Did you see this toaster? It hooks up to the computer and will toast any image or text. It's not in production yet (and may never be) but I think that would be the coolest ever- you could get very creative.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/11/wacky_toaster/

Jasmin is wonderful!

I did once run across a comic in a multimedia zine where the doctor had a cat he named Harry because it was clumsy and always knocking things over.