May It Sizzle

I have a pretty old microwave that comes with the apartment. It does not even have a digital clock and keypad. It has knobs.

When something is done, instead of "beep beep beep", it goes "Ding!"

Sometimes, for whatever mechanical reason, the ding doesn't go off. When that happens, you can almost hear the blast die down as the machine sighs in frustration.

It's like waiting for an orgasm that never comes.*


*This is no reflection on my recent experience : )