Toaster-shaped teapot

Posted by Cory Doctorow, September 14, 2007 2:35 AM | permalink

The Teapottery sells this teapot in the shape of a streamlined vintage toaster -- alas, it does not appear to actually make toast, which would make it deliciously dangerous (as Gizmodo notes). Link (via Gizmodo)

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#1 posted by pepsi_max2k

, September 14, 2007 5:54 AM

Are you sure that's a toaster shaped teapot? It looks a lot like a teapot shaped toaster to me.

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#2 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden/Moderator

, September 14, 2007 6:34 AM

Pepsi -- I could definitely go for a teapot-shaped toaster.

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#3 posted by Anonymous , September 14, 2007 7:12 AM

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Yes, I know it's the following header, but there is no way to respond there.

The site with the article (laptopmag.com) is polluted by an awful Verizon pop-up ad. In Firefox I was unable to make the ad go away by clicking on the imperceptibly tiny box provided (in theory) for this purpose.

The Verizon ad covered 3/4 of the text on the page, and as a result the article was completely unreadable. Too bad, it looked useful and interesting.

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#4 posted by Anonymous , September 14, 2007 11:03 AM

Hey Yeah .... seems more like a toaster that looks like a tea pot...

I can see it now.....
Just plug it in, fill with water, push the plunger down and ZSTT ...AAAARARARARARARARAHHHHHHHH! ZSssT .... AAHHHH! .... you will be toasted!

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#5 posted by vik

, September 14, 2007 10:11 PM

Maybe the idea is you make your pot of tea, then put freshly made toast into the top of the pot, where it is kept warm by the heat of the tea?

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#6 posted by Anonymous , September 10, 2008 2:37 PM

Thank you for being the first site in over 30 that I have gone to that actually knows that this teapot is NOT a toaster. I researched this teapot before buying and based it off of several sites that said it was a toaster....now I am out of some good money and stuck with two ceramic 1 cup teapots. It is good to know that at least one gadget site out there did their research first before reporting!

Thanks for doing your job right! (no one else wants to admit they were wrong for not getting correct information).