So, I'm sitting quietly perusing the internet and the wife yells FIRE! from the kitchen. I jump up and promptly bust my ass trying to get downstairs to find out she's already covered it and put it out. It's the burner I told her this morning needed to be cleaned before it's used again. 
Now I'm going to be hobbling for a week on a bum knee. 
Spouses, can't live with them, can't shoot them.
Look on the bright side. There was a problem that she might have needed help for. She was able to take care of it herself quickly, so there was no damage, and you didn't need to put yourself at greater risk playing fire fighter.
If you're lucking, maybe she needs some special attention to calm her down after the scare. 
Toyman01 wrote: Spouses ~ can't shoot them.
You certainly can. The ramifications might not be to your liking anymore than the wife but the option is always there.
I'm a career firefighter and our busiest day of the year, by far, is Thanksgiving. It's almost always the result of an oven that hasn't been cleaned since the previous Thanksgiving.
In reply to Woody:
I'm just curious, but how often do you get calls because someone didn't thaw the turkey before they dropped it in the deep fryer?
Toyman01 wrote: Spouses, can't live with them, can't berkeley animals.
Fixed it.
^eww.
buy her a fire extinguisher for Christmas instead of that new vacuum cleaner you just know she wants
MG_Bryan wrote: In reply to Woody: I'm just curious, but how often do you get calls because someone didn't thaw the turkey before they dropped it in the deep fryer?
That's happened a couple of times. Mostly just splash burns.
And whenever someone uses a deep fryer outside, a neighbor someone driving by always calls and reports that the house is on fire. Those things make a lot of smoke. You do need to keep them away from the house, though.
Can't live with 'em, can't part 'em out.
fasted58 wrote: buy her a fire extinguisher for Christmas instead of that new vacuum cleaner you just know she wants
My daughter had the fire extinguisher out by the time I got downstairs.
If I hadn't tripped over my own two feet, it wouldn't have been a big deal. If the burner had been cleaned from the stuff that boiled over last night it wouldn't have happened.
All in all, it's good. No harm (well, not much), no foul.
Toyman01 wrote: Spouses, can't live with them, can't shoot them.
Maybe it's just me, but I'd be buying your old lady a drink for handling the situation perfectly, and sending you to a self control course so you don't screw up coming to help next time.
She was fine, daughter was fine, daddy flailed and hurt himself.
My wife didn't yell FIRE.
I heard a call from the kitchen: "Can you come here?"
Me: "Just a minute, I'm busy"
Wife: "it's kinda important, come out here"
Me: -sigh- , get up and trudge to the kitchen.
Holy crap, a pot was on fire!
Put the lid on it and explained that if she simply yells "FIRE" I will be there faster than you can imagine.
I love her to the ends of the earth but some days.....
Note to others: seemingly best possible place for kitchen extinguisher: Above stove. Worst possible place for kitchen extinguisher: Above stove.
Toyman01 wrote: It's the burner I told her this morning needed to be cleaned before it's used again.
You know you could have cleaned it yourself this morning....
now you're just being mean
In reply to skrzastek:
I was cooking breakfast at the time.
I was just over at my sisters boyfriends to check out what needs to be done on her Focus. While I was there she showed me the damage from the grease fire. Now keep in mind that her boyfriend owns the house, his mother and step father live in the basement with their daughter and dogs, and his brother lives upstairs with his girlfriend.
The other day the brothers girlfriend was cooking on a burner that was known to be faulty and a grease fire started. Her response was to move the pan to the sink across the kitchen. She made it half way before she was burned, dropped the pan and splashed hot grease all over the kitchen burning all the lovely plastic plants they had been so patiently growing. Luckily my sisters boyfriend was home to run in and put the fire out.
It could be worse, but there is that neat looking pattern on the ceiling now.
Sorry to hear about the bum knee, but your wife did the right thing in calling for backup. If you are pissed, it's at yourself for tripping up. Don't use the excuse, "I told her it needed to be cleaned." It's everyone's responsibility to pitch in where safety is concerned, so flag it out if it is out of commission. A piece of electrical tape over the knob is an easy reminder not to use it until a chance to clean it is convenient. 
Osterkraut wrote:Toyman01 wrote: Spouses... ...and the gays want this?!Fixed it.
Fixed again
Wow. 
Glad it was no worse than that. She did the right thing, hollering for backup. I don't think I'd want to leave it unattended.
Time for a beer!
The Fire Extingusher is nice to have, but don't use it on a pan of flaming oil or grease, it just blows smaller fires around.
We were married about three months and I overhear her on the phone "What should you do for grease fire? I don't know if I have any. I'll call back when it's done"
I get up to look and a pan of oil she was cooking chicken cutlets in is flaming. She was on the phone with her uncle who is a fireman in Albany. Never said a thing to me. When I walked in she was using the fire extingusher to blow the flaming oil around the kitchen. Luckily we were able to put out all the smaller oil fires and put the lid on the flaming pan.
The Wife just dropped a pot lid over the burner. That took care of the flames PDQ.
I have done the fire extinguisher thing in the kitchen before when I was a teen. What a mess that was. I'm glad it didn't get that far.
gamby wrote:Osterkraut wrote:Fixed againToyman01 wrote: Spouses... ...and the gays want this?!Fixed it.
They got it, now they just want the legal leverage to remove testicles....
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