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When it comes to Thanksgiving, things can — and likely will — go wrong at some point. So when Jimmy Fallon tweeted out the Tonight Show‘s latest hashtag game asking for “funny, weird, or embarrassing stories” about this food-filled holiday, using #ThanksgivingFails, people showed up and didn’t disappoint.
Most of these experiences, as you could imagine, dealt with folks experiencing cooking fails, either messing up food before or after attempting to get it ready. But Fallon, being the host with the most, kicked things off with a harrowing tale of a missing TV remote controller. Scary!
After scouring Twitter, we found some worthy tweets that were not included in Fallon’s roundup on TV. These range from stories of epic food blunders and crazy family hijinks — but the most common tweets were those about the thing we all dread the most: un-thawed turkeys.
My cousin once bragged that his aunt makes the best cranberry sauce and even adds a cool design. The "design" is from the ridges of the can. #ThanksgivingFails
— Liz Fedak (@lizfedak) November 21, 2017
#ThanksgivingFails my mom was on duty to cook the turkey one year and it was “cooking” all day and it was time to take it out of the oven to find it not cooked because she never turned the oven on at all.
— SHAWN MENDES FANS (@TEAMMENDES101) November 21, 2017
My mom tried making homemade rolls for Thanksgiving once…they were so hard that we played baseball with them and my dog used it as a chew toy for up to a week #ThanksgivingFails
— Mak (@makayla_doolin) November 21, 2017
Last Thanksgiving, our dining room table caught on fire from the candle wax dripping onto the table cloth. After we quickly put out the fire, I looked at my cousin and said, “Thanksgiving was lit.” With a straight face he replied, “Straight fuego.” #ThanksgivingFails @jimmyfallon
— gerbiee (@nicc_gerbss) November 21, 2017
My mom was giving everyone cooking instructions for the day. She told us, "I'm in charge, I'm going commando. Follow my lead and everything will turn out great!" 🤦 #ThanksgivingFails
— melissa (@_MelissaAmy) November 21, 2017
On the night before Thanksgiving my dad realized he'd forgotten to thaw the turkey, panicked, and threw it in our hottub. #ThanksgivingFails
— KRose (@KristenRose124) November 22, 2017
Every year, My surgeon grandma makes 2 stuffed fish appetizers by opening them up, stuffing them and suturing them closed. After suturing them she couldn’t find all the needles. We drove to her hospital to X-ray the fish. #ThanksgivingFails
— Jhon F (@enwyse) November 21, 2017
My grandfather would start off every meal by treating it like a funeral for the turkey, “We’re gathered here today to remember Gobbles. He was a fine bird who lived a fattening life. His dying wish was to have us feast upon his flesh. Let’s honor his memory.” #ThanksgivingFails
— Perkinskiii (@adrunkguywrites) November 21, 2017
Every Thanksgiving, to avoid talking politics, my family starts a debate over whether or not Ross and Rachel were on a break. #ThanksgivingFails
— KRose (@KristenRose124) November 22, 2017
To see what Fallon considered the best responses — those revealing dentures falling in mashed potatoes, grandmothers eating potpourri, and hot fondue fountains going out of control — check out the video below.
h/t A Plus
