Charmion - many years ago we had a sandwich toaster, one of those that you put two square slices of bread with filling in between, and it made either two triangles or two rectangles. I forget which. Himself was making himself a toastie with some leftovers between two bread slices, and for some reason the lid wouldn't close.

Now, some of us would check to see why this was so....perhaps the crust had caught , or something similar......but no. Being a bloke he just pushed harder to close the lid, only to find out that it was the electric cord which was stopping the lid from closing.

Much arcs and sparks was the result, and a bit of a bang....I seem to recall the power to the whole house went out as well.....it was most exciting. Our sons thought it was hilarious.

We subsequently bought a different model sandwich maker.