We have a new smoke alarm, fitted a couple of weeks ago as the old one used to go off too often (every time I opened the oven door and released a cloud of steam). Well up till today I'd not set this one off (steam from the oven was ok), and today the butter I was cooking my sugar snap peas in, just caught a little and started smoking. I didn't know what was happening first two loo wish beeps, then a voice telling me it had detected smoke, and that it was going to sound the alarm and make a loud noise.
At that point I realised two things, one I needed to quickly deal with the peas, and two, I hadn't got the foggiest how to tell it not to make a loud noise! So I shouted to Mr Summerdays to deal with it! Still it was reassuring as I was beginning to think nothing set it off!