Florida woman arrested after fight over xylophone gets ‘heated’

An argument over a xylophone left a Florida man covered in grease.

According to NWF Daily News, an unnamed 43-year-old woman was angered when a man in her kitchen refused to stop playing a xylophone and led the woman to dump grease on his head.

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Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene to find grease spots on the man’s clothing and a puddle on the floor near the xylophone.

The woman was arrested.

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