Recently, a friend of mine asked me to mind her house and kids while she went in to have her baby. I assume this was because she trusted me. Have no idea who gave her the impression i was trustworthy but anyway I agreed.

Everything went well until the night before she was due home. I was cooking dinner and was on the phone to a friend of my friend (wondering if she’d had the baby etc). I completely forgot the pan was on and by the time I smelled the burning it was too late.

The pan was on fire so naturally I did the first thing that came into my head. I panicked. Grabbed the flaming pan (phone still in hand) and ran to back door which was locked. I then ran to front door but oil was spilling on the rug in the hall and setting rug alight. As i tried toopen the front door the pan tilted and spilled all over the arm of the sofa which was just inside the door. the sofa then proceeded to go up in flames. Any way, eventually got the door open threw the pan out into the front garden and put the fire out.

Yer one was still on the phone and heard all and I couldn’t even play it down as i had been shouting fire. Anyway my friend came home new baby and all, thankfully house somewhat intact but was not impressed. She still talks to me but never asks me to do anything which requires being responsible!!

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