In college--I swear, before my drinking days--it was late and I decided to make supermarket biscuits in the communal stove down the hall. I have no idea who turned off the stove, but sometime in the morning I claimed my pan-full of ten perfectly shaped charcoal lumps, permanently fused together; actually it would have made a perfectly nice trivet.

I vaguely wish I could claim this one as my own...During my drinking days in college, very late in the evening, a guest asked my roommate to mix him a cocktail--didn't really matter what. Well, we were out of mixers, so he got: 4 oz. Vodka and 1/2 oz Soy Sauce, served on the rocks. You can imagine the expression on our guest's face. "Could have been worse," we said. "The only other liquor we have left is Jagermeister."

I agree with Porthos here. Mission Burritos are amazing food bombs, but you run the risk--especially if you make the mistake of finishing one without intending to--of being too full for your other restaurants. (We normally walk to Taqueria Cancun, as their tortillas are grilled and the veggie burrito doesn't require a trailer to carry it home like at Taqueria San Jose.)