RE: https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote/116120355691867933
“Ooo remembers toastracks” has been my most successful toot of the day, and therefore you can expect a series of future toots on the theme of Ooo remembers eg:
- Teasmades
- Egg slicers
- Sardine pumps
Hmm… I used our egg slicer just last week. That was the new one. Our previous needed replacing…
Did your family have a sardine pump when you were a kid?
@Nickiquote "My father's idea of discipline revolved around the sardine pump which he said lived in his shed."
@Nickiquote wait you had "what the fuck is a toast rack" as an option but you didn't think you'd need "what the FUCK is a sardine pump"?
@Nickiquote I now have "Pump up sardines, pump 'em up / While your feet are stompin' / And sardines are pumpin' / Look ahead sardines are jumpin" irrevocably seared into my brain :/
@Nickiquote
I do not recall the pumping of sardines in any way, shape or form
@tootbrute @Nickiquote A toot, a combination of words, that outside here would seem utterly absurd, and yet in here it’s just business as usual. I feel right at home 😁
@Nickiquote "As a child, I never thought we would be so rich as to own a car, nor so poor as to not have a sardine pump."
We had a sardine pump, and thought it was great until the first power outage. That's when we got out our old sardine press, and never used the sardine pump again.
To be honest, the sardine press is so much more kid-friendly, and if they takes turns, just as effective.
And so much easier to clean!