What?s the stupidest/dumbest thing you have ever done?

[RichUK]

Mine:

Ok, well a few weeks back England saw their first snow of the year. I was working away from home while we had our snow, and on the very day it did snow I was in a major rush to get back to the hotel I was staying in, as I had things to do.

So I rushed back, parked up, and quickly made my way to one of the conference rooms I was expected in.

Here comes the stupid part. While I was in a rush I didn't realise that I had left the driver's side window fully open. When I parked up the car the snow had only just started to fall. I wake up in the morning to find the whole back seat and driver's side seat full up with snow. We?re talking about two foot (maybe more) of snow here. So I spent a while clearing it out, but I couldn?t clear all the snow from the back seats as once again I was in a rush.

The leather is now permanently ruined on the rear seats after the snow eventually thawed out

 

[loic2003]

started reading anandtech forums. I regret it hugely.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Snwned!

 

[Chryso]

So which was the stupid part?
I would say leaving the window down was just careless.
Not getting all the snow out was the really stupid part.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

When I was 16 I worked as a service porter for an Isuzu dealership. This one day, I had to wash customers' cars as they came out of service.

This one guy had his Rodeo in to have a sunroof installed. When the work was done, I had to wash it. I noticed the sunroof looked "funny" as I was hosing off the top of the vehicle. I'm sitting there, water running all over the roof, trying to figure out why the sunroof didn't look right... when suddenly water began spilling into the inside of the car. The sunroof simply wasn't closed all the way, and there I was trying to figure it out, holding the hose right on top of it the whole time. I put about 10 gallons of water into this guy's Rodeo. He was due by to pick it up in less than an hour too...

I spent that hour with the vehicle in the 100 degree sun, and a shop vac, trying to suck out as much as I could. When I moved the vehicle to the parking lot, another gallon of water came rushing out of the roof panel. I drove the car in circles and started/stopped it real hard to shake the rest of the water out, got totally drenched in the process, sucked out the rest... then parked the car and left work early that day before anyone found out...

 

[PCMarine]

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
When I was 16 I worked as a service porter for an Isuzu dealership. This one day, I had to wash customers' cars as they came out of service.

This one guy had his Rodeo in to have a sunroof installed. When the work was done, I had to wash it. I noticed the sunroof looked "funny" as I was hosing off the top of the vehicle. I'm sitting there, water running all over the roof, trying to figure out why the sunroof didn't look right... when suddenly water began spilling into the inside of the car. The sunroof simply wasn't closed all the way, and there I was trying to figure it out, holding the hose right on top of it the whole time. I put about 10 gallons of water into this guy's Rodeo. He was due by to pick it up in less than an hour too...

I spent that hour with the vehicle in the 100 degree sun, and a shop vac, trying to suck out as much as I could. When I moved the vehicle to the parking lot, another gallon of water came rushing out of the roof panel. I drove the car in circles and started/stopped it real hard to shake the rest of the water out, got totally drenched in the process, sucked out the rest... then parked the car and left work early that day before anyone found out...

haha, how dry did you eventually get it?

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Originally posted by: PCMarine

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
When I was 16 I worked as a service porter for an Isuzu dealership. This one day, I had to wash customers' cars as they came out of service.

This one guy had his Rodeo in to have a sunroof installed. When the work was done, I had to wash it. I noticed the sunroof looked "funny" as I was hosing off the top of the vehicle. I'm sitting there, water running all over the roof, trying to figure out why the sunroof didn't look right... when suddenly water began spilling into the inside of the car. The sunroof simply wasn't closed all the way, and there I was trying to figure it out, holding the hose right on top of it the whole time. I put about 10 gallons of water into this guy's Rodeo. He was due by to pick it up in less than an hour too...

I spent that hour with the vehicle in the 100 degree sun, and a shop vac, trying to suck out as much as I could. When I moved the vehicle to the parking lot, another gallon of water came rushing out of the roof panel. I drove the car in circles and started/stopped it real hard to shake the rest of the water out, got totally drenched in the process, sucked out the rest... then parked the car and left work early that day before anyone found out...

haha, how dry did you eventually get it?

dry enough, apparently... no one ever spoke to me about it afterwards, so I can only assume it it was never discovered!

 

[FoBoT]

when i was about 11 or 12 years old, i made a "prank" phone call. i called a school just after school got out and told them i had put a bomb in the school. lucky for me this was the late '70's and not today.

they traced our phone and sent FBI agents out to talk to my parents and then i got in BIG trouble

 

[hjo3]

Waited three days to see a doctor after half my face became paralyzed. My parents were sure it'd clear up on its own. I knew better, but I took their advice anyway.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Here's another one...

My cousin and I were about 6 years old when we stumbled upon a big empty cardboard refrigerator box. It was standing upright, about 6 feet high, and only the top had been removed. Being the smart kids we were, we grabbed some stools. We put one outside the box; stood on it; dropped the other stool INSIDE the box. We then used these stools to get ourselves safely into the box. So we're standing inside this big cardboard box and there wasn't much room so the stool we had inside? We threw it out so we could have more room. After five minutes, the novelty of the cardboard box wore out and we soon realized we had no way OUT becuase we had thrown the stool overboard.

The only thing left to do was to push back and forth until we tipped the box over, with us in it... that one hurt.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Dropped out of High School at 17, moved to Galveston, and got a full time job. I regret that everyday.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Snwned!

awesome

 

[Braznor]

We have this festival in our country where we throw colored water on each other. Me and my friend threw eggs at the cop's car. The cop threw me and my friend into the cooler for a couple of hours and called my parents (I was 14 then)

Thankfully, they didn't press any charges.

 

[slightlyhuman]

hit a guy hard enough to break my hand.

$2000 lesson.

 

[slatr]

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead

Originally posted by: PCMarine

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
When I was 16 I worked as a service porter for an Isuzu dealership. This one day, I had to wash customers' cars as they came out of service.

This one guy had his Rodeo in to have a sunroof installed. When the work was done, I had to wash it. I noticed the sunroof looked "funny" as I was hosing off the top of the vehicle. I'm sitting there, water running all over the roof, trying to figure out why the sunroof didn't look right... when suddenly water began spilling into the inside of the car. The sunroof simply wasn't closed all the way, and there I was trying to figure it out, holding the hose right on top of it the whole time. I put about 10 gallons of water into this guy's Rodeo. He was due by to pick it up in less than an hour too...

I spent that hour with the vehicle in the 100 degree sun, and a shop vac, trying to suck out as much as I could. When I moved the vehicle to the parking lot, another gallon of water came rushing out of the roof panel. I drove the car in circles and started/stopped it real hard to shake the rest of the water out, got totally drenched in the process, sucked out the rest... then parked the car and left work early that day before anyone found out...

haha, how dry did you eventually get it?

dry enough, apparently... no one ever spoke to me about it afterwards, so I can only assume it it was never discovered!

They were too impressed with the cleaning/shampooing you gave it to b!tch about some dampness.

 

[blackdogdeek]

motorcycle + 90 mph - helmet = stupid

 

[Kev]

Those car posts remind me about something my dad did. He left the driver's side window open when going through the car wash. The car was less than 4 months old, too.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: Braznor
We have this festival in our country where we throw colored water on each other. Me and my friend threw eggs at the cop's car. The cop threw me and my friend into the cooler for a couple of hours and called my parents (I was 14 then)

Thankfully, they didn't press any charges.

You talking about Holi? Or maybe Songkran?

 

[Chryso]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
motorcycle + 90 mph - helmet = stupid

Oh yeah, I did that one too.
I did it at around 2am in town and didn't think about not being able to stop for a red light.
Luckily, no one was coming.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Originally posted by: Kev
Those car posts remind me about something my dad did. He left the driver's side window open when going through the car wash. The car was less than 4 months old, too.

Hey, that reminds me.. my dad did some stupid car stuff too. For starters, he wrecked a Ferrari that belonged to his boss. Luckily the guy was so stinkin rich that he didn't even care. My dad didn't even get a reprimand. This was 20 years ago, in a new 308. Ahh, what a classic.

 

[joecool]

christmas eve, many years ago. things were not going well in my life in general. i was living with the p's (boomerang after college) and i believe i was out of work at the time. anyway, everyone was headed to my aunts house for the traditional christmas eve dinner. i decided to drive over by myself. on the way i was enjoying the christmas lights and luminaries that are popular in my folks neighborhood. i decided to turn off my headlights for a better view. the lighting was good from all the lights and i felt like i could see well without the headlights. i still don't know how i missed seeing the suv parked at the curb. needless to say i slammed into it, and since it was much higher than my sedan i went right under his bumper. did a ton of damage to my car, almost none to his. so, i got to feel double stupid - knocking on the guy door on christmas eve in the middle of his party to tell him i just rear-ended his car, then telling everybody at my aunts why i was late.

next stupid thing - several days later, driving down the road with my damaged hood, and having it come unlatched and fly up in my face, blocking my view (at 40mph) and damaging the hood even worse - it bent right over the roof of the car!

let the laughter begin ...

 

[Braznor]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell

Originally posted by: Braznor
We have this festival in our country where we throw colored water on each other. Me and my friend threw eggs at the cop's car. The cop threw me and my friend into the cooler for a couple of hours and called my parents (I was 14 then)

Thankfully, they didn't press any charges.

You talking about Holi? Or maybe Songkran?

Yep, it was Holi.

 

[RichUK]

Some pretty good stories so far :laugh:

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Originally posted by: joecool
christmas eve, many years ago. things were not going well in my life in general. i was living with the p's (boomerang after college) and i believe i was out of work at the time. anyway, everyone was headed to my aunts house for the traditional christmas eve dinner. i decided to drive over by myself. on the way i was enjoying the christmas lights and luminaries that are popular in my folks neighborhood. i decided to turn off my headlights for a better view. the lighting was good from all the lights and i felt like i could see well without the headlights. i still don't know how i missed seeing the suv parked at the curb. needless to say i slammed into it, and since it was much higher than my sedan i went right under his bumper. did a ton of damage to my car, almost none to his. so, i got to feel double stupid - knocking on the guy door on christmas eve in the middle of his party to tell him i just rear-ended his car, then telling everybody at my aunts why i was late.

next stupid thing - several days later, driving down the road with my damaged hood, and having it come unlatched and fly up in my face, blocking my view (at 40mph) and damaging the hood even worse - it bent right over the roof of the car!

let the laughter begin ...

teh winnar so far! :beer:

 

[49erinnc]

When I was 16 (34 now), I was riding around with my buddy one night when his car started acting funny. Lights were dimming and it it was really sluggish. So he pulled over into a service station parking lot. This was later at night so the station wasn't open. I knew enough about cars at the time to figure out it was battery-related so I had him pop his hood. I had a feeling that his battery case was old/dry so I wanted to check the acid level. So I popped off the plastic cap (back then you coud do that) and tried to peer inside. Since it was dark out, I couldn't see and we didn't have a flashlight. I was a smoker at the time so I decided to just strike my cigarette lighter over the opening and look in. Really bad idea.

I had no idea that the fumes were combustible. All I remember was a super loud "boom" and when I opened my eyes, I was on my back a few feet from the car. My eyes were burning really bad and my friend was freaking out. He was literally crying because he thought I was dead at first and then he figured I was permanently blind. He guided me over to a spigot at the station where I rinsed my face off. Since the battery was bone dry, I didn't sustain any burns or damage to my vision. I just couldn't see well for about an hour and my eyes burned some. Not to mention I needed a new pair of underwear. Definitely one of the, if not the, dumbest things I've done.

Cliffs:
1. Buddy's car battery acting up one nught
2. Popped battery cap and checked acid level with cigarette lighter while peering in
3. Very loud "boom" that knocked me on my rear and temporarily blinded me
4. Wound up okay thanks to battery being so dry but learned a valuable lesson