Nobody who has met Mr Penry has ever described him as a smoothie. Gentle Giant - yes. Craggy Bloke - yes. But smoothie? Never!
The other day I was making Glamorgan Sausages (a vegetarian mix of breadcrumbs, cheese, fresh herbs and spring onions) and needed to make some breadcrumbs from stale bread. Normally this isn't a problem. My elderly blender/liquidiser does the job nicely for me.
At first, all went well. THe first few cubes of bread reduced down perfectly. Then it stopped. I fiddled about with it. I changed the fuse. No joy. I checked the plug wiring. It was fine. I checked the main wire was intact. I checked other plugs in the same socket. I even banged it down had on the worktop and gave it a good talking to. All to no avail. My blender had died.
Now Mr Penry enjoys a Glamorgan Sausage (or six) with a plate of chips and a keg of bitter, so he very kindly offered to go and get me a new one. I said I'd go with him, but no, he said 'A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do' or something along those lines.
Off he went and came back with - a smoothie maker. Well, it looked similar, he said. I have to admit I was a tad dubious, but bless him, he was so pleased with his purchase that I unpacked it, read the instructions briefly and switched on.
I hadn't expected the newly crumbed bread to fly out of the bottom of the jug at me, like an insane popcorn machine. Within thirty seconds I was plastered, all over my clothes, in my hair, probably even up my nose 
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It turns out there is an important difference between smoothie makers and simple liquidisers.... smoothies are fitted with a tap. I hadn't realised that the bit of black plastic at the bottom of the box was actually all that important, had I?
The thing is, how do you pour breadcrumbs from a tap anyway?
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Still.. each to their own 
Thanks!
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Aw bless!