My mom, folks!

"You're not going to believe what happened with my stove."

"WHAT HAPPENED."

"It's okay, don't panic."

"Don't scare me like that."

"Yesterday, I'm sitting in the dining room, drinking some tea, when the ignitor just turns on."

"What? For no reason? You were baking something?"

"No, that's what I'm saying. The oven was off, and suddenly the ignitor started clicking. First it was going click, click, click, then it went clickclickclickclick and suddenly there are flames and black smoke shooting out of the vent—"

"BLACK SMOKE?"

"Yes, so I ran to the outlet and unplugged it, and luckily it stopped right away."

"I don’t like this!"

"No kidding."

"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?"

"The repair guy's coming tomorrow, and until then, you know, we'll be using the microwave a lot."

"Alice, I hate to say this, but I think there's something wrong with that oven."

Comments

[Ginny]

You know, I hate to say this, but I think she might be right.

[Megan]

Wow, do you think there's something wrong with that oven?

[Alissa]

Well, we are awfully close to Halloween, I'm sure it's just possessed.

[birchsprite]

Possession definitely... it'll be fine if you sprinkle some holy water on it

[elizabeth]

I think you were talking to my mother.

[Sherry]

I hate to say this, but I think you should listen to her. Mother knows best, ya know. :o)

Thanks for the smile.

[Tammy]

You know your mom was behind the whole thing, don't you? The trick's on you.

[Slim]

So are you cancelling the repair guy? Because it seems like your mother's pretty much on top of this one.

[Her Grace]

Now if you could just get the pans to hop up on the stove by themselves and cook you up some bacon, you'd be all set.

[Lori]

Thanks (and thank your mom for me too) for making me laugh out loud at my cubicle. It was kind of nice of her to break that news to you so gently... "I hate to say this..." hahahahaha

[Laura]

You were really talking to my mom weren't you? Admit it!

[All Adither]

Ovens aren't supposed to work like that?

[Thomas]

Don't worry about using the microwave. My stove hasn't worked for three years. I've become a master of cooking everything in the microwave and the toaster oven.

[Veronica]

I think holy water should fix it. The possesion that is. Or maybe you actually need an exorcist.

[Thursday's Child]

They say that Samhain does indicate the closest proximity of the physical and spirit worlds. Maybe some poor meal that was accidentally burned was merely taking it's vengeance.

[braine]

That was no oven.

[samantha Jo Campen]

Dude, your kitchen is SO haunted.

[Spandrel Studios]

Your Mom must be best friends with my Mom.

[wookie]

I am also going with possessed. I once had a novelty can opener short itself out in the drawer, and the three stooges kept sounding off (muffled by the drawer). I wandered the house for 20 minutes, getting progressively more and more freaked out because hearing voices in the house that you can't find? That's bad. Hearing them LAUGHING? That's really bad.

[Rae]

I didn't know there was such a THING as a novelty can opener that talks like the three stooges. And wookie is all nonchalant about it, like we've all had that happen before!

[jenB]

My mom recently told me that in order to lose weight, you have to reduce what you eat. Master of the Obvious!

[Mom Bomb]

My Mom's response would have been: "That's weird!" Incidentally, this is the same response she'd have if I told her I suddenly sprouted a third eye.

[bitsy parker]

Maybe there is something wrong with the oven.

[Jenn C]

That could have been a conversation with my mother, as well - the classic over-reacter. Momma's so dramatic she shoulda been an actress.

[The Yummy Mummy Cooks Gourmet]

So hilarious! Okay, that was my mother, too. Only mine would have tagged a lecture onto the end about how I never took good care of the stove in the first place and if I had just cleaned it more often and not let all that fire-loving grime build up on the inside of the oven, none of this would ever have happened.

See? Your mom missed a great opportunity to make it all your fault!