I knocked a bong (not mine) filled with sticky THC tainted water directly into a brand new SSL's first 8 or so channels, which then started smoking out of the mix bus section. Then the computer started changing fader markers on it's own.
It was my first real production gig, I was 18 yrs old.
I thought I'd never work again.
I went home feeling sick.
The next morning the studio owner called me and said "the studio will be ready by three o'clock, and we don't blame you for spilling the tea into the console, it's the assistants job to make sure no beverages are placed there."
Whew!! How'd I get out of that one?
The band told them it was tea!
I still say it wasn't my fault.
Who puts a 3 foot high bong on an SSL??
the answer is on this page...
http://www.fnm.com/faq/