A cracked green toaster emitting a wisp of smoke beside crumpled white paper on a bright orange background.

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Louise

Okay, technical problems from last night have been resolved. Hair dryer plus toaster plus waffle iron equals boiling water.

— Bob's Burgers  ·  2011

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker reports in a matter-of-fact way that last night's technical trouble is solved, then states the result as an equation: a hair dryer, a toaster and a waffle iron together produce boiling water. The deadpan arithmetic makes an odd appliance experiment sound like routine troubleshooting.

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