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

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Originally posted by: Chryso
Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
motorcycle + 90 mph - helmet = stupid
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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.
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i was on a highway during the day so i'm not sure which of us is stupider 🙂
 
Originally posted by: 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
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WOW :shocked:, you?re lucky to have not permanently damaged your eyesight!
 
As a kid a friend of mine down the road and I built a boat out of scrap lumber and old dock insulation that had washed up on the beach. We set sail on a cold windy day in January with no flotation devices in a huge lake. I still remember my dad on the shore jumping up and down yelling something in the distance (probably "dumbasses"). We manage to paddle with old boards back to shore and had to walk quite a ways to get back. Man my dad was pissed.
 
Originally posted by: RichUK



WOW :shocked:, you?re lucky to have not permanently damaged your eyesight!
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I remind myself of that quite a bit, when I consider doing dumb things. His battery being bone dry was the only reason I'm likely able to even view these forums today.
 
My most recent act of stupidity was about a month ago. I flew to Nebraska to see some friends/family since I didn't make it there over the holidays. Per usual the first night consisted of going to the bar with friends and getting tanked. Afterwards we decided that 2am was a good time for naked hot tubbing in an outdoor hot tub in 10 degree below weather.

We were all sitting warmly in the hot tub with beers when we realized we had many cigarettes, but no lighter. I volunteered to run inside to light a cigarette on the stove so we could all smoke. I hopped out of the hot tub and immediately froze. I continued on inside anyway as fast as I could with the cigarette safely dry in my mouth. I ran to the stove and realized it was electric and couldn't light a cigarette. I assessed the options and decided the best was a toaster on the counter. I pushed the toast button and when the coils got red hot held the toaster in both hands and put the tip of the cigarette to the coil with my mouth.

It didn't occur to me until later that night that "soaking wet naked drunk man electrocutes himself with cigarette and electric toaster" would make a great title for a Darwin Award.
 
Originally posted by: jimmyjam
It didn't occur to me until later that night that "soaking wet naked drunk man electrocutes himself with cigarette and electric toaster" would make a great title for a Darwin Award.
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:laugh:
 
Originally posted by: jimmyjam
My most recent act of stupidity was about a month ago. I flew to Nebraska to see some friends/family since I didn't make it there over the holidays. Per usual the first night consisted of going to the bar with friends and getting tanked. Afterwards we decided that 2am was a good time for naked hot tubbing in an outdoor hot tub in 10 degree below weather.

We were all sitting warmly in the hot tub with beers when we realized we had many cigarettes, but no lighter. I volunteered to run inside to light a cigarette on the stove so we could all smoke. I hopped out of the hot tub and immediately froze. I continued on inside anyway as fast as I could with the cigarette safely dry in my mouth. I ran to the stove and realized it was electric and couldn't light a cigarette. I assessed the options and decided the best was a toaster on the counter. I pushed the toast button and when the coils got red hot held the toaster in both hands and put the tip of the cigarette to the coil with my mouth.

It didn't occur to me until later that night that "soaking wet naked drunk man electrocutes himself with cigarette and electric toaster" would make a great title for a Darwin Award.
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I'm confused as to why you couldn't. I've lit plenty of cigs on an electric stove.
 
Originally posted by: musha shugyo
Originally posted by: jimmyjam
My most recent act of stupidity was about a month ago. I flew to Nebraska to see some friends/family since I didn't make it there over the holidays. Per usual the first night consisted of going to the bar with friends and getting tanked. Afterwards we decided that 2am was a good time for naked hot tubbing in an outdoor hot tub in 10 degree below weather.

We were all sitting warmly in the hot tub with beers when we realized we had many cigarettes, but no lighter. I volunteered to run inside to light a cigarette on the stove so we could all smoke. I hopped out of the hot tub and immediately froze. I continued on inside anyway as fast as I could with the cigarette safely dry in my mouth. I ran to the stove and realized it was electric and couldn't light a cigarette. I assessed the options and decided the best was a toaster on the counter. I pushed the toast button and when the coils got red hot held the toaster in both hands and put the tip of the cigarette to the coil with my mouth.

It didn't occur to me until later that night that "soaking wet naked drunk man electrocutes himself with cigarette and electric toaster" would make a great title for a Darwin Award.
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I'm confused as to why you couldn't. I've lit plenty of cigs on an electric stove.
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It wasn't the kind with the electric raised burners, it was the new fancy kind that is a completely flat glassy sort of surface that just heats up. I guess I could have tried to inside of the oven, but that didn't seem to work out too well for Sylvia Plath.
 
Originally posted by: musha shugyo
Originally posted by: jimmyjam
My most recent act of stupidity was about a month ago. I flew to Nebraska to see some friends/family since I didn't make it there over the holidays. Per usual the first night consisted of going to the bar with friends and getting tanked. Afterwards we decided that 2am was a good time for naked hot tubbing in an outdoor hot tub in 10 degree below weather.

We were all sitting warmly in the hot tub with beers when we realized we had many cigarettes, but no lighter. I volunteered to run inside to light a cigarette on the stove so we could all smoke. I hopped out of the hot tub and immediately froze. I continued on inside anyway as fast as I could with the cigarette safely dry in my mouth. I ran to the stove and realized it was electric and couldn't light a cigarette. I assessed the options and decided the best was a toaster on the counter. I pushed the toast button and when the coils got red hot held the toaster in both hands and put the tip of the cigarette to the coil with my mouth.

It didn't occur to me until later that night that "soaking wet naked drunk man electrocutes himself with cigarette and electric toaster" would make a great title for a Darwin Award.
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I'm confused as to why you couldn't. I've lit plenty of cigs on an electric stove.
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I don't think you can on some of the newer ones that look like totally flat top stoves. Maybe that's what he meant.
 
Originally posted by: jimmyjam


It wasn't the kind with the electric raised burners, it was the new fancy kind that is a completely flat glassy sort of surface that just heats up. I guess I could have tried to inside of the oven, but that didn't seem to work out too well for Sylvia Plath.
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I didn't even realize they had stoves without raised burners...
 
Its so hard to choose just one...

When I was a kid, I took the battery operated electric motor from my Erector set and plugged it into a wall outlet. Hilarity ensued.
 
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...
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LMFAO!! :laugh: That's good.
 
Probably when I tried to steal a cop car with a cop sitting in the passenger seat. Just for reference, the cop was asleep, and I was young (read: dumb) enough to think that I could successfully steal the car with him still in it.
 
was trying to send a private message through the company network using net send...
typed the command incorrect, and instead of it going to my friend, it went to the whole domain.
 
Not something that I did directly but what my dad and granddad did.

They went to a 1969 (or 1986, I can't remember which one although I think it was 69) Mets playoff game.
Turns out when they parked the car they left the car ON (running, not just accessory) for the whole game.
 
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