In my brand new, self-designed kitchen in 1998 I decided, one evening, to bake an aubergine to make aubergine puree. Pricked the aubergine all over, put it in the oven for the required time, then went to get it out again, using a tea towel. Went over to the sink (luckily a deep one) to "refresh" under cold water, BUT dropped said aubergine, which promptly "exploded" on the bottom of the sink with a distinctly bomb sound.
I shrieked with surprise, which prompted my husband to come running from the other end of the flat (quite a distance round a 90° bend) so was surprised he had heard me in the kitchen.
When he arrived in the kitchen I was laughing at the absurdity, when he said to me "If you are going to do something like this, please tell me in advance, so I can video it." Idiot.
I retrieved all the aubergine and made the puree.