I was in the returns queue at the local supermarket and the woman in front of me was returning a kettle,the reason for said return"it boils too loud" .She must have noisy water or something.
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Was it one of them electric kettles where the heating thing is flat and at the very bottom (opposed to those who have a heating element just *near" the bottom)? Coz the kettles with flat heating elements can be VERY loud, I'm speaking from experience.
Though I'd never throw a complaint about that - no matter how much noise it makes, the noise only lasts a minute or so.A theory states that if anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for, it will be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
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There are some electric kettles that make a ton of noise as they boil and make no noise at all when they've finished. The one at my work is like that.
The one I have at home, however, makes almost no noise at all until just prior to being done, at which point it makes a kind of weak whistle-like noise that's easily missed.
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Okay, now I'm confused. Language barrier: I read "kettle" and picture a large pot for stews and such (hence the use of the term for "kettle drums", "kettle corn", and so forth). Clearly other people read "kettle" and think "tea kettle" which is a totally different kettle of fish.
Which one was this lady returning? If it's a tea kettle, then her complaining about it being loud definitely doesn't make sense.Sorry, my cow died so I don't need your bull
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Quoth EvilEmpryss View PostOkay, now I'm confused. Language barrier: I read "kettle" and picture a large pot for stews and such (hence the use of the term for "kettle drums", "kettle corn", and so forth). Clearly other people read "kettle" and think "tea kettle" which is a totally different kettle of fish.
Which one was this lady returning? If it's a tea kettle, then her complaining about it being loud definitely doesn't make sense.
But either way, seems a ridiculous reason for return, IMHO.
A kettle boils - who cares how loudly? How loud can liquid boil for it to disburb anyone? And if it's a whistle kettle, well, don't you buy those FOR the noise, so you know when it's done?
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Some kettles are just really noisy. My parents old kettle was nicknamed the rocketship because it was that damn loud you could hear it outside with all the doors and windows closed. Nothing wrong with the kettle, just really loud when boiling the water.
They bought a new one recently and they are still in awe at how quiet it is.
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In the UK, when someone says "kettle" they almost always mean an electric jug-type kettle, like this;
This is in fact the type of kettle I own (because it looks so pretty with the colour-changing feature) and it IS noisy when it boils...but its hardly unbearable. It doesn't whistle, but it heats up very quickly and it makes a sort of whooshing noise.A person who is nice to you, but not nice to the waiter is not a nice person
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Quoth Andara Bledin View PostThere are some electric kettles that make a ton of noise as they boil and make no noise at all when they've finished. The one at my work is like that.
The one I have at home, however, makes almost no noise at all until just prior to being done, at which point it makes a kind of weak whistle-like noise that's easily missed.
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my bf was boiling water in a tiny sauce pan and... well we forgot about it. came back into the kitchen some time later and I smelled something... like something was cooking. the water had completely boiled off and the pan was a shade darker on the inside.
not surprisingly we got a kettle within a week or so
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I don't bother with a kettle. We got a coffee pot as a wedding gift, even though we don't drink coffee. I put it on the registry because my parents had one that we used for herbal tea instead, and I loved the trick. So I just put the tea bags where the coffee filter goes and get a nice huge batch of herbal tea that way, or leave out the bags completely to just heat up water for things like hot cocoa. Works wonderfully, and isn't noisy at all.
We do have a stock pot, though, that pops and rattles when it heats up. It's the weirdest thing.
Quoth PepperElf View Posto that would suck.
my bf was boiling water in a tiny sauce pan and... well we forgot about it. came back into the kitchen some time later and I smelled something... like something was cooking. the water had completely boiled off and the pan was a shade darker on the inside.
not surprisingly we got a kettle within a week or so
The other was a non-stick pan I forgot while heating water for noodles, and I only remembered because our smoke detector went off. The kitchen smelled awful, and the non-stick coating was cracked all over and beginning to flake. Not trusting that one to food anymore."Enough expository banter. It's time we fight like men. And ladies. And ladies who dress like men. For Gilgamesh...IT'S MORPHING TIME!"
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