Random moan of the day

Microwaves, what a waste of space these things are. My mum bought one, ooo, about 20 years ago when they first became freely available to the proletariat. We cleared a spot for it in the kitchen, unwrapped it with great eagerness, and plugged it in. Dad had the first go, he pretended he wasn't really interested, but like any male with a new toy, had to have a play. We soon discovered that it was excellent at making things hot. Unfortunately that was about all it was good for. We tried to cook everything in there, starting off with baked potatoes because the box boasted 'You haven't tasted a baked potato until you've tried one from the microwave'. I think the clue is in the name really, 'baked'. Various other foodstuffs made a brief appearance; pies, pizzas, frozen chips, we even tried to fry an egg in it. All of the experiments were a complete waste of time, everything that was cooked in it tasted like shit. The fried egg was good though - it exploded and splattered the kitchen with yolk. The only thing it was good for was warming up soup¹, warming up water² or melting cheese³

Last night I was in a bit of a hurry to get fed before the football started I so slapped a spud in the micro. 20 years later, after all the technological advances we have made, it still tasted like a squash ball covered in wallpaper paste. It was nice and hot though.

¹what's wrong with a saucepan?
²what's wrong with a kettle?
³what's wrong with a grill?