Hey, my sister can ALMOST top that (but not quite ).

It must've been around 1984 or so, and I and my then girlfriend drove out to my sister's for the big meal. We got out to her house about 1:00 p.m. and were planning on eating about 4:00. Well, 4:00 comes and goes and the turkey is clearly not ready. 5:00 passes and is soon joined by 6:00 and still no turkey.

It turns out my sister's oven was broken and the top heating element wasn't working at all. Thank God a Chinese restaurant was open.