But irony aside, and overlooking black pots and kettles, does he have a point?
Shortages of volunteers at the kettles have forced the Salvation Army to pay some bell-ringers.
Items allowed include kettles, blenders, chargers, hair straighteners, irons, power tools and cameras.
Doubtless the shadow chancellor Ed Balls will be muttering about pots and kettles.
Police said Tuesday that they had seized vehicles that were used to transport the stolen sticky stuff as well as carts, lifts, scales and kettles.
The kettle ponds were formed more than 15, 000 years ago, when blocks of glacier ice melted, leaving massive holes, called kettles, that filled with fresh water.
The executive also encouraged people to look at how they can reduce climate change by walking short distances rather than using a car and not over-filling kettles.
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Although far bigger, their new house is considerably less accessorized than their previous 9, 000-square-foot home on Everglades Island, which had collections of shells and antique copper kettles on display.
The couple moved from Dundee to Perth about 10 years ago and although they had been together for a "long time" they were married only recently, Ms Kettles said.
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His company's website lists among their achievements not just corded and cordless kettles, but under-floor heating with a cordless connector and a new coating to make kettles boil less noisily.
"I can't see a day when all red kettles go virtual, because the sight of someone standing next to a red kettle has become an icon -- a symbol of Christmas to people, " he said.
The pioneer in bringing peace of mind to family or neighbours is Zojirushi, Japan's biggest maker of rice cookers and electric kettles, which in Japan keep water hot all day for tea or miso soup.
The Starwood group, which owns the Sheraton, Westin and W brands, has responded to Chinese guests with in-room tea kettles, slippers, translated restaurant menus, on-site translation services and comfort food such as congee (rice porridge) and noodles.
It is thought the investigation into the two reported incidents of baton use, on Mr Tomlinson who later died of a heart attack on 1 April and on the protester the following day, will focus on whether guidelines on appropriate force were followed within the police kettles.
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