17 Nivôse CCXIII (January 6, 2005)
The Department of Redundancy and Repitiion
Quick! What's wrong with this picture? Well, ok, not wrong, but just strange (and you don't have to be quick either, I've got nothing better to do).
Here's a hint: take a look at the labels on the lines, and then follow the lines back to what they're pointing at. That's right, they say the same thing as the labels on the machine. It's not like the image in the manual is hard to read either; it's essentially a bunch of 8" 1/2 x 11" sheets that have been stapled in the middle and then folded in half, and the picture takes up an entire page. As far as I can tell, the French manual must have been written first (the first half of the manual is in French, and the second half is in English), and then someone simply went through and copied it into English, regardless of how ridiculous the image would be.
All said, that image is a perfect summary of just how useful the manual for my breadmachine is. There were three main parts when I unpacked it: the breadmaker itself (with bread pan), the kneading bar, and another metal bar. I'm still not sure what the second metal bar is for, as it's not mentioned anywhere in the manual. It seems to make bread fine without it though, so it must not be that important.










