The not quite Friday thread.
The scene: you’re boiling some water and when you pour it into the cup out of the corner of your eye, you see something dark pour out. You look in the cup and it is a stinkbug.
Do you:
It depends:
If I was camping, I’d just take the stinkbug out of the cup and carry on drinking.
Depends what you were using the water for and would it affect the taste? If it were something like instant coffee, I probably wouldn’t even notice until it got crunchy. If it were my builder’s tea, I’d balk as soon as it got anywhere near to my nose. 
You’ve seen it, remember the original text?
I thought about this and realized I’d have two different reactions. In my kitchen as voted. Outdoors I’d flick it out and keep drinking.
Interesing actually.
It’s the Autumn! Bugs are looking for warmer places to spend the winter 
I had to look it up to confirm, but a stinkbug is what I have always known as a shield bug, and as far as I know (which is not very much) the ones we get here don’t have the noxious chemical release thing that causes the Americans to use the other name. If they did then yes, it would definitely be a throw away, but assuming otherwise then naah, just fish it out and get on with it.
I’d replace the electrical outlet, too. Why isn’t this part of the cooking thread?
Yeah, I tell them every year I want no lodgers here. Have this discussion with the spiders for a while now too.
Only exception: Ladybirds. But not one all year.
They are a bit too friendly and like to stay. Also like to pop up when you’re least expecting it to say “hi”. 
This reads like a post from the future when our kettles will have CPUs. I’m not sure yet what it’ll be used for, but I’m sure they’ll have CPUs
As a matter of routine, I always rinse or wash a cup or glass before pouring any liquid into it. I rinse the cup if it hasn’t been used recently and wash it with dishwasher detergent if I’m in a hotel or vacation rental. Additionally, I habitually rinse the water boiler with cold water before each use, unless it has been used within the past half hour. When staying in a hotel, I fill the boiler with cold water, allow it to boil, discard the water, and then disinfect the handle with alcohol if washing it might affect its electrical components. At home, I store glasses and cups upside down in the cupboard, which effectively prevents any bugs from ending up inside them.
I never considered the possibility of a bug ending up in the boiler. After reading this thread, I think it might be a good idea to cover the boiler with foil overnight for extra protection against bugs. My husband has a habit of leaving the boiler lid open after use, claiming that it helps dissipate the heat and extend the boiler’s lifespan when it’s empty. Whenever I see the boiler with the lid open, I know he’s been using it.
This would drive me crazy. And I’d say the more rapid cooling is more likely to reduce the lifespan…
Can we all stop calling it a boiler. That is its function.
Its name is a Kettle.
Thanks for your understanding.
Haha, guilty as charged! It looks like I was the only one mixing up boiler and kettle. As an American-born, I should definitely be calling it a kettle! But I think I’ve been a bit influenced by the French bouilloire and Swedish vattenkokare which literally translate to water boiler and just stuck with me. In Persian, it’s called ‘ketri’ which is is super close to kettle so you’d think I’d have no excuse for getting this wrong! In my head, though, I always picture a kettle as one of those old-fashioned ones you put on the stove.
Ah, yeah, that helps. There I was wondering which lid the husband on such a thing would wanna open at all, let alone leave open and why the heck he would want it to cool down - and not only that but quickly 
a boiler in Switzerland:
I’ll definitely pass along your advice! Since my husband is the engineer, he must already know better about the damage caused by the fast cooling of the kettle! True, he often drives me crazy, but I can only imagine how much my rules drive him crazy too.
For example, I insist that before handling any food or utensils in the kitchen, everyone must wash their hands with warm water and soap (but definitely not in the kitchen sink!). It’s all about preventing those pesky germs! Initially, he found all these rules a bit annoying, but over time, he’s come to appreciate them. And as a forgiving person who very rarely gets angry, I’ll forgive him even if he leaves the kettle lid open!
I would have thought that is international standard 
Perfectly sensible rules!
Funny, because those things heat, but don’t boil water! 
yeah, don’t know where that name comes from.
