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Metropolitan Diary
Toasted
Dear Diary:
I was having breakfast at the Hampton Inn at J.F.K. The man in front of me had stuffed an entire bagel into one slot of the toaster and was struggling to pull it out.
When he reached for the metal tongs, I suggested we unplug the toaster.
When he finally extracted the bagel, it was in pieces. As he walked off, he thanked me.
“No problem,” I said, “I’m a mom.”
“I’m a surgeon,” he replied.
He certainly wasn’t an electrician.
— Barbara Howard
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html