China Comic -- Hot Water Bottle

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Details:
Yes, the water boiling pot is ginormous.
My grandma is 92 now, and very proud of her hair and her longevity. She ran everything in the household until a few years ago, but now she's not so good at remembering and hearing things, so she mostly reads newspapers and does some sewing. Soon she won't be able to boil the hot water because that requires remembering that you put it on and hearing that it has come to boil.
No, my grandma doesn't say "sterilizing the bowls for dinner". She says 烫碗, which is "heat the bowls". Same diff.

Comments:
热水瓶 is pretty awesome. Chinese people also use 热水袋 (hot water bag) a lot more as a portable heating device. (It's like a reusable heat pad!). My mom actually bought me a hot water bag for Chicago when she saw them in the stores here because she was so excited. It turns out that she gave me an enema bag. ^^;;

But really, I wanted to show pictures of hot water bottles: