I'm just not impressed with my microwave oven anymore. At one time it may have been a miracle to dive into a burrito only two minutes after it left the freezer, but now - that is just so last century.
Microwave ovens have been commonplace for thirty years or more. What I can't figure out is why hasn't anyone applied this same kind of thinking to the refrigerator. Say, for example, that I've just arrived home from 7-Eleven with a frozen burrito and a six-pack of Coke. (Editor's note: if this were a true story, I would have grabbed a cold coke from the cooler but that would render this example meaningless.) Once I place my burrito in the microwave, I discover that my ice tray is empty; so there I am, moments later, with a hot burrito and a warm coke. I hate warm coke.
This is where we need a microwave refrigerator. Something I can place my warm coke in only to have it ice cold in just two minutes. I can't believe this isn't on the shelves at Best Buy yet. Just wait, one day I'll seem like a visionary.
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As we while away the winter season, I had a similar observation, but more in tune with the time of the year. Wouldn't it be a great invention if we were to invent a device that would render the likes of shovels obsolete?
Think of the possibilities if we had some type of instrument which could melt the snow on contact with such intense heat that the snow would literally evaporate? No longer would we be concerned with the ill effects of salt as it corrodes our cars and cracks our sidewalks. Rather than piling on the cold icy stuff on top of an already tall mound and causing more damage to our backs and profits for our chiropractors, we could simply glide with this life changing equipment across our walkway as our mail carrier smiles in appreciation as the sidewalks are cleared as if there were no evidence of winter!
Unfortunately, this is only a distant dream since I am sad to say that my microwave still doesn't work properly after I tied it to my shovel and crammed all that damn snow into it. But, at least, I did get the mail carrier to smile!
Haven't you ever read The Cat in The Hat Comes Back? You know, "all that deep, deep, deep snow; all that snow had to go"? I recall a team of little cats - each one smaller than the last - along with something called Voom. The trouble is, Voom is so hard to get, you've never seen anything like it I bet. Anyway, I think all you need is a bunch of cats and some Voom and your little snow problem will be taken care of just like that.
If my memory serves me right, voom turned out to be something difficult to remove after it did its job. Kind of like a mother-in-law that stays beyond her welcome.
Always amazed to see that you've expanded beyond your literary boundaries by exploring such classics as Dr. Seuss.
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