At midnight, we woke to the sound of “click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-” (continue with this sound until I drop out of bed to investigate.) What has that cat done now? Wooster took his usual route from the stove to the top of the refrigerator, but this time he ignited the burner. click-click-click-! As he jumped up, he must have turned the knob and simultaneously pressed it in. Pressing it in with a slight turn engages the flinty-clicky-lighter built into the stove. I got up and saw Wooster decending from the stove and the burner on high, flaming bright. click-click-click-OFF
Which would you prefer? (A) The burner on high, burning bright, with a sound to alert you, (B) The burner on high, silently pumping gas into the kitchen, (C) A cat-proof stove. Actually, I’d like to know your second choice. Larry came up with the clever solution of shoving refrigerator magnets behind the knobs so that you would have to slide the magnets away to use the stove burners. We talked about finding something official in the child-proofing department. Then it dawned on me to just remove the knobs. So now we’re Wooster-the-cat-proof, child-proof, and stove-less if we manage to lose all four interchangeable knobs.
