{"id":302,"date":"2007-04-15T19:16:36","date_gmt":"2007-04-15T13:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wokay.in\/2007\/04\/15\/who-needs-morphy-richards\/"},"modified":"2007-04-15T19:16:36","modified_gmt":"2007-04-15T13:46:36","slug":"who-needs-morphy-richards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aadisht.net\/blog\/2007\/04\/15\/who-needs-morphy-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Needs Morphy Richards?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right. The past few weeks I&#8217;ve been preoccupied with how to spend my upcoming end-of-year bonus. I&#8217;ve already bought a bed and computer table, so my bedroom looks much less like a shantytown than it used to. Once a bookshelf comes in, furnishing will be mostly complete. Joy, no?<\/p>\n<p>But that still leaves the kitchen undone. And with summer about to hit, I would like to be able to make milkshakes, juices, and cold coffee. Clearly, a mixie is called for.<\/p>\n<p>Again, this calls for careful discrimination and planning. Should I purchase a cheap Sumeet or Jalpaan mixie, or should I go in for the pseuder Phillips or Morphy Brown models?  This is not merely an economic decision. The Sumeet models look like something aunts would use, while the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morphyrichardsindia.com\/pc-3-9-mixer-grinders.aspx\">Morphy Brown Icon Dlx Mixer Grinder<\/a> (click on through, it&#8217;s pretty) makes me gape open mouthed and indulge in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Taylor_%28fictional_character%29\">Tim-The Toolman-Taylor<\/a> like grunts of &#8216;More Power!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Considering I&#8217;m a grossly overpaid MBA, money is hardly a problem. So the Icon Dlx ought to be a shoe-in. Except for the minor problem that my mum drew my attention to: no matter how brutal it is, it won&#8217;t juice citrus fruits. That needs a separate juicer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morphyrichardsindia.com\/pc-10-14-jmgs-citrus-juicers.aspx\">Like this one<\/a>. Tragedy!<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy is not that I can&#8217;t afford the extra kilorupee, but that my kitchen countertop just doesn&#8217;t have the space for two machines. I could squeeze it in, but then I wouldn&#8217;t be able to squeeze a microwave in a couple of months down the line. Woreshter and woreshter.<\/p>\n<p>So I was in a quandary. Until I saw this rear windshield sticker in my office&#8217;s parking lot:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/aadisht\/443147205\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/184\/443147205_47db735dd1.jpg?resize=411%2C500\" alt=\"Jesus Will Meet All Your Needs\" height=\"500\" width=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Woohoo! This is the answer! Damn Morphy Richards- what I need is <em>Jesus<\/em> in the kitchen. Milkshakes- check.  Cold coffee- check. Orange Juice- check, baby, check. And if he meets <em>all<\/em> my needs, he&#8217;ll do the dishes and make dinner as well. No need to keep the maids on payroll anymore. Such awesomeness.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, we all need to let Jesus into our kitchens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right. The past few weeks I&#8217;ve been preoccupied with how to spend my upcoming end-of-year bonus. I&#8217;ve already bought a bed and computer table, so my bedroom looks much less like a shantytown than it used to. Once a bookshelf comes in, furnishing will be mostly complete. Joy, no? 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