only the book, but the author as well, as if one wakes up and decides what typos should I make in my book today. Ironically enough I spotted a tweet or two with grammar atrocities busy making fun of Bonang’s typos……
While I am not excusing the author, I mean one owes it to the people who are going to spend their hard earned money on you to create something worth their time and the publishing companies ought to do their due diligence instead of damage control
What do you think?
~B
photocredit Bonang Instagram
Becoming The Muse 
Those kettle instructions… er what???
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The kettle instructions are on their own level of special
~B
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I love them! The kind of thing you’d find on products in India! I love visiting there to read some of the gems!
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Those kettle instructions were like reading some kind of poetry I simply can’t understand.
Have an understandable and grammatically-correct week.
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You are not alone,
I failed to understand those instructions either….
hopefully the week will make sense and have perfect grammar
~B
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If I was having coffee with you, I might bring a teabag! That shiny new kettle with the crazy instructions looks like it’d be even better for making tea!! 😉
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hahaha the shiny kettle is perfect for brewing a conversation……
Thank you for dropping by much appreciated
~B
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Hahaha! I love your list of things not to do! Looking for shoes under the bed with a candle is indeed foolish: candles don’t give off enough light. A torch would’ve been a much better choice.
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They experience is the best teacher…. A somewhat cruel teacher if you ask me with cruel and unusual teaching methods lolic
the idea of using candles is sometimes romantic but they need attention or they will burn your house down…….
~B
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Haha yep, walking around with an open flame in structures that are full of flammable materials definitely has its risks.
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spectacularly flammable…..
~B
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First your coffee maker fiasco made me laugh, but secondly, I agree, the publisher should have done their due diligence in making sure the editor did their job and helped critique/correct any mistakes made in the book.
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The instructions are out of this world I read them over a thousand times….. decided to share them over the internet so I wont suffer alone ^_^
Thank you for dropping by
~B
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I thought all kettles are cordless?
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My old one was not cordless it had cables attached and they could not be removed……
~B
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Oh, that’s interesting. I love tea kettles in general and love the newer modern models.
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You just like the newer ones cause they are shiny hahahahahaha…. Me Too…. now if only that instruction manual made sense……
~B
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I hope you figured it out and got some coffee made 😉
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hahahahahaha …. eventually after a good laugh I figured out how to operate…. brewing the perfect cuppa isnt exactly rocket science… but some science might be required and a dictionary and pictures..
~B
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I’m not sure what the economics of metal that won’t rust has to do with making coffee, but I’m glad the machine worked 😉
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I think the economics are that said metal should last forever and ever and ever and ever and you wont ever need to buy another kettle ever again…. sounds economics hmmm
yes?
~B
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I think that is it, it just seems out of place when all you want to do is make a pot of coffee 😉
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Your new kettle looks great, the old one looks terrifying in the picture you provided. Your list of Never Do’s is very amusing. Great post, thanks for sharing.
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The old one had become rather shocking really, I would recommend its utilisation under extreme caution and rubber insulation gloves the kind electricians wear……
Thank you for dropping by much appreciated
~B
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t\This is so totally cute/funny/clever! kudos! I really enjoyed the format of this post. So nice to be delighted by someone’s creativity! Still smiling my friend. Well done!
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You can tell I had fun writing this right?e I love that you were delighted ^_^ Thank you day=made
~B
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Those instructions are something else lol! loving your new kettle though! great buy!
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The instructions are crazy right? Like what were they thinking??? lol
Some bling in the KitcheN Thanks for the visit
~B
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Hello, loved the article. Your list of things not to do is quite interesting. I have always wondered how of a charge you get when you “taste” is there is electricity in the wires. I’m too much of a coward to do it myself.
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I have done this…. you dont want to do this….
~B
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I will remember not to buy a kettle with “special” instructions and not to test the temperature with my hand… you really should work for Health and safety executive you would earn a fortune *giggles* i like it here.
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hahahahaha I want to work at the ministry of magic department of health…. I would earn a fortune in giggles…
Thank you for the visit
~B
PS Buy any kettle you very well please ^_^ and then we can have a good laugh about I promise to try not to say I told you so,..
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Xx
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Brilliant. Really made me laugh! Enjoy your writing Beaton. I made sure that I avoided typos.
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Now I want to have coffee with you.
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Sure it should be good for a couple of laughs, yes?
😂
~B
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Right
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