Brewin' Beetles

I was making myself a nice cup of tea with the aid of my bog-standard spout-filling electric kettle today, when for reasons unknown I decided to open the lid and take a look inside.

Oh joy.

Floating about in the water were several tiny (and very dead) beetles. Biscuit Beetles, to be precise.

I've been drinking Beetle Broth for an indeterminate length of time. The mesh filter in the spout of the kettle was enough to stop their stewed carapaces showing up in my tea, but apparently not enough to keep them out of the blasted kettle in the first place.

Tomorrow, I shall be hunting high and low to find out where the buggers have come from. They're getting themselves a whole world of hoovering tomorrow..