Our toaster is too springy

[Jugglering]

I kid you not..... We recently bought a new toaster at work - cheap and cheerful (http://www.popcorn-uk.com/catalog/product_info .php?products_id=17209) but our slices of toast are flung across the kitchen .... I have never known such an energetically springy machine.... Does anyone have any ideas how to calm the dratted critter down a bit or will it just stop throwing the toast up in the air as it gets older ?

[weeal]

pmsl, beware of low flying toast !!!

I thought that only happened in comedies and not for real, could you direct it back onto a plate with a badminton racket?

[whiffey]

You have to be out there with it in its orgasmic final moments. It's the same with my washing machine, I have to sit on it during its final spin otherwise it wanders around the kitchen.

Good luck though, try the new Heinz Beans with very hot Meatballs. A bit poofy from the tin, but you can oomf them up with fresh habaneros.

[Jugglering]

LOL Wee Al.... seriously I kid you not - sometimes the toast ends up at the other end of the kitchen (it's only a tiny galley kitchen but it's still rather annoying). We take it in turns to stand guard with hands but since we are *supposed* to be working, not playing table tennis, we are all a bit fed up of it.

I can see us buying another (less active) toaster at this rate !

[figure]

I guess you all will have to stand around with your plates waiting for a catch. lol

[weeal]

its the best exercise at brekkie time ive heard of (cept ehm morning rolls lol)

soz dont have a serious answer, its way too hilarious

[Jugglering]

Whiffey - you have a simple solution - just buy a new machine..... ours is only a few weeks old and far too young to be consigned to the scrap heap of life.... and we are all veggie anyway, so the meatball idea won't work here.... sorry !

[buildersmate]

You need to buy heavier bread. This is the simplest solution to your dire predicament.

[Jugglering]

LOL Builder's Mate... some of that bread is my own home made and is quite solid like see... (I'm partial to a bit of wholewheat)..... but it still goes *boing* in that effing toaster....

[rojash]

Ours does the same thing: We have now placed it so that it is partially under a shelf. When the bread flies out, it gets smacked straight back down again.

[lollyone]

Seriously!! My sides are actually hurting!! Its the mental picture you paint!
I might order myself one of these babies! Sounds like a right laugh. LOL

I also have no serious solution though.
L x

[bigmamma]

ROFL at the image of you trying to catch flying toast ....:-D

[B00]

Hehe- can you YouTube it, I'd love to see it!

Have you thought of a butterfly catcher at all?

[bigmamma]

Lol@BOO , classic

[Senga 2]

I'm surprised you have a toaster as we've been told that H&S regs mean that we can't have one. As I understand it that's not just company policy but HSE advice. Maybe they're trying to tell you something.