This really makes me howl with laughter because H BEGGED for a fryer a few Christmases ago. I studied them all, researched them all, and finally bought one I thought he would like on line. Well, yes, you guessed it, he "didn't want that one...he wanted ___ one". So, we returned the original one and went together to BBB and bought the one he wanted.
Flash forward 6 years (YES 6 YEARS) and he's never EVER used it. I am so thankful. I hate fryers - the smell, the mess, ugh. Just so gross to me. You know why he won't use it? Because he can't find oil in a large enough container to use. What a dufus -
Years ago, exh bought easy child a small fryer that, thankfully, died after a few uses. We threw that out. I thought H would cry.
I feel you. I think I'd 'accidentally' drop it down the stairs or something...the very tall, double story stairs. 
