You Really Can Slip on a Banana Peel

Okay, so the only thing Todd didn't do was slip on a banana peel. But everything else was straight out of slapstick comedy.

Tonight for Benjamin's birthday dinner, we had pizza. Todd couldn't find pot holders to get the pizza out of the oven, so he grabbed two kitchen towels. After pulling the pizza out of the oven, he shut the oven door with his foot. Unfortunately, the force upset the precariously balanced pots and pans that I had left on top of the stove to dry after I'd washed them.

Todd (still holding the hot pizza with the towels) slammed his body up against the oven to block the pots and pans from all falling on to the floor. In so doing, he managed to turn on all the gas burners (with his hip) and light the kitchen towels on fire.

The towels were thrown in the sink to get the fire put out, none of the pots fell down, and the pizza safely made it to the table. We all laughed. A lot.