Last week I put a pan of eggs on to boil, set a timer for ten minutes and then went off to do something else taking the timer with me. The smell of burning prompted a sprint to the kitchen where my pan of six eggs was a charred and blackened mess. I had no memory of the timer going off, but think I may have heard and ignored it.
When putting eggs on to boil today I was very conscious of my previous disaster and so set the timer, put it on the table next to me, and felt confident that I wouldn't repeat my previous disaster. Wrong!!
The smell of burning is permeating the house and my six exploded eggs - again charred and blackened - are now in the bin and the pan soaking in the sink.
There is no problem with my timer and no problem with my hearing - so why didn't it register that I needed to go and take the eggs off? Am I really losing it?
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