A pasta cooking tip

Do you know what happens when you cover pasta with water, forget about it for a while then cook it? Last night I found out.
It looked okay. Sure it seemed a little soft, but I was hungry & covered it with the clam sauce I'd made & it smelled good, too.
The first large bite stuck to everything inside my mouth that it touched - teeth, palate, tongue. And I do mean stuck. It was like a very strong, pasty glue that just wouldn't let go. Finally had to take a finger & peel it off/out, otherwise it was going to stay there 'cause it sure wasn't going down! No telling what would have happened if I had been able to swallow it. Don't even want to think about that.
I had visions of becoming a casualty mentioned in the Darwin Awards, but that almost made me laugh & that could have been a disaster with a mouth full of pasta-glue.
Also thought about my wonderful kids & the suffering they endured as I experimented with cooking & subjected them to the results. I love you, kiddos, & glad you survived!
Glad I finally learned to make good gazpacho & that filled me up.
Another adventure survived & chronicled! Yeeha!