What is burn the toast?

An act in which a person offers random ideas that may somehow be related to a situation, however unlikely, in an effort to stumble upon a good idea. Similar to brainstorming, but when unexpected or unnecessary. Although either the entire phrase or the truncated version is acceptable, the entire is better used in an explanatory sense after a random statement is made.

Derived from the law of averages and the concept that if one looked at enough pieces of burnt toast, eventually one would find toast that appeared to have Jesus on it (or any other object or fictional character said observer desired)

1. Yeah, I know it was random, but I was just burning some toast (looking for Jesus).

2. I'm just burning some toast (looking for Jesus) here, but has anybody considered making a pizza out of a pancake, syrup, hash browns, bacon and sausage? (in this case it might be advisable to drop the clarifying clause for brevity)

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Burn the toast - what is it?

An act of smoking pot while cooking on the hot line of a kitchen. You burn a piece of toast and put in in the hot window to cover up the smell of the pot being smoked.

Hey guys, it is now 420 and shouuldn't we be burning toast!

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What does "burn the toast" mean?

To waste time. Laziness. Not being very time efficient. Slow.

Employee is standing around not working.
Boss says "Henry! Stop burning toast and sweep the floor or something!

Employee #1 "Dang. Bob is late this morning. Wonder if he's sick?"
Employee #2 "Nah man he's prolly just burning toast.

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