Turkey recipe anyone?

I'm not sure if I'm looking for a turkey recipe or just your funniest thanksgiving story ever to make me feel better. For the last twenty years I have never had a thanksgiving that I don't think of my friend Kari. Most of you know that Kari passed away this summer and I can't stop thinking of her since. She was one of my best friends since we graduated high school. And the funny memories we shared is what made her so special. This is one of them.
Kari and I were living together, she was trying to get back on her feet from a horse accident and I was in nursing school. We obviously had no money between us. So for thanksgiving someone Kari was training gave her a turkey. Since Kari and I were so poor we decided to cook this turkey ourselves for thanksgiving that year. Kari had a lot less experience in the kitchen than I did so she let me handle the turkey. I read the directions and heated up the oven. We put that turkey in and knew it was going to be while before it was ready. The afternoon went on and before we knew it some friends invited us out that night. We did think to turn off the oven, but decided we would take it out when we came home. It was a LATE night to say the least and the next day came and went and the next. Neither of us remembered the turkey. And I didn't read the directions very well when cooking it. About the third or fourth day after all this Kari came home and the entire house smelled like rotten eggs. We searched high and low and finally Kari opened the oven. The turkey had exploded. When you partially cook something with 'innards' and it goes 3-4 days at room temperature it will explode. And stink. That is how I earned the title 'The Turkey Cooker' to each and every person who met me through Kari after that incident. Kari got married in November several years after this happened and I was the bridesmaid that 'cooked the turkey'. I miss my friend, even if we only occasionally talked since we got married and had kids. But there will never be a thanksgiving I don't think of Kari and how she told everyone that story. So since she's not here I thought I might pick that duty up now, even if it's embarrassing myself. So what's your funniest thanksgiving story? Anyone else make a turkey explode?