I've heard this complaint from so many Brits. I love you guys. XD
But! Burning question? Do electric kettles whistle or beep once the water has reached the right temperature? Because that's why I own a kettle: so I remember I'm making tea! Because, yes, I actually CAN burn water without a reminder. (And might burn the house down, as a bonus!)
Japan has lovely ones, as well, ya know. They dispense water at the perfect temp for green tea. Damn my nation for not being a tea culture. OTL
... Second burning question: We have glow-in-the-dark pink cakes? Really? ... REALLY? At least we've never had a wank-a-thon? ... Oh wait, my bad. We shared that particular experience. Er. At least we never had vending machines that dispensed soiled schoolgirl's panties?
At least red velvet cake is colored with beetroot instead of food coloring? (At least back in the good ol' days, before corporations realized that food coloring, high fructose corn syrup, and so on were cheap ways to make their food more "appealing". Allegedly. OTL) But I see, she meant stuff like that unnaturally green key lime pie, too, I guess. And the whole category of unnatural desserts I call "cancer cakes!"
'Kay, yeah, that ain't right. What can I say? XD I was just kind of terrified we'd invented literally glow-in-the-dark cakes, since we've invented less dangerous ... unnatural glow-y stuff and all.
Huh;;; I thought she was refering to the last episode. The one where Alfred's trying to get Kiku to come to his place for Christmas and says 'the cake's not blue, it's pink and glows in the dark!'...though really. Our pastries are obscenely, blindingly bright;;;
Duuuude, it WAS in episode 20. At about 3:20. And I blocked out the trauma because the picture of the blue cake was too disturbing. J-just just just no. Why. My nation. Why.
Haha me and my Japanese friend saw some brightly designed cakes, and she had the same exact reaction as the original author. "Oh, I wouldn't eat that." xD;;
Honestly, I wouldn't eat them either. Only red velvet cake since it's colored with beets. And it's delicious *c*
Oh and to Author! Anon, these were funny. xD I know most of them since I have a British friend. The stone one threw me off though, I've never heard that before. Oh and you forgot my favorite one, waiting in line vs. waiting in the queue. I was thrown off whenever my friend says that. xDD
Electric kettles turn themselves off once the water has boiled, so it's not possible to burn water unless the thing's broken. The sound of water boiling is fairly loud so it's hard to miss so long as you don't wander too far. Other than that, there's just the click of the kettle turning off to let you know that it's done.
My last kettle glowed a fetching blue colour when it was on as well, but my current one is a bit cheaper.
An obnoxious sound I can't ignore would get me my caffeine faster, but at least the worst that could happen would be the forgetting my water for ages. (I do wander ... OTL) But it's probably worth it, I'd think, not having to hear that horrible screaming/screeching noise on your way to pull the kettle off the fire.
Yeah, that's probably not worth the additional money, but it is just cool. :D
I just figured out that not having a tea kettle to a Brit is pretty much the equivalent of not having a rice cooker to a Japanese person. It's the exact same "Wait, how the hell can you not have a ...?" kind of reaction. <3
It's the exact same "Wait, how the hell can you not have a ...?"
I will never admit to the fact that that's the EXACT reaction I had practically word for word and was what caused me to write the bonus in the first place. Dx
Yes, the kettle just.. clicks when it's done. Thank you other anon for clearing that up! (I was at the library, orz)
And YES. I'd get a pic that my Americans showed me of it, but it's basically just a light up one. Seriously, what's the point. xD
Having no screeching/whistling also helps for those midnight cuppas when you don't want to wake anyone else up...
Thank you for the comment! I can see this has been informative for you xD
But you CAN'T burn water with the electric kettle! That's what it's for! To make things easier. The kettle just automatically "switch" off once the thing is boiled. But you probably won't heard the "click" from the other side of the house
Re: Vignettes of two cultures: Bonus
(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)I've heard this complaint from so many Brits. I love you guys. XD
But! Burning question? Do electric kettles whistle or beep once the water has reached the right temperature? Because that's why I own a kettle: so I remember I'm making tea! Because, yes, I actually CAN burn water without a reminder. (And might burn the house down, as a bonus!)
Japan has lovely ones, as well, ya know. They dispense water at the perfect temp for green tea. Damn my nation for not being a tea culture. OTL
... Second burning question: We have glow-in-the-dark pink cakes? Really? ... REALLY? At least we've never had a wank-a-thon? ... Oh wait, my bad. We shared that particular experience. Er. At least we never had vending machines that dispensed soiled schoolgirl's panties?
Re: Vignettes of two cultures: Bonus
(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Vignettes of two cultures: Bonus
(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)'Kay, yeah, that ain't right. What can I say? XD I was just kind of terrified we'd invented literally glow-in-the-dark cakes, since we've invented less dangerous ... unnatural glow-y stuff and all.
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(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Vignettes of two cultures: Bonus
(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)/lazy anon is lazy
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(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Vignettes of two cultures: Bonus
(Anonymous) 2010-09-27 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)Honestly, I wouldn't eat them either. Only red velvet cake since it's colored with beets. And it's delicious *c*
Oh and to Author! Anon, these were funny. xD I know most of them since I have a British friend. The stone one threw me off though, I've never heard that before.
Oh and you forgot my favorite one, waiting in line vs. waiting in the queue. I was thrown off whenever my friend says that. xDD
Author!anon
(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Author!anon
(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Vignettes of two cultures: Bonus
(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)My last kettle glowed a fetching blue colour when it was on as well, but my current one is a bit cheaper.
Thanks! :D
(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)Yeah, that's probably not worth the additional money, but it is just cool. :D
I just figured out that not having a tea kettle to a Brit is pretty much the equivalent of not having a rice cooker to a Japanese person. It's the exact same "Wait, how the hell can you not have a ...?" kind of reaction. <3
AuthorAnon
(Anonymous) 2010-08-26 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)I will never admit to the fact that that's the EXACT reaction I had practically word for word and was what caused me to write the bonus in the first place. Dx
Yes, the kettle just.. clicks when it's done. Thank you other anon for clearing that up! (I was at the library, orz)
And YES. I'd get a pic that my Americans showed me of it, but it's basically just a light up one. Seriously, what's the point. xD
Having no screeching/whistling also helps for those midnight cuppas when you don't want to wake anyone else up...
Thank you for the comment! I can see this has been informative for you xD
Re: Vignettes of two cultures: Bonus
(Anonymous) 2010-09-01 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)