Pensioner and the Incinerated Eggs

Never put eggs on the cooker to hard boil, forget and then go out for coffee with a friend, in this case Pensioner.

I did exactly that, had a great time chatting and laughing for well over an hour with him, and then returned home to find the house full of smoke and the eggs and pan incinerated. To get rid of the smoke which hadn’t activated any alarms in the house I opened the back door and the front door into the communal hallway to get a through draught. When the smoke cleared I went out for a walk to be met on my return by the concierge who told me that the smoke alarm in the outside hall had been activated and the fire brigade were on their way.

Oh the drama when three sturdy firemen arrived at the door to inspect
the remains of the pan and the faulty smoke alarms.

Years ago I used to worry that I would live beside a ditzzy old lady who would leave the gas on or let the bath overflow causing mayhem to my house, but it now seems that I am that old woman.