Okay, this thread needs a theme song and since no one has offered one I humbly submit this offering, introduced to me by a friend some years ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_aHkrjPo7A

Stephen

--- On Fri, 1/13/12, John C... <yacoltyayhoo@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: John C... <yacoltyayhoo@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: a very silly toaster
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012, 7:33 PM

>>>>But they are only silly if
they don't toast...

OK.... hic' hic'......���;o)
Here's the Ophishial Hill Billy Toast::::

"here's to you....���raaaa raaa....here's to me....
Should we ever............ dissssagreeeee... raaaa raaaa....
effn' uuu'''''
"here's to me....� sniff & cough & spitttt� ;o)
smile smile smile
I sooo cleaver.....
Frappy Fryyyyday th' turdteeth....� � ;o)
pour me anoder one ....
jes like de odder one....

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> The one from BTL looks like NASA made it; the FTI version looks like the
> product of hillbillies. Which I guess it is : ). But they are only silly if
> they don't toast...
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > Leap frogging ahead of FTI (Felder Toasters Institute), BTL (Bell Toaster
> > Labs) announces the wildly overbuilt and space hogging "Excelsior".
> >
> > pics here:
> >
> > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/vanagon-silliest-toaster-ever/
> >
> >
> > alistair
> >
>