My first Thanksgiving that I was doing a turkey (I think I was around 21), I didn't know that it need to be defrosted several days before in the fridge. I just took it out the night before. Would up cutting it into pieces and cooked them in beer and butter at a low temp until they were fully thawed then grilled them. Didn't turn out horrible, but it was that great.
A few years ago, we had family coming over and about 5 dishes in the oven. My wife goes to take a shower. When she gets out she tells me to take the corn dip out of the oven and put it on the stove (it was in a glass casserole dish). I didn't realize the burner I set it on was still hot. The dish blew up, sending pieces of glass and hot corn over the entire kitchen/Living room area. We were fining bits of corn and glass for like a month....
@Knoxtnhorn and I left and went to get Mexican since there was glass in pretty much all the other food sitting on the kitchen island.