Desperate housewives... or how many implements do you need to make a cup of tea?

Here's how it starts.

She wanted a cup of tea. So she put the electric kettle - Exhibit A - on, and waited for it to heat.

But of course, nothing happened.

So she took - Exhibit B - a long-handled spoon, and went to flick the switchgear that trips each time there's an overload in the kitchen.

She comes back. Looks at the kettle again. Nothing yet!




Then, out of her little bag comes - Exhibit C - a little immersion rod. She plugs that in, already looking forward to the aroma of the Jasmine tea.

BANG. sizzle. phsssssst.

Ok, ladies and gentlemen, we have - Exhibit D - an immersion rod in two parts. Cable now divorced from the business end of the immersion rod.

So she goes back to the good ol' fashioned - Exhibit E - gas stove. Pours the water in, and waits for it to heat.


Meanwhile, her flatmate - ummm, Exhibit F?? - decides to show her how it's really done.
Plugs in the kettle (convinced it's a mistake SHE was making!) and waits with a decidedly superior stance, while she sips her tea already.



Exhibit G... think he might have forgotten something????

Snicker, snicker!!!! Oh, and btw, the kettle didn't work even after he had put the switch on.





PS - If this really was an episode of Desperate Housewives, I bet a 22 year old , really hot Mexican electrician would be displaying butt cleavage in her kitchen right now... and a calming cup of tea would be the last thing on her mind!

Ahhh well, the lives we lead!