10 December 1996

Improbable Domestic Accident

I set my coffee cup on the edge of the bathtub then forgot about it. A minute later I turned around and knocked it over. Instead of landing on the floor, however, it landed in the tub where the spill was easily washed down the drain.

That was the most statistically unlikely event of the year, as improbable as dropping an open peanut butter sandwich and having it land with the peanut butter side face up.