There was this time when I was baking a cake. I accidentally put salt instead of sugar. When I tasted the batter, it was so salty! My family had a good laugh when they saw my shocked face.
My neighbor once tried to impress his date by showing off his skateboarding skills. But he miscalculated a jump and ended up in a bush. His date couldn't stop laughing and luckily, he was okay and they ended up having a great time talking about it.
There was a student who wrote in an essay 'My mother is a angle'. Instead of 'angel'. When the teacher read it out loud in class for grammar correction, everyone had a good laugh. It was a simple mistake but made for a very funny moment. And it also shows how important proofreading is.
One year, my aunt was trying to cook the turkey. She stuffed it with all kinds of delicious things, but she forgot to take out the plastic bag of giblets inside. When we cut into the turkey at dinner, there it was! We all had a good laugh about it.
A common one is when someone tries to deep - fry a turkey for the first time. They might not know how to properly handle the hot oil. I've heard of cases where the oil overflows or even catches on fire. It can be quite a scary yet funny situation, especially when everyone is running around trying to put out the small fire and save the turkey.
Sure. There was this one Thanksgiving where my mom was making the stuffing. She got distracted by the parade on TV. She accidentally put in a whole cup of salt instead of a teaspoon. When we tasted it, our faces scrunched up in the most awful way. We all had a good laugh about it later, but at that moment, it was a shock. And we ended up ordering pizza for Thanksgiving dinner instead.
Sure. There was this clarinet player at band camp. During a big rehearsal, the keys on his clarinet got stuck together. He was trying so hard to play the right notes but it just sounded like a bunch of squawks. Everyone was trying not to laugh out loud at first, but eventually, we all just cracked up. He took it in good humor though and managed to fix it later.
Sure. Once there was a cat that tried to catch its own tail. It spun around in circles, looking so confused. It was hilarious.
Well, some 'a little mishap fanfiction' could focus on accidental magic mishaps in a fantasy setting. Maybe a young wizard accidentally turns his friend into a frog instead of just levitating a small object, and then has to figure out how to reverse the spell without getting into too much trouble with the magic council.
I once heard about a billboard that said 'Come to our store for grate deals'. 'Grates' are metal frames, not what they meant. They should have written 'great'. It was hilarious because people were like 'What kind of deals are these grated things?'.
Sure. There was a girl who tried to ride a bike for the first time. She was so nervous that she pedaled backwards instead of forwards. As a result, she just stayed in one place while making a lot of effort. Another story is about a grandpa who accidentally put on his glasses on top of his head and then spent half an hour looking for them.
Sure. Here is one. A magician was walking down the street and turned into a grocery store. Just a short and simple funny story.