h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

... so sleep til afternoon. I've found a bourbon that is pretty easy on the hangovers, but beside that, I think sleeping it off is recommended. That was especially true one memorable New Year's morn when my wife & I awoke to hear reports of a large fire at the marina where we keep our sailboat, sounded like our dock. So we hop ... OK drag ourselves into the car, and all the way to the marina she's telling my throbbing head, "I told you we should have insurance!" (We have liability - required - but if the boat sinks its our loss. Only worth about as much as a used car, but still ...)

So we get there and it turns out to be the dock NEXT to ours. A covered dock with big power cruisers, the fire fighters just had to let it burn, no way to get safely into the old wooden structure burning like crazy. Lost dozens of boats. Somebody had apparently installed a new bilge pump with poor wiring, it sparked in a closed area with gas fumes, and

I shoulda just stayed in bed til the reporters got the story straight.