Toast is one of those things that almost everyone likes. You don’t have to love it, but can you think of anyone that truly hates it? That being said, the other side of the spectrum actually does exist: People who LOVE toast. These people take that love to really weird obsessive levels. Wherever you may fall on the spectrum of toast love, it’s still fun to see to what extent people will run with this sort of stuff. For example, there exists somewhere in South Korea a super-toaster that has the capabilities to toast any image onto a piece of bread via USB hub. Toasting slices of bread has come a long way since 1919, when the first electric toaster was invented by a man named Charles Strite, who, according to the New York Times Sunday Magazine, was sick of burnt toast. Clearly, these one-use kitchen appliances have since caught on; as of 2005, toasters could be found in 88 percent of American homes. I bet out about .05% of those chumps have a VCR toaster! It’s as nerdy/retro/cool as it sounds: Pop a slice of toast into the front of a a seemingly normal VCR and out comes some crispy warm toast. Nerds are all over novelty toasters; check out this Star Wars model; crispy your toast is (in Yoda voice). And finally, a product for those of us who just can’t wait till the morning to get with some toast, an inflatable toast mattress. (Leaving the “Breakfast in bed” comments alone, dammit.)








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