Coombe Barton

... to put on the floor. Then we said sod it, let's do it tomorrow and did what all academics do - had a sherry.

And after that (it was a largeish sherry) managed to spatter yorkie pud batter all over the kitchen as I lifted the zapper out to test that it worked. It did.

That happened to me on my last evening in a previous (rented) house. Put some RMs on the shelf in my bedroom so I wouldn't forget they were there (and wondered why I hadn't thought of putting them there before as the shelf was just the right width). 2 hours later - large crash as the shelf collapsed! Fortunately the landlord didn't seem to mind too much....