now picnic

There are a few important things to note about this microwave that we have at the lab... It must be about thirty years old. And it's still working! The orange-ish label warns "DO NOT PUT ANY METAL IN OVEN".

Let take a closer look. (photo by Stefan!)




1) It has a Federal Goverment Property ID tag - like everything else around here. Very necessary.

2) It has a sticker on it that says "15 ft Bubble Chamber," which it is not! Ah! A joke!

3) Please, let us examine the choices. Pastries. HOT DOG - PIE. Hamburger. (In a chunk?) Soup. (I like soup.) Casseroles. (How many? We're plural now?) Dinners. Mmmm. Just press "Dinners" and you'll be all set. Note: there is no time readout whatsoever.

I'm pretty sure that they meant "Hot Dog or Pie," maybe "Hot Dog / Pie," but do a hot dog and a pie take the same time to microwave? Surely not. Maybe it should be "Hot Dog / Some Pie"?

I do really enjoy imagining a world where everyone was eating only Pastries, Hamburger, Soup, Casseroles, Dinners, and Hot Dog Pie. And then I imagine that I am not in that world. (Although, "Dinners" is pretty inclusive. Could there be vegetables in "Dinners," do you think? Probably not, unless they are canned or frozen green beans.)

There's even a rating on the microwave leakage. I'm not sure if that should comfort or worry me...




Here's the rest of the kitchen. Notice the excellent 70's decor, and the "FOOD ONLY - DO NOT STORE CHEMICALS" signs. Awesome.

The sign above the sink:

In case you can't read the end, it says "but we would get more funding if we were."

// posted by kc @  1:27 AM   2 comments