[Humour] Who invented the toaster?

[KZNSeagull]

I don't know, but don't use Wiki to find out either:

Alan MacMasters: How the great online toaster hoax was exposed

How a 15-year-old schoolboy exposed a much-repeated "fact" as a Wikipedia hoax.

www.bbc.co.uk

This is a long story but worth the read.

 

[B-right-on]

I'm sure it was T.O. Aster.

 

[Swansman]

Wasn't me

 

[dazzer6666]

Crumbs. Didn’t know that.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

The answer will pop up on here later I’m sure

 

[banjo]

I’ll raise a glass to whoever it was

 

[Zeberdi]

The Demise of Burnt Toast: The Invention of the Pop-up Toaster

Burnt toast doesn't seem like a big deal, but if you had to eat it on a consistent basis you may feel otherwise. Humans have been eating bread for over 6,000 years and toasting it over a fire for just as long. Electricity was first introduced to American homes in the late 1800s. This generated

hennepinhistory.org

The only thing I like about toasters is catching small pieces of toast in the air when you flick the leaver up and down (like catching a beermat when flicking it off the edge of a bar top).

My toast is always underdone, overdone or burnt, never perfect

 

[The Wizard]

I don't know, but don't use Wiki to find out either:

Alan MacMasters: How the great online toaster hoax was exposed

How a 15-year-old schoolboy exposed a much-repeated "fact" as a Wikipedia hoax.

www.bbc.co.uk

This is a long story but worth the read.

Not going to lie I read that name as Alexis MacAllister

The Argentinian and Scottish flare culminated in inventing the toaster it would seem.

 

[bobbab5]

How did it take so long for someone to realise that photo was fake? It's so obviously not a man from the 1800's

 

[maltaseagull]

I'm sure it was T.O. Aster.

Now I thought it was Russell Hobbs.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Typical pop up thread

 

[monty uk]

It was Bernie Oneside.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Clem Fandango?
Ray Bloody Purchase?