"The Ranger" wrote in message

> limey wrote in message
> > After putting the kettle on for tea, don't go outside and garden. :-(
>
> ...Or, if you do (go outside), make sure you open a window so that you can
> /hear/ the kettle's whistle blowing. <sigh> I super-heated SWMBO's tea
> kettle into a blued-steel, flaked-enamel, glowing coal one morning.
>
> The Ranger

Yes (sigh)....but you need to remember to flip the little lever down so that
it whistles.

Dora