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Marmalade My Fine Sir?

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Puzzle ID:	#28152
Fun:	(2.81)
Difficulty:	(1.38)
Category:	Trivia
Submitted By:	bigSWAFF_69_
Corrected By:	twixy

Swaff and his older brother Abjar were once again talking to each other. This time, it was about their toast topping preferences. Abjar decided to play a little joke on Swaff.

He told him this story:

"When I was a young lad, back in the good ole year of 1902, my best friend, Geoff, and I would get into many crazy competitions. This one time, we decided to see who could get the bread to pop out of the toaster the farthest. I won with an amazing 19 inches."

Swaff was amazed. He never knew his brother was that cool.

Later on in life, Abjar revealed that this was a lie. How could Swaff have caught the lie?

Answer

Since Charles Strite invented the modern pop-up toaster in 1919, there was no way that Abjar and Geoff could have had a competition 17 years prior to its invention. Back then, the toasters were completely manual. You had to take the bread out, and flip it around to toast both sides. If Swaff would have caught this simple fact, he would have not had to go through such embarrassment.
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Comments

wolfmanh Jan 18, 2006	Great one, but kind of hard for me at least Keep these coming
tarheel Jan 18, 2006	You got me on that one - keep 'em coming!
Sunrose Jan 18, 2006	Very nice teaser. Enjoyable and informative as well. I thought it was fun.
SPUTNIK2 Jan 18, 2006	that was great, and very imformative, liked it!! thanks
choptlivva Jan 18, 2006	Fun stuff Swaff! The answer was pretty easy to guess.... but the learning the details is always fun!!.
puttaholic Jan 18, 2006	that one was hard for me I never thaught id ever know that much about the common toaster
teahoney Jan 18, 2006	I figured it out but that was a good one.
WJSMama Jan 19, 2006	Me too Chop. I guessed that the pop toaster hadn't yet been invented, but I didn't know when it was.
froggygg Jan 19, 2006	Great teaser LB swaff!
zigthepig Jan 19, 2006	Cool Swaff! I got it right. feels all smart Keep them coming! They're so cool! ~more smileys~
jessjspieks Jan 20, 2006	thx for history lesson
Chakoteya Jan 21, 2006	Yet another bread/toast teaser!
OldChinaHand Jan 27, 2006	Cool one, so to speak, but can tell why buttered toast usually falls butter side down.
mr_brainiac Jan 29, 2006	I suspected something like that.
decrapitation Feb 10, 2006	lol I knew it, I feel special, I normally dont get any, but I got this one, keep the good on's coming lol
vlerma Feb 19, 2006	This one was too easy for me, and it just made me feel old. I can remember the litttlle doors you had to open and flip the toast around. Did make you think tho cause it was all enclusive in the story. I do enjoy the narrative teasers. But I always say you're only as old as you allow yourself to be and smiling keeps you young so thanks for the quick trip to the spa. Keep 'em comin'
lolita Feb 19, 2006	Jesus that was incredibly easy.
bobbet Feb 19, 2006	If he and his bro were 10 or 11 in 02 they would have been114 or 115 years old wow an easy one thanks ,
shawneeo Feb 19, 2006	That was a fun one! I guessed it but didn't think it was toooooooo easy, just right. If he had said, back at the turn of the last century or something like that maybe it'd been even harder, but that wouldn't have been clear enuf. Thanks!
coachpisco Feb 19, 2006	I actually got this one.
bewaretheboot Feb 19, 2006	Alternate answer assume countertop 36 inches high single slice toater 4inch thick chair seat 17inches high knock toaster off counter onto chair toast pops ((((((((( OUT ))))))) not up
churchlady Feb 19, 2006	God one - thanks
Jerzeegal Feb 19, 2006	cute, but way too easy if I got it right away!
saleprice Feb 19, 2006	way too easy!! We had a toaster back then but you had to open the flip down sides and pop the braed in and close it back up...... shows my age eh LOL.
lazy-boy Feb 19, 2006	yes this was easy but a lot of fun just the same good job
realm2346 Feb 19, 2006	Wow, I never knew that. cool...
bradon182001 Feb 19, 2006	Finally I got one right. Must be it was too eacy.
Vigo95 Feb 19, 2006	i knew the answer right away but i thought the toaster was invented just a little bit later . i swear they went over this on jeopardy just the other day !
mrtickles Feb 19, 2006	Too easy for adults, appropriate difficulty for kids.
Therulerofthem Feb 19, 2006	Couldn't they have the competition by manually pull the popper thing really fast?
peccarypie Feb 19, 2006	I'm afraid that one was too easy.
christine77 Feb 19, 2006	nice teaser, i guessed it...
iteachkids Feb 19, 2006	Uh HUH! I got it, I GOT IT!!! I suppose it helped that a relative of ours formed the first company to manufacture Strite's toaster. The first Toastmaster wasn't actually sold until years later - in the 1920's - and we actually have one of them!
Celanba Feb 19, 2006	Easy.
azbee123 Feb 19, 2006	You got me on this one! Very cute!!!!
spongebob0062 Feb 19, 2006	that waz toetally awesome!!!!! how'd u come up with that!?!?!?!?!?
c_rae Feb 19, 2006	Easy but informative! Thanks for my Sunday afternoon enjoyment!
jabdr Feb 19, 2006	Great teaser. I loved it.
maka10 Feb 19, 2006	Great teaser and great historical info! Keep up the good work!
blackmarket69 Feb 19, 2006	how the heck am i supposed 2 kno when the pop-up toaster was invented?!?
rot10qt4life Feb 19, 2006	Ok so i knew that it had something to do with the year but i didn't think hard enough to realise it wasn't invented until then Nice Job
bluehawk Feb 20, 2006	Cute trivia. Why is abjar(?) not called "bigger Swaff"? Just kidding. I enjoyed this very much swaff. Cute job.
mwhidden Feb 20, 2006	Obviously a lie -- toast pops out of a toaster, not bread.
(user deleted) Feb 26, 2006	haha i guessed it correctly, even though i didnt know toasters werent aroound in 1902
riddlelover Mar 05, 2006	Haha! I now consider myself in "the know"! I have learned something today, and I'm sure it will be invaluable note sarcasm in my life from now on! Jk, very good. Theme makes it interesting!
thompson1 Mar 13, 2006	i agree with mwhidden because u and i both know the toast pops out of a toaster!