Stupidest thing you've ever done?

[LordMaul]

Soo, in light of the "most Embarassing Moment" thread, here is the thread for you to post the dumbest thing you ever did, and/or just some dumb stuff you have done in your life. This was nspired because I just did something quite stupid...

I was just finishing up making some Espresso, and was going to put away the once-vaccuum-sealed bag of Gavalia coffee. So, I decide to try and get as much air out of the bag as possible, and squeezing it just didn't work. So, I close the top of the bag with my fingers a bit, put my mouth to the opening, and try to suck the air out of the bag....yep, you guessed it. My mouth was instantly filled with nice, freshly opened coffee grouds, and since I was breathing in, I basically breathed coffee grounds...blargh.

Now, its all of your turns! Let the stupidity begin!

 

[warcleric]

Once, as a child, I was drinking hot cocoa out of a mug, we were on vacation at the beach and the mug had a scene of the beach on it. A debate ensued about what beach the picture on the mug was of, so I turned it upside down to see where it was made while it was completely full of boiling hot cocoa. It hurt just a little.

 

[jorken]

I had this electric pencil sharpener once, and for some reason it wasn't really working all that well. So I unscrew the cover and start poking around in it, and to check and see if I had fixed it i would plug it in and test it with a pencil. Well unplugging it should have been the next step but I kinda forgot about that and went on trying to fix it. As soon as I touched it with the screw driver i a big flash, all the lights on this side of my house went out and I couldn't move my arm the rest of the night.

 

[Zapster]

Well, I haven't done it yet, but tomorrow night I'll be going out with my wifes best friend!

Read all about it:


Should I go out with my wife best friend?

 

[LordMaul]

Zapster: Read my post in your thread...it should be at the bottom now.


Common guys! I know you have done some stupid things!

 

[Viper GTS]

I stuck my hand into an open electrical box in my house. First and only time I've felt 110. Arm & shoulder were numb for an hour.



More recently (15 months ago) I did 90 mph down 185th avenue in broad daylight.

I also did 95 mph in the rain, on a narrow country road, in a car that wasn't mine.



Viper GTS

 

[ArkAoss]

when i filled out the application at compusa, and wasted a yr of my life.

 

[urameatball]

during frosh, the guys who didn't live in residence had no access to showers. And I was hanging around a big group of girls that did live in res... decided to ask them whether they can give me the keys so I could take a shower in their dorm.

said it like this "can you give me a shower?"....

they all looked at me funny and one of the girls said "suuuure we'll give you a shower" and started laughing. about 20seconds later, I figured out what I said wrong and corrected myself, they said "no". I WAS SMELLY through the rest of that week until I found there were showers at the athletic centre across the street!!

 

[Optimus]

Hmmmm... like many others I tried to fix a household appliance and left it plugged in - ouch.

But really I would have to say this:

I HAVE AN APPLE NEWTON ON MY DESK


(the horror! the horror!)

 

[LordMaul]

Lol Meatball....why didn't you just accept, man?!

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

awesome!

I've screwed up relationship(s) that shouldn't have been screwed up - and lost people that I never should have lost.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Built a system with a PCChips motherboard (I did this twice and attempted to do this 3 more times just to make sure)

4 of the 5 boards ended up getting trashed because they weren't worth my time, the other was given away.

Edit: I've never had a hard time moving a limb after being shocked. Last night I was installing an outlet on a line that was supposed to be deenergized and got zapped. A little discomfort while shocked but nothing afterwards.

 

[DannyLove]

joined the OT forums im serious, all i do is post post post. look at my damn average post per day. this is horrible, i go to work and i post, i go to school and i post, im at home and i post. whats wrong with me? am i alone? urg!

 

[LordMaul]

Here is another one from the Um-Day Files of myself...

When I was around 10, i decided it would be cool as HELL to pound a HOLE through a aerosol can that had the perfume stuff you spray after you uhh, "use the bathroom"...'Nuff said!

 

[eakers]

i let myself falll to far in love.

*kat. <--

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Kat, forgot about that one too.

 

[Ace69]

I was all excited about setting up my first &quot;fast&quot; computer. I got all the parts and put it together and it didn't work. It would just lock up on me. I had no idea what the problem was. Well, turns out that I forgot to put the thermal grease on the CPU and it burnt up.

I had to spend another 220 bux to get another Tbird 950. I thought that I was going to save some money, but I ended up spending over 1000 instead of my original plan of 700.

 

[LordMaul]

How come 90% of all &quot;Stupid Things&quot; in this thread are from peopole who managed to electrocute the hell out of themselves????

 

[iamwiz82]

i took one of those lint removers, the ones that have a razor inside spinning at 2000RPM, and i put it to my eyebrow. Ripped it right off... skin and all...

 

[Pyxis]

<<i took one of those lint removers, the ones that have a razor inside spinning at 2000RPM, and i put it to my eyebrow. Ripped it right off... skin and all... >>


ouch!!!

 

[nateholtrop]

i woke up this morning.

nate

 

[razordog]

posting on this thread....

 

[Tauren]

I was hanging up christmas lights for my mother and she asked if I would turn them on while I was doing it. I obliged and then, standing on a metal ladder, proceded to staple up the next strand and bam! I got blown off the ladder and all the lights went out in her house. Chevy Chase: eat your heart out!!

 

[Oyeve]

Stupidest thing I ever did was pour a 10 pound bag of flour down an incinerator when I was a kid and opened the door so I could see the flour bag hit and go *POOF*, what I forgot was that the incinerator actually incinerates and flour is highly combustible and when the bag hit the fire it shot up a HUGE flaming ball right back at me. Needless to say, I had no eyebrows or eyelashes for 4 months.

 

[TomC25]

When I was about 11 I put about a cup of gas in to an empty plastic milk jug. My friends and I wanted to play &quot;fire soccer ball&quot;. I was standing over the jug and put a lit match near the opening. There was this weird whooosh sound and a big fire ball shot from the jug. The jug remained on fire and we proceded to kick it around til our shoes were on fire.