I was trying hard to ignore my children, so began to read through the instructions that came with it (no, not "Cook. Eat.") so they'd think I was busy. It had Glass Cover Precautions, Use and Care instructions (including erm...clean it, and the rather interesting "Phenolic knobs are oven safe at temperatures up to 177 degrees celsius"
), and finally a "Caution". It was not the don't-touch-hot-stuff-with-bare-hands type thing I'd imagined. No, it says:
"CAUTION
For safety, please keep pet birds out of kitchen."
O-kay then.
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